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Village of Badasht, circa 1930
{Baha'i Media Bank) |
The scene of such a challenging and far-reaching
proclamation was the hamlet of Badasht, where Bahá’u’lláh had rented, amidst
pleasant surroundings, three gardens, one of which He assigned to Quddús,
another to Ṭáhirih, whilst the third He reserved for Himself. The eighty-one
disciples who had gathered from various provinces were His guests from the day
of their arrival to the day they dispersed. On each of the twenty-two days of
His sojourn in that hamlet He revealed a Tablet, which was chanted in the
presence of the assembled believers. On every believer He conferred a new name,
without, however, disclosing the identity of the one who had bestowed it. He
Himself was henceforth designated by the name Bahá. Upon the Last Letter of the
Living was conferred the appellation of Quddús, while Qurratu’l-‘Ayn was given
the title of Ṭáhirih. By these names they were all subsequently addressed by
the Báb in the Tablets He revealed for each one of them. - Shoghi Effendi (‘God
Passes By’)
