Nabil-i-Akbar

Nabil-i-Akbar ( Persian نبيل الأكبر, * March 29, 1829 in Naw-Firist , Iran ; † July 6, 1892 in Bukhara , Uzbekistan ) was an Iranian Bahai . Abdu'l Baha referred to him as a hand of God's cause and Shoghi Effendi made him an apostle of Baha'u'llah .

Life

Aqa Muhammad-i-Qa'iní, also known under the name Fádil-i-Qá'ini (the scholar of Qá'in), was later given the name Nabil-i-Akbar by Baha'u'llah . He was born in the village of Naw-Firist near Birdschand .

He completed his religious education with well-known clergy in Mashhad , then studied philosophy for five years in the town of Sabzevar in Razavi-Khorasan and in 1852 made his way to the holy shrines of Najaf and Karbala in what is now Iraq to complete his training. When he got to Tehran on the way there , he was arrested as a follower of Bab . Although his innocence could be proved and he was released, he was impressed by the events and decided to find out more about it.

Later a follower of Bab asked him to comment on some of Bab's writings. Soon after, that is, around 1853, Nabil-i-Akbar himself became a follower of Bab. In Iraq , Nabil-i-Akbar became a student of a mujahid . As the only one of his students, Nabil-i-Akbar was raised to the rank of Mujtahid. On the way back from the shrines he visited Baha'u'llah in Baghdad in 1859 , who had not yet explained himself at the time. Nabil-i-Akbar nevertheless recognized the rank of Baha'u'llah. After Nabil-i-Akbar's return to Qá'in, he taught the Baha'i Faith with such fervor that many people declared themselves there and aroused the jealousy of the clergy. He was captured several times and had to flee several times.

Around 1874 Baha'u'llah asked Nabil-i-Akbar to come to Acre . In his honor, Baha'u'llah revealed the "Tablet of Wisdom" (contained in the messages from Akka ) during this pilgrimage . Baha'u'llah instructed him to return to Persia after the pilgrimage to teach the faith. He was arrested in Sabzevar but was then given permission to leave the city and go to Ashgabat . From there he traveled with Mirza Abu'l-Fadl to Bukhara , where Nabil-i-Akbar died in 1892 and was buried. A few years later, on the orders of Abdu'l Baha, the remains of Nabil-i-Akbar were transferred to Ashgabat.

literature

• Abdu'l Baha: role models of fidelity, memory of early believers . Hofheim-Langenhain 1987, ISBN 3-87037-195-1 , p. 13-17 .
• Adib Taherzadeh: The Revelation of Baha'u'llah (Volume 1) Baghdad 1853-1863 . Hofheim-Langenhain 1981, ISBN 3-87037-123-4 , p. 121-126 .
• Hasan Balyuzi : Eminent Bahais in the Time of Baha'u'llah . Ed .: George Ronald. Oxford 1985, ISBN 0-85398-151-5 , pp. 112-115 .
• Barron Harper: Lights of Fortitude . Ed .: George Ronald. Oxford, UK 1997, ISBN 0-85398-413-1 , pp. 25-28 .

Web links

• Nabil-e Akbar. In: Encyclopædia Iranica . Retrieved June 11, 2010 .