The next day, in the evening hour, as the Báb, followed by
Mullá Husayn, was returning to His home, there appeared a youth dishevelled and
travel-stained. He approached Mullá Husayn, embraced him, and asked him whether
he had attained his goal. Mullá Husayn tried at first to calm his agitation and
advised him to rest for the moment, promising that he would subsequently
enlighten him. That youth, however, refused to heed his advice. Fixing his gaze
upon the Báb, he said to Mullá Husayn: “Why seek you to hide Him from me? I can
recognise Him by His gait. I confidently testify that none besides Him, whether
in the East or in the West, can claim to be the Truth. None other can manifest
the power and majesty that radiate from His holy person.” Mullá Husayn
marvelled at his words. He pleaded to be excused, however, and induced him to
restrain his feelings until such time as he would be able to acquaint him with the
truth. Leaving him, he hastened to join the Báb, and informed Him of his
conversation with that youth. “Marvel not,” observed the Báb, “at his strange
behaviour. We have in the world of the spirit been communing with that youth.
We know him already. We indeed awaited his coming. Go to him and summon him
forthwith to Our presence.” Mullá Husayn was instantly reminded by these words
of the Báb of the following traditional utterance: “On the last Day, the Men of
the Unseen shall, on the wings of the spirit, traverse the immensity of the
earth, shall attain the presence of the promised Qá’im, and shall seek from Him
the secret that will resolve their problems and remove their perplexities.”
(Chapter 3, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
