The Chosen Highway/The Famous Red Robe “Tradition”
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THE CHOSEN HIGHWAY
Tue Famous Rep Rose ‘“TRADITION’’*
It is related that an account is given of an Indian Muslim, a holy man of the eighth century, a.p., who, speaking of the “Great Day of God” to come, uttered these words:
“In that day the Holy One will be found abiding in a land called Karkh. He will walk beside the river, wearing the dervish turban, and wrapped in a red robe. He will be teaching His followers on the banks of the river. Would that I might be privileged to enter His Presence, and to shed my life-blood in His Path.”
The red robe which Baha’u’ll4h wore when He was teaching His followers on the banks of the River Tigris was made of some pieces of Persian tirmih. The wife and daughter of Baha’u’llah fashioned this ‘abd in readiness for His return from the mountain land of Sulaymaniyyih. Karkh is the name of the district of Baghdad in which the Holy One dwelt.
- See page 53.
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