At last I [Mulla Husayn] reluctantly arose from my seat and
begged leave to depart. He smilingly bade me be seated, and said: “If you leave
in such a state, whoever sees you will assuredly say: ‘This poor youth has lost
his mind.’” At that moment the clock registered two hours and eleven minutes
after sunset. That night, the eve of the
fifth day of Jamádiyu’l-Avval, in the year 1260 A.H., corresponded with the eve
preceding the sixty-fifth day after Naw-rúz, which was also the eve of the
sixth day of Khurdád, of the year Nahang. “This night,” He declared, “this very
hour will, in the days to come, be celebrated as one of the greatest and most
significant of all festivals. Render thanks to God for having graciously
assisted you to attain your heart’s desire, and for having quaffed from the
sealed wine of His utterance. ‘Well is it with them that attain thereunto.’”
- Mulla Husayn (Quoted by Nabil in chapter 3 of ‘The
Dawn-Breakers’)
