While still a child, the Blessed Beauty watched as a
government tax-collector, on three separate occasions, accosted His father and
demanded, in a cruel and unjust manner, the payment of taxes. Unable to bear
the injustice of it all, He, though in early childhood, mounted His horse and
rode for two days until He arrived in Tihran. There, He sought the dismissal of
this unjust and tyrannical tax-collector. He succeeded in obtaining the
necessary papers ordering the dismissal, and returned to His parents.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of 'Abdu'l-Baha recorded by Dr. Diya Baghdadidi, unpublished Memoirs; in 'Stories of Baha’u’llah', compiled by Ali-Akbar
Furutan)His short stature when seven years old
When Baha’u'llah was seven years old, one day His mother was
watching the elegance of His bearing as He paced to and fro, and remarked 'He
is somewhat short of stature.' but His father answered: 'It is of no
importance. Are you not aware of His capacity and His abilities? Such
intelligence! And such perception! He is as a flame of fire. Even at this young
age He surpasses mature men.' Whenever difficult problems were discussed and no
one seemed able to resolve them, the youthful Blessed Beauty would provide the
solution.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Quoted by Ishraq-Khavari in
Risaliy-i-Ayyam-i-Tis’ih p. 67; in 'Stories of Baha’u’llah', compiled by Ali-Akbar
Furutan)
A Child with extraordinary powers of intellect, wisdom and innate knowledge - singled out among His siblings by relatives and family friends
From His earliest childhood Baha’u’llah was singled out
among His siblings by relatives and family friends, whose composite opinion was
that the Child had extraordinary powers of intellect, wisdom and innate
knowledge, and was superior to others of his age and class. A common prediction
applied to the little Baha’u’llah in that superstitious age of high child
mortality was that 'such a precocious Child will not survive!' [1], for it was
anticipated that child prodigies were especially fated to suffer early doom.
All who encountered Him in those years of boyhood admitted that he was gifted
in every way, and in addition was adorned with a rare purity and nobility. [2]
- David Ruhe (‘Robe of Light’)
[1] 'Abdu'l-Baha, quoted in Star of the West, Vol. 3, NO.9,
p. 3 (1912)
[2] 'Abdu'l-Baha, ‘A Traveler's Narrative’
Dreams at the age of five or six
At the age of five or six the Blessed Beauty had a dream
which He described to His father. In the dream He found Himself in a garden.
Huge birds were attacking Him from every side, but were unable to inflict any
harm. He then went to the sea and, as He was swimming, the birds of the air and
the fish of the sea attacked Him, but He was not harmed. His father summoned a
famous seer to interpret the dream. 'This dream-indicates', replied the seer,
'that the Child shall be the founder of a great Cause, and that all the leaders
and learned men throughout the world will attack Him, but, like the birds and
the fish, they shall do no harm. He will be victorious over all.’
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Quoted by Ishraq-Khavari in
Risaliy-i-Ayyam-i-Tis’ih p. 65; in ‘Stories of Baha’u’llah’, compiled by
Ali-Akbar Furutan)
"This Child never cries"
The mother of the Blessed Beauty was so enthralled with Him
that she could not contain her amazement at His behaviour. 'This Child never
cries,' she would say; 'He is so unlike other babies who cry and scream and are
forever restless while in the nursing stage . . .'
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Quoted by Ishraq-Khavari in Risaliy-i-Ayyam-i-Tis’ih
p. 62; in ‘Stories of Baha’u’llah’, compiled by Ali-Akbar Furutan)
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