Shaykh Ṣádiq-i-Yazdí
2 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bahá'u'lláh's ministry (1853–1892)
Shaykh Ṣádiq-i-Yazdí
His detachment from the things of this world and his attachment to the life of the spirit are indescribable. He was love embodied, tenderness personified. ** Shaykh…
2 min
Bidden to Remain: Shaykh Ṣádiq-i-Yazdí
Shaykh Ṣádiq of Yazd, a man as righteous as his name, lived in Baghdád wholly absorbed in the remembrance of God. When the convoy of Bahá'u'lláh departed from the city, Shaykh Ṣádiq submitted to the bidding that he stay behind — yet his longing burned so fiercely that, after Bahá'u'lláh reached Mosul, he could bear the separation no more, and shoeless and hatless he ran out across the barren plain after Him and fell to his rest with mercy all about him.
9 min