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tribulations which no tongue can describe, nor any of Thy Tablets adequately recount. The throat Thou didst accustom to the touch of silk Thou hast, in the end, clasped with strong chains, and the body Thou didst ease with brocades and velvets Thou hast at last subjected to the abasement of a dungeon.” 62ACT3
Bahá’u’lláh’s Siblings
As was customary in those days, Mírzá Buzurg had several wives: seven wives in total. 63ACT3
The second wife of Mírzá Buzurg, was Khadíjih Khánum , who had been married once before and was widowed. She had one son and two daughters from her first marriage. With Mírzá Buzurg, Khadíjih Khánum had five children: the first born was a daughter [Sárih]; the second was a son [Mihdí] who died during his father’s lifetime; the third was Husayn ‘Alí [Bahá’u’lláh]; the fourth was a son Músá [Áqáy-i-Kalím, who became a faithful follower of Bahá’u’lláh]; and the fifth was a daughter [Nisá].64ACT3
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