tag name Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit), Tihran type: Holy places, sites web link bahai-library.com/tags/Siyah_Chal_(Black_Pit),_Tehran related tags Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Suffering and imprisonment of Central Figures; Tihran, Iran referring tags Maid of Heaven; Year nine Inventory subject Incarceration of Baha'u'llah in Siyah Chal notes "The Black Pit. The subterranean dungeon in Tihrán where Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned along with many other Bábís in the summer of 1852... It was here in the Síyáh-Chál that Bahá'u'lláh received His divine Revelation when the Holy Spirit appeared to Him in the form of a Maiden of Heaven."
– from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989)
See also:
– Covenant Library Unified Index
selected quotations
(authoritative sources)These quotations reflect common presentations of Bahá’í views; the materials below may show a wider range of interpretations and contexts:
"... “One night in a dream,” He Himself, calling to mind... the first stirrings of God’s Revelation within His soul, has written, “these exalted words were heard on every side: ‘Verily, We shall render Thee victorious by Thyself and by Thy pen. Grieve Thou not for that which hath befallen Thee, neither be Thou afraid, for Thou art in safety. Ere long will God raise up the treasures of the earth—men who will aid Thee through Thyself and through Thy Name, wherewith God hath revived the hearts of such as have recognized Him.’” ... “During the days I lay in the prison of Ṭihrán... though the galling weight of the chains and the stench-filled air allowed Me but little sleep, still in those infrequent moments of slumber I felt as if something flowed from the crown of My head over My breast, even as a mighty torrent that precipitateth itself upon the earth from the summit of a lofty mountain. Every limb of My body would, as a result, be set afire. At such moments My tongue recited what no man could bear to hear.” In His Súratu’l-Haykal (the Súrih of the Temple) He thus describes those breathless moments when the Maiden, symbolizing the “Most Great Spirit” proclaimed His mission to the entire creation: “While engulfed in tribulations I heard a most wondrous, a most sweet voice, calling above My head. Turning My face, I beheld a Maiden—the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord—suspended in the air before Me... Pointing with her finger unto My head, she addressed all who are in heaven and all who are on earth, saying: ‘By God! This is the Best-Beloved of the worlds, and yet ye comprehend not. This is the Beauty of God amongst you, and the power of His sovereignty within you, could ye but understand. This is the Mystery of God and His Treasure, the Cause of God and His glory unto all who are in the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation, if ye be of them that perceive.’” ..."
– Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, pp. 101-102
references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Síyáh-Chál
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