“The charm of his person, his extreme affability, combined
with a dignity of bearing, appealed to even the most careless observer. Whoever
was intimately associated with him was seized with an insatiable admiration for
the charm of that youth. We watched him one day perform his ablutions, and were
struck by the gracefulness which distinguished him from the rest of the
worshippers in the performance of so ordinary a rite. He seemed, in our eyes,
to be the very incarnation of purity and grace.”
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’,
translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
