There was born a Child in an ancient and noble family of Núr,
whose father was Mirzá Abbás, better known as Mirzá Buzurg, a favoured minister
of the Crown. That Child was Bahá'u'lláh. At the hour of dawn, on the second
day of Muharram, in the year 1233 A.H.[12 November 1817 A.D.] the world,
unaware of its significance, witnessed the birth of Him who was destined to
confer upon it such incalculable blessings.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated.
and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
