The Master’s Simple Wedding

Before His wedding day, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá made the necessary arrangements for the few guests. His mother and sister made a delicate bridal dress of white batiste. A white head-dress adorned Munírih Khánum’s hair, worn, as usual, in two braids.

At nine in the evening she went with the Greatest Holy Leaf into the presence of Bahá’u’lláh, Who gave her His blessing. She then went to the bridal room where she awaited the coming of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. The service was very simple. At about ten o’clock ‘Abdu’l-Bahá came, accompanied by the guests, and Munírih Khánum chanted a Tablet revealed by Bahá’u’lláh. “Later, the wife of ‘Abbúd recalled the sweetness of that chanting still ringing in her ears.”

There were no choir, decorations or cake—just cups of tea. Above all, a glory and a love there were more than sufficient to bless the happy event.

Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 26.

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: wedding-abdul-baha).

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