loving-kindness
4 stories on this theme.
The Friend They Could Not Bear to Lose: Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád
Exiled and dispossessed, Bahá'u'lláh spent ten years in Baghdád showering kindness upon all who came to Him — the poor, the lowly, the learned, and even those who had wished Him harm. By the time a fresh banishment drove Him on to Constantinople, the whole city had come to love Him; and on the day He rode away, men and women of every rank wept in the streets and pressed forward to embrace His stirrups.
Beloved of Núr: The Young Nobleman Among His People
In the green province of Mázindarán, in the ancestral district of Núr, the young Bahá'u'lláh was known and loved long before His ministry began. The Dawn-Breakers remembers a Nobleman of singular wisdom and kindness whom the people of His homeland honoured and cherished — a love that prepared the way for the day He would bring them the greatest of all gifts.
The Unknown Stranger of Kurdistán
Withdrawing alone into the mountains of Kurdistán to spare His companions from discord, Bahá'u'lláh lived for two years among proud and warlike tribes and the learned of Sulaymáníyyih as a nameless stranger. He asked nothing of them and pressed His claims on no one; yet His gentleness, wisdom, and unfailing kindness so won their hearts that the whole region came to revere Him — and grieved to lose Him when at last He was called back.
Believers and Unbelievers Alike: Twelfth Day of Riḍván
When Bahá'u'lláh rode out of the Garden of Riḍván on the twelfth day, the grief knew no party and no creed. Believers and unbelievers alike sobbed and lamented; the chiefs and notables who had gathered were struck with wonder. The departure laid bare what ten years of His presence had done to a whole city's heart — and what His presence does to any heart it touches.