Bahá’í World/Volume 18/Hishmat Adlparvar
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HIS_HMAT ADLPARVAR
?—1981
Hishmat Adlparvar Muhájir was one of several children born to Hafizu’llah [gum and Ismat Khánum, a devout Bahá’í family of Tihran. The family home was a centre of great activity
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and the children had the bounty of participating in the many meetings which took place there. Like her illustrious brother, Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir, Hishmat from an early age was aflame with love of the Cause and filled with a great desire to serve it. She became the very embodiment of the true Bahá’í teacher—selfless, detached, totally reliant on God and both fearless and tireless in her efforts to spread abroad the teachings. India, Kuwait, Spain, Venezuela and the Sudan were but some of
the places where her loving labours were-E‘
expended. It was in the latter country to which she and her husband, Amin, had gone as pioneers in July 1981 that she fell victim to cerebral malaria and died on 25 October 1981.
‘Ever since her arrival in Khartoum”, it was reported; ‘our beloved sister Hiflmat Adlparvar was engaged in actively teaching the Faith, and in deepening and inspiring the believers in this country. She continually encouraged the Bahá’í communities to participate in joint teaching efforts and aroused their enthusiasm by relating inspiring accounts of the progress of the Faith in India, the Philippines, South and Central America and many other countries she had either visited or had news of. Her own long and valuable expe Higflmat Adlparvar
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riences in teaching the Faith were also a source of inspiring stories. She was a warm, gracious hostess and constantly entertained Bahá’ís and their friends at her own home or at the homes of other friends. She was particularly intent on teaching women and deepening the Bahá’í women’s knowledge of the Faith. She was a cause of unity, love and inspiration to all the friends.’
Among the last activities she undertook were a teaching trip to various centres in Eastern Sudan and attendance at a Summer School organized by one of the Local Spiritual Assemblies on her initiative and with her encouragement. The classes she led were devoted to discussion of the importance of teaching and the bounties derived from it, and study of The Advent of Divine Justice. On the first day she presented notebooks and pens to those in attendance for use during the sessions. ‘It was a memorable school and a truly joyous occasion,’ reported one participant. ‘Her participation, in retrospect, was like a loving farewell gift from a beloved sister and devoted handmaiden of God.’
A memorial service held on 1 November at the National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds drew together many sorrowing friends who regretted her loss, praised her courage and devotion, and related many stories illustrating her generosity, loving-kindness 'and her profound knowledge of the Faith.
Informed of her passing the Universal House of Justice cabled on 2 November 1981:
DEEPLY GRIEVED UNTIMELY PASSING DEVOTED PROMOTER FAITH HISHMAT ADLPARVAR. PRAY[NG SHRINES PROGRESS HER SOUL. ASSURE RELATIVES LOVING SYMPATHY.