The Báb’s Voyage to Jiddah

In the 1840’s the sea journey from Búshihr to Jiddah was a dangerous and uncomfortable one; the distance was about 4000 kilometres and the journey took about two months. The seas were often rough, the storms frequent, water was scarce and there was very little food. The Báb and Quddús remained contented and peaceful throughout the long journey. They were absorbed in their prayers and devotions for many hours at a time, and the Báb revealed many writings, commentaries and letters which Quddús wrote down. However the rigors of the sea voyage caused the Báb to beseech God that travels over the oceans of the world might become easier and safer.

Of the hardships of that voyage the Báb Himself later wrote in the Persian Bayán: “For days we suffered from the scarcity of water. I had to content myself with the juice of sweet lemon.”

Source: Mary Perkins, Hour of the Dawn: The Life of the Báb, p. 60. The voyage, and the Báb’s prayer that ocean travel might be improved and its perils removed, are described in The Dawn-Breakers, ch. 7, pp. 129–131, and in H. M. Balyuzi, The Báb, pp. 69–71, which quotes the Báb’s words from the Persian Bayán.

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: miracles).

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