Bibliography: #BIB29114

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB29114
reference type	Book
title	Varqá and Rúhu'lláh : 101 Stories of Bravery and More
author	Handal, Boris
authority control	Boris Handal
year	2020
date	October 2020
publisher	Boris Handal
place published	[Place not stated]
issue	7.
ISBN	9780648901457
abstract	This is the extraordinary story of a father and a son that arose in the 19th century to spread the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh throughout Iran with indomitable strength and resilience. Varqá the father, a physician and a talented poet, and his gifted adolescent son Rúḥu’lláh, both of penetrating spiritual insight, took the New Gospel with zeal and courage to a generation blind in the most dire fanaticism. Operating in the midst of a country sunk into corruption and bigotry, Varqá and Rúḥu’lláh were able to teach both the rich and the poor, the prince and the commoner, the scholar and the illiterate, the believer and the laic, in freedom or in prison. Their saga ended with their tragic martyrdom in the royal prison of Tehran in 1896 but has continued to live like a legend inspiring Bahá’ís around the world to serve. Varqá’s legacy of service and consecration was continued by Valíyu’lláh Varqá and Dr 'Alí-Muḥammad Varqá, his son and grandson, respectively, all three of whom were designated as Hands of the Cause of God.
keywords	YAZDI (ATRI), MULLA MIHDI; VARQA, MIRZA 'ALI-MUHAMMAD; VARQA, RUHU'LLAH; VARQA, VALIYU'LLAH; VARQA, 'ALI-MUHAMMAD; BIOGRAPHY; COURAGE; HANDS OF THE CAUSE OF GOD
number of pages	[4], xx, 317
edition	First edition
call number	BP395 .V3771 H35 2020 (BWC - COLLINS)

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