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KhurĂĄsĂĄn MullĂĄ SĂĄdiq-i-KhurĂĄsĂĄnĂ
His full name is usually given as MullĂĄ SĂĄdiq-i-Muqaddas-i-KhurĂĄsĂĄnĂ. BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh gave him the title of IsmuâllĂĄhuâl-Asdaq [The Name of God the Most Truthful].
Briefly, together with QuddĂșs and MullĂĄ âAlĂ-Akbar-i-ArdistĂĄnĂ, he was among the first to suffer for the Cause of the BĂĄb on Persian soil (Dawn-Breakers Chapter 8, p146 and footnote2). He was the eldest of three brothers. He went with his younger 22-year-old brother, Muhammad Hasan, to the fort of Shaykh TabarsĂ. The younger brother was killed by the horsemen of Khusraw on the way to Shaykh TabarsĂ (martyr #12). MullĂą SĂĄdiq himself got to the fort of Shaykh TabarsĂ and became one of the few survivors of that struggle. He went on to fully recognize the station of BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh and sacrificially served to his last breath. âAbduâl-BahĂĄ in the Memorials of the Faithful [section 2] names him posthumously as one of the Hands of the Cause. His son, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq [means son of Asdaq], followed in his fatherâs footsteps of sacrificial service to the Cause. Ibn-i-Asdaq was also named a Hand of the Cause and given the title of shahĂd ibne-i-shahĂd [means martyr, son of the martyr] by BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh. Both father and son were given the rank of martyr because of lives so full of service that it was like living martyrdom [Balyuzi Eminent BahĂĄâĂs in the time of BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh, p171]. Ibn-i-Asdaq was also named by Shoghi Effendi as one of the nineteen Apostles of BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh [BahĂĄâĂ World vol 3, p80-81].
More detailed accounts of his life can be found in:
- Hasan Balyuzi, Eminent BahĂĄâĂs in the time of BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh, Chapter 1, p7-22. George Ronald 1985
- Bahaipedia: IsmuâllĂĄhuâl-AáčŁdaq
- Bahai Library online: Mulla Sadiq-i-Khurasani (Muqaddas)
- Bahai Chronicles: IsmuâllĂĄhuâl-Asdaq
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