“‘This Revelation, so suddenly and impetuously thrust upon
me, came as a thunderbolt which, for a time, seemed to have benumbed my
faculties. I was blinded by its dazzling
splendour and overwhelmed by its crushing force. Excitement, joy, awe, and
wonder stirred the depths of my soul. Predominant among these emotions was a
sense of gladness and strength which seemed to have transfigured me. How feeble
and impotent, how dejected and timid, I had felt previously! Then I could
neither write nor walk, so tremulous were my hands and feet. Now, however, the
knowledge of His Revelation had galvanised my being. I felt possessed of such
courage and power that were the world, all its peoples and its potentates, to
rise against me, I would, alone and undaunted, withstand their onslaught. The
universe seemed but a handful of dust in my grasp. I seemed to be the Voice of
Gabriel personified, calling unto all mankind: “Awake, for lo! the morning
Light has broken. Arise, for His Cause is made manifest. The portal of His
grace is open wide; enter therein, O peoples of the world! For He who is your
promised One is come!”
“‘In such a state I left His house and joined my brother and
nephew.'"
- Mulla Husayn (Quoted by Nabil in chapter 3 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
