Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, the Afnán
2 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bahá'u'lláh's ministry (1853–1892)
Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, the Afnán
‘Abdu’l-Bahá recalls how He sensed a holy soul in a carriage approaching ‘Akká and went to the city gate to meet the Afnán, and how, after the Afnán died in India, his body was at last laid to rest near Baghdád.
8 min
The Holy Being in the Carriage
From a rooftop in 'Akká, 'Abdu'l-Bahá saw a distant carriage and sensed that a holy being was in it. It was the Afnán, Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, whose burial years later near Baghdád 'Abdu'l-Bahá guided by letter.
4 min