Has not God revealed in His Book: ‘Whoso maketh efforts for
Us, in Our ways will We guide them’?”
[Qur’án, 29:69] “Why, then,” Mullá Husayn observed, “have you chosen to
tarry in Karbilá? Why is it that you have not dispersed, and arisen to carry
out his earnest plea?” “We acknowledge our failure,” was their reply; “to your
greatness we all bear witness. Such is our confidence in you, that if you claim
to be the promised One, we shall all readily and unquestionably submit. We
herein pledge our loyalty and obedience to whatever you bid us perform.” “God
forbid!” exclaimed Mullá Husayn. “Far be it from His glory that I, who am but
dust, should be compared to Him who is the Lord of Lords! Had you been
conversant with the tone and language of Siyyid Kázim, you never would have
uttered such words. Your first obligation, as well as mine, is to arise and
carry out, both in the spirit and in the letter, the dying message of our
beloved chief.”
(Chapter 3, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
