With what assiduous care He attended those gatherings at
which the virtues of the Siyyidu’sh-Shuhada’, the Imám Husayn, were being
extolled! With what attention He listened to the chanting of the eulogies! What
tenderness and devotion He showed at those scenes of lamentation and prayer!
Tears rained from His eyes as His trembling lips murmured words of prayer and
praise. How compelling was His dignity, how tender the sentiments which His
countenance inspired!
- Hájí Siyyid Javád-i-Karbilá’í (Quoted by Nabil in
chapter 3 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
