Stories from The Delight of Hearts

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By Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-'Alí, translated by A. Q. Faizi · 1980 · Kalimát Press

Modern era (1957–present) · in copyright

Memoirs of an early believer. Added 6 Nov 2026 for the Feast stories; not yet reviewed by the owner.

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“appeared to be impressed and even convinced.”
From A Candle on the Oven Floor
“Balyuzi quotes what follows from the Persian memoir:”
From A Candle on the Oven Floor
“They were carried to a prison, chained, stripped and beaten.”
From A Candle on the Oven Floor
“to be taken to an unknown destination.”
From A Candle on the Oven Floor

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A Candle on the Oven Floor

As a seeker in Iṣfahán, Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-'Alí studied the Báb's Writings by a candle stood in an oven. Years later in Egypt, men carrying lamps led him into a trap, and in a dark cell at Famul-Baḥr soldiers brought a lamp when the prisoners chanted Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Bell.

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