Letters of the Living
3 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bábí period (1844–1853)
There Remains One More: The Letters of the Living
In the weeks following Mullá Ḥusayn's recognition of the Báb in Shíráz in May 1844, seventeen further disciples of Siyyid Káẓim arrived from various provinces. Each came expecting to be tested. Each was, instead, recognised by the Báb Himself before they had spoken. They became the Letters of the Living — and one place remained reserved.
The One Who Knew Their Names
One by one, eighteen seekers came to the Báb expecting a hard test — and one by one, He knew them before they could say a single word.
The First to Believe: The Letters of the Living and Their Charge
The Báb's first eighteen disciples — the Letters of the Living — were not the most famous or powerful of their age, but souls whom God had prepared to recognise Him each by his own seeking. When their number was complete, the Báb gathered them, told them they were the bearers of His Name, and sent them out across Persia to herald the Day that had dawned.