A Radiant Gem - A Biography of Jináb-i-Fádil-i-Shírází
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A unique feature of this book is the inclusion of many Tablets 'Abdu'l-Bahá revealed in honor of Jináb-i-Fádil. These Tablets and some prayers, provisionally translated into English, have been reviewed and approved by the Universal House of Justice.
From a letter addressed to the author by Jináb-i-'Alí-Muhammad Varqá, Hand of the Cause of God.
"...Indeed it is a wonderful idea to collect the memories of this great servant of Bahá'u'lláh as the present generation is deprived of having sufficient information regarding his life and the great services which he rendered in the teaching field... I supplicate the Blessed Beauty to assist you in completing your task in introducing such a brilliant star to the Bahá'ís worldwide."
The following was received some time after the above:
"...I am delighted to learn that your task of writing a biography of your dear grandfather and my great teacher, Jináb-i-Fádil-i-Shírází, to whom I owe a great esteem, has borne fruit, and it will soon be available to all the Bahá'í friends.
I look forward to receiving a copy of this publication, one which I am sure will immortalize the life of Jináb-i-Fádil-i-Shírází, in the annals of Bahá'í history..."
From the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada:
"The reviewers (for the National Literature Committee) asked that you be congratulated on producing such a fine work... the book is thoroughly engrossing for the reader and provides a great deal of information about this believer, his family and the circumstances of the Persian Bahá'í community in his day. Both the tone and the text of the manuscript are imbued with dignity and reverence. This volume will enrich the literature of the Faith and will undoubtedly prove inspirational for those who read it."
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About the Book
Born in 1863, Shaykh Muhammad-Ibráhím was already, by his early twenties, a
profoundly erudite Islamic mystic. His thirst for spiritual knowledge and his deep longing
to reach the sublime heights of the ineffable, launched him on an arduous quest which
led him, often by visions and dreams, to eventually embrace a Faith he once would have
denounced as heresy, and to join a community of people he would at one time have
considered "unclean". Numerous were the strange occurrences and unexpected events
with which the path of his search lay strewn, including the mysterious arrival of a man
with a Book which, upon his reading of it, unraveled for Shaykh Muhammad-Ibráhím
intricate and incomprehensible questions which had long baffled his mind.
Arriving on foot in Akká, Palestine some years later he was rewarded for the purity of
his longing and his earnest and steadfast search by attaining the presence of a personage
he had seen in one of his exalted dreams -- 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the beloved Master. It was then,
during the first time Shaykh Muhammad-Ibráhím attained His presence, that the Master
bestowed upon him the title, "Fádil" (Learned) and it was during Fádil's subsequent four
month stay in Akká that he became the recipient of a knowledge that tranformed his
soul.
His return to Írán on the instructions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá opened Fádil's life to experiences
readers will find fascinating. Particularly engaging are some accounts of the many
encounters he had with Muslim clergy when he refuted their claims, defeated their
arguments and proved the truth of the Bahá'í teachings.