Poems of the Passing

An anthology of poems written shortly after the passing of the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.

The author of this moving anthology was for twenty years the wife, companion and confidential secretary of the head of her Faith - Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, the great grandson of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Religion.

Although she had written poems off and on all her life, the shock and grief of the sudden passing of him who was at once the head of her Faith, as well as her own beloved husband, called forth from the depths of her heart this stream of deeply moving expressions of grief.

It was the author's ardent hope that in sharing them with others they may echo the grief of separation in this world from our loved ones and the confident hope of reunion with them in an eternal realm of spiritual progress and mercy.

An anthology of poems written shortly after the passing of the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.

The author of this moving anthology was for twenty years the wife, companion and confidential secretary of the head of her Faith - Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, the great grandson of Bahá'u'lláh, the Founder of the Bahá'í Religion.

Although she had written poems off and on all her life, the shock and grief of the sudden passing of him who was at once the head of her Faith, as well as her own beloved husband, called forth from the depths of her heart this stream of deeply moving expressions of grief.

It was the author's ardent hope that in sharing them with others they may echo the grief of separation in this world from our loved ones and the confident hope of reunion with them in an eternal realm of spiritual progress and mercy.

  • Contributors:: Ruhiyyih Rabbani (Author)
  • Format: Hardcover book | 132 pages
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 11 mm | 306 g
  • Publisher: George Ronald Publisher, 1996
  • ISBN: 9780853984108
  • SKU: RABBA_POEMS-H@p
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  • Contributors:: Ruhiyyih Rabbani (Author)
  • Format: Hardcover book | 132 pages
  • Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 11 mm | 306 g
  • Publisher: George Ronald Publisher, 1996
  • ISBN: 9780853984108
  • SKU: RABBA_POEMS-H@p

About Rúhíyyih Rabbani

Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, born Mary Sutherland Maxwell (1910-2000), grew up in Montreal, Canada. Following the passing of her illustrious husband Shoghi Effendi in 1957 she travelled to 185 countries, independent territories, and islands of the world to teach the Faith.

Other books that she has written include Prescription for Living, which has been widely read and translated into a number of languages. The Desire of the World, A Manual for Pioneers, and Poems of the Passing. She has also produced two documentaries, The Green Light Expedition, a two-hour film of her seven-month journey with her crew through the Amazon area of South America, and The Pilgrimage, a visit to the sacred sites of the Bahá'í World Centre in the Holy Land, guided and narrated by herself. She passed away in January 2000.

Titles by Rúhíyyih Rabbani

Hands of the Cause of God

Poetry