153:(a prayer revealed by his father). Wrapped in prayer, he fell through the skylight in the roof of the prison onto a crate lying on the floor below. The family heard the crash and rushed to the scene to find Mihdí covered in blood. He was so badly injured that his clothes had to be torn from him. Prison guards allowed for a doctor to attend to him, but by that time the injuries were too severe. As he lay dying, Mírzá Mihdí told Bahá’u’lláh he wished that pilgrims (many of whom walked from
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