Immediately the letter, enclosing the Siyyid’s written
declaration, was delivered to Siyyid Kázim, the latter was so rejoiced that he
forthwith sent to Mullá Husayn his reply, expressing his grateful appreciation
of the exemplary manner in which he had discharged his trust. He was so
delighted with the answer he had received that, interrupting the course of his
lecture, he read out, to his disciples, both the letter of Mullá Husayn and the
written testimony enclosed in that letter. He afterwards shared with them the
epistle which he himself had written to Mullá Husayn in recognition of the
remarkable service he had rendered him. In it Siyyid Kázim paid such a glowing
tribute to his high attainments, to his ability and character that a few among
those who heard it suspected that Mullá Husayn was that promised One to whom
their master unceasingly referred, the One whom he so often declared to be
living in their very midst and yet to have remained unrecognised by them all.
(Chapter 2, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)