Varqá and Rúhu'lláh

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Varqá and Rúḥu'lláh: 101 Stories of Bravery on the Move</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is the extraordinary story of a father and a son that arose in the 19</span><sup style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>th</sup><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> century to spread the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh throughout Iran with indomitable strength and resilience. Varqá the father a physician and a talented poet and his gifted adolescent son Rúḥu'lláh both of penetrating spiritual insight took the New Gospel with zeal and courage to a generation blind in the most dire fanaticism. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Operating in the midst of a country sunk into corruption and bigotry Varqá and Rúḥu'lláh were able to teach both the rich and the poor the prince and the commoner the scholar and the illiterate the believer and the laic in freedom or in prison. Their saga ended with their tragic martyrdom in the royal prison of Tehran in 1896 but has continued to live like a legend inspiring Bahá'ís around the world to serve. </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><span></span>Varqá's legacy of service and consecration was continued by Valíyu'lláh Varqá and Dr 'Alí-Muḥammad Varqá his son and grandson respectively all three of whom were designated as </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Hands of the Cause of God.</em></strong></p>