Eight-year-old ‘Abdu’l-Bha was allowed to see Baha’u’llah while in the Síyáh-Chál
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“‘Abdu’l-Bahá,” writes Dr. J.E. Esslemont, “tells how one day He was allowed to enter the prison-yard to see His beloved Father when He came out for His daily exercise. Bahá’u’lláh was terribly altered, so ill He could hardly walk. His hair and beard unkempt, His neck galled and swollen from the pressure of a heavy steel collar, His body bent by the weight of His chains.”
- Shoghi Effendi (‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
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