Baha'u'llah welcomed him with an embrace...

 

By Mehrdad Badiian Eghrari

 

When in 1846 Hakim Haroon my beloved ancestor was in the presence of the beloved Báb in the home of Manuchehr Khan, Gorji Mo'tamad al-Dawle a government official in Qajar Iran The Governor of Isfahan, he was in his mid to late forties. That made him about 20 years older than the twin Manifestations of God: The beloved Báb & The Blessed Beauty of Abhá: Bahá'u'lláh. Hakim Haroon raised his 16 children, all his grandkids & their kids in the Cause of God, stayed firm in the Covenant to his last breath, and at a very old age in 1892 just before the Ascension of The Blessed Beauty of Abhá: Bahá'u'lláh, he was on his deathbed in coma for days, in the town of Kashan, Iran, with all his entire family of now hundreds at his bedside, prayerful and in tears. When suddenly to everyone's great astonishment and delight he regained consciousness, setup in his bed, bowed his head out of respect and in loud voice greated "Alláh'u'Abhá": The family were all beyond themselves, as he asked them all to be quiet and respectful and say Alláh'u'Abha. But to whom they asked. Do you not see The "Rab'u'l-Jnud" "ربلجنود" = The Lord of Hosts = Bahá'u'lláh in the Jewish tradition" is here to receive me and take me with Him? So they all quietened down only saying Alláh'u'Abhá, as he passed away looking happy with a smile on his face.. Years later some of his sons were on pilgrimage at the Bahá'i World Center, in the presence of the beloved Master Abdu'l-Bahá, sitting quietly, when Abdu'l-Bahá said: you gentlemen have a question you have been wanting to ask for years. They respectfully smiled and one said: "beloved Master, you know our question" The beloved Master said : "Yes, we were all in the presence of The Blessed Beauty as He was revealing a Tablet, when suddenly He stopped and said: "At this very moment My beloved brother Haroon in Kashan Iran, is ready to ascend to The Abhá Kingdom, we must go to welcome him" Bahá'u'lláh left the room, we all say quietly, a minute or two later He appeared and said: "We welcomed him with an embrace and he is now in his due high abode in the Concourse on High"