They implored His blessings, and kissed His feet. The Bab expressed his appreciation towards each one of them individually and assured them that He would pray for them.
(The Herald and His Heroes)
Mulla Husayn needed no further proof. With tears in his eyes, he prostrated himself before the Manifestation of God.
(The New Garden)
...passing one day before its gates, paused and gazing in saw Bahá'u'lláh seated beneath the shade of the mulberry tree, 'that canopy not made with hands,' and remembering the prophecy in the Qur'an, he recognized his Lord and hastened to prostrate himself at His feet.
When Varqa heard this, he was so filled with joy and excitement that he fell prostrate at Bahá'u'lláh's feet and begged Him to make it possible for him and one of his sons to lay down their lives in the path of the Master. Bahá'u'lláh favoured him with His acceptance. When he returned to Persia, Varqa wrote to Bahá'u'lláh and renewed his plea for martyrdom, a plea to which He again favourably responded. And, as we shall see later, this happened; he was martyred during the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Referring to the perversity of people, and especially religious leaders, Bahá'u'lláh in a Tablet to Mulla 'Ali-Akbar asserts that these unfortunate beings are unaware of the truth of the Cause of God. If only they could attain His presence during the time of revelation when the verses of God are being sent down, each one of them would be so carried away as to become humble and prostrate himself at the feet of his Lord.
When the ship reached Haifa the very thought of prostrating ourselves at His threshold and attaining His presence which the Prophets and His chosen ones had wished to attain invoked such eagerness and excitement in our hearts that with tears streaming down our cheeks, we were transported into a different world. We arrived at a spot where the souls of all the Manifestations of God were circumambulating day and night around His Blessed Person.
One day before sunrise a servant of Bahá'u'lláh's household informed us that His Blessed Person would be coming to our house. On hearing this news tears of joy flowed from our eyes With infinite joy we hastened to Him. He was coming toward our house with great majesty and grandeur. We all prostrated ourselves and kissed His feet.
(The Revelation of Baháʼuʼlláh by Adib Taherzadeh - 1988)
This time I went forward immediately, stepping on the backs of people who lay prostrate in front of me, until I reached Him. I prostrated myself at His feet and kissed them.
(The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Volume 3 by Adib Taherzadeh)
...On most occasions when we were summoned to the presence of ‘Abdu’l-Baha in His reception-room, I noticed that an old man, short in stature, with a white beard and brown complexion, arrived in the room after everyone else. First he would prostrate himself at the threshold of the room [‘Abdu’l-Baha’s], then he would enter, bow to the waist and, when ‘Abdu’l-Baha acknowledged him, sit at the threshold.
(The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Volume 1 by Adib Taherzadeh)
And when he [Aqa ‘Azizu’llah] attained the presence of Baha’u’llah, he went down on his knees to kiss His feet.
(Eminent Bahá’ís in the time of Bahá’u’lláh)
‘Andalib, overtaken by grief and with tears flowing, exclaimed, ‘O, Baha! O, Baha!’ He gave us permission to leave. Immersed in sorrow and with hearts consumed with grief, we prostrated ourselves at His feet, circumambulated Him, and left the room. Mr Samandari recalled the verse Baha'u'llah repeated that day from the Most Holy Book: Be not dismayed, O peoples of the world, when the daystar of My beauty is set, and the heaven of My tabernacle is concealed from your eyes. Arise to further My Cause, and to exalt My Word amongst men. We are with you at all times, and shall strengthen you through the power of truth.
(Ṭarázu’lláh Samandarí, Lights of Fortitude)
His blessed Person we beheld, coming with all power and glory towards our house. We all prostrated ourselves and kissed His feet. We made the earth trodden by His blessed feet the kohl of our eyes...
(Bahá’u’lláh - The King of Glory)
At first he prostrated himself at the entrance to the corridor, then approached the room and again prostrated himself at its threshold. He He then entered, bowed low before ‘Abdu’l Baha and stood there until ‘Abdu’l-Baha indicated to him to be seated...
(The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Volume 1 by Adib Taherzadeh)
He (Dayyan) recognized the station of Baha’u’llah, acknowledged His Faith and prostrated himself at His feet.
(The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Volume 1 by Adib Taherzadeh)
Many of them prostrated themselves at His feet and kissed them.
(The Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh)
When my turn came I prostrated myself as I entered, kissed the threshold and kneeled before ‘Abdu’l-Baha He pointed to a chair and invited me to sit on it.
(Against Incredible Odds)
The Master came forward, while my husband prostrated himself and the Master embraced him...
(Visiting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Volume 1)
D’Evelyn, a devoted Baha’i, came running as soon as he saw the Master and prostrated himself at His feet.
(Maḥmúd’s Diary)
I read a letter from Haji Mirza Haydar-‘Ali and, on his behalf, prostrated myself at the feet of the Master.
(Maḥmúd’s Diary)
She would prostrate herself at the Master’s feet and beg him tearfully to allow her to go to Persia and proclaim the Faith as Táhirih had done...
(Lua Getsinger)
Haji Mirza Haydar-‘Ali, upon hearing of Covenant-breaking activity in London, had thrown himself at the Master’s feet and begged to be sent there in spite of his 88 years.
(Visiting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Volume 2)
The novelty of seeing American women prostrate themselves before the Baha’i leader, clad in long flowing robe and turban was a sensation for the patrons of the hotel.
(The Apostle of Peace Volume One)
At first, the pilgrims tried to prostrate themselves at the feet of the Guardian as they would have done with ‘Abdu-Baha, but Shoghi Effendi quickly prevented the action...
(Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim’s Eye, Vol 1)
And I knew that in his station he was “protected from error”. Ali Kuli Khan had told me that he had prostrated himself before the Guardian and had been told to rise.
(Fires in Many Hearts)
(Siyyid Muṣṭafá Rúmí)
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