Watching the Master Swim
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When in Bahá'í history
'Akká (today: Acre, Israel)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá was a strong swimmer. His future wife, Fáṭimih—whom Bahá’u’lláh named Munírih Khánum—remembered watching Him from her window in ‘Akká.
At first, Fáṭimih lived in the house of Mírzá Músá, Bahá’u’lláh’s brother. This was a house which had a view of the sea. That was nice for her. For ‘Abdu’l-Bahá sometimes went swimming in the sea and she could see Him from her window. How strong He was and what a good swimmer!
In her own words, as recorded by Lady Blomfield:
In a few days I went to stay at the house of Mirza Musa, the brother of Bahá’u’lláh; here I remained for six months. My brother and I used to stand at a window and watch ‘Abbas Effendi swimming; such a strong and graceful swimmer.
Source: Hitjo Garst, The Most Mighty Branch, p. 46; Munírih Khánum’s account in Lady Blomfield, The Chosen Highway.
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