Ирандық Бахаи дінінің шейіттері: "Нұрайын мен Найирайын" бауырлары

Two Iranian Bahá'ís, brothers

Núrayn i Nayyirayn (نورين نيران, meaning "twin shining lights") are two brothers who were followers of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, a global religion of Persian origin. They were beheaded in 1879 as a result of being Baháʼís. Numerous letters and tablets were written in their honour by Baháʼu'lláh, who gave them the titles which they are commonly known as: the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs. The older brother was Mírzá Muhammad Husayn, given the title Mahbúbu's͟h S͟huhadáʼ (Beloved of Martyrs). His brother was Mírzá Muhammad Hasan, given the title Sultánu's͟h S͟huhadaʼ (King of Martyrs). The latter was identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh. The two were both natives of Isfahan, and were both rich and highly endowed with trading acumen. They were beheaded in the city of Isfahan in 1879 as a result of three persons: Mir Muhammad Husayn, the Imám Jum'ih of Isfahan; Shaykh Muhammad Baqir, another influential Muslim cleric of Isfahan; and Sultán Mas'úd Mírzá, the son of Násiri'd Dín Sháh, who governed Isfahan during the time.

The brothers followed in the footsteps of their father, Mírzá Ibráhím. They had for years helped the Imám Jum'ih in managing his affairs, making several payments on his behalf, which became quite a substantial amount. The brothers were merchants, and participated in a trading network with the Afnán (relatives of the Báb), who had a vast and profitable network stretching from Hong Kong to the Caucasus as well as Dutchman Johan Colligan. The two brothers were well known to be selfless, upright and kindly men. Part of their success as merchants has been attributed to their record of honest and upright transactions. When they asked for the money which the Imám owed them, he stalled, and began to find ways of evading the payment. He met with Shaykh Muhammad Baqir, another influential Islamic leader, and they created a plan to destroy the two of them. They approached Sultan Mas'ud Mirza, the governor of Isfahan, and he quickly agreed to have them thrown in jail, on the grounds that they were Baháʼís.

The two brothers were tortured, and promised release upon recanting their faith and cursing its leaders, which they never did. The collaborators wrote a letter to the Shah in Tehran, informing him that they had "in their concern for the security of the sovereign", detained and imprisoned two Baháʼís, and requested his permission to have them put to death. The Shah refused the request, and instead asked them to be sent as prisoners to Tehran. This was despite Dutchman Johan Colligan's testifying to their innocence. They were eventually buried in the Takht i Fulad cemetery.

Baháʼu'lláh wrote several tablets lamenting over the loss of the two brothers, and denouncing the treachery that provoked their murder. One such tablet, Lawh i Burhán, was addressed to Shaykh Muhammad Báqir, giving him the title of the 'Wolf', and the title of 'She Serpent' to Muhammad Husayn, the Imám Jum'ih of Isfahán. The two, along with the governor of Isfahan were the three main conspirators against the brothers. Baháʼu'lláh also wrote the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf to the son of Shaykh Muhammad Báqir. Mírzá Muhammad Hasan left behind a widow named Fátimih Begum, and a son named Mírzá ʻAbdu'l Husayn. Baháʼu'lláh directed them to come to Akka so that they might be compensated for all that had passed. Mírzá ʻAbdu'l Husayn, died in the city. (Memorials of the Faithful, pg. 173) The third of ʻAbdu'l Bahá's four surviving daughters, Rúhá Khánum, married Mírzá Jalál, another son of the King of Martyrs. She broke the Covenant in the 1940s.