In the course of one of these nightly visits, [with the Báb]
my Host [the Báb] addressed me [Mulla Husayn] in these words:
“To-morrow thirteen of your companions will arrive. To each
of them extend the utmost loving-kindness. Leave them not to themselves, for
they have dedicated their lives to the quest of their Beloved. Pray to God that
He may graciously enable them to walk securely in that path which is finer than
a hair and keener than a sword. Certain ones among them will be accounted, in
the sight of God, as His chosen and favoured disciples. As to others, they will
tread the middle way. The fate of the rest will remain undeclared until the
hour when all that is hidden shall be made manifest.”
- Mulla Husayn, (Quoting The Báb, chapter 3 of ‘The
Dawn-Breakers’)
