Bahaikipedia:Today's featured individual/October 2

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Varqá was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh and was referred to by 'Abdu'l-Bahá as a Hand of the Cause of God and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'u'lláh wrote a tablet addressed to Varqá regarding the high station of the King and Beloved of Martyrs. Varqá was martyred along with his father in 1896. His calm demeanor enraged his executioner, who would later be so terrified as to what he witnessed that he would run away screaming from the site. (more...)