To Mullá Husayn, as the hour of his departure approached,
the Báb addressed these words:
“Grieve not that you have not been chosen to accompany Me on
My pilgrimage to Hijáz. I shall, instead, direct your steps to that city which
enshrines a Mystery of such transcendent holiness as neither Hijáz nor Shíráz
can hope to rival. My hope is that you may, by the aid of God, be enabled to
remove the veils from the eyes of the wayward and to cleanse the minds of the
malevolent. Visit, on your way, Isfáhán, Káshán, Tihrán, and Khurásán. Proceed
thence to ‘Iráq, and there await the summons of your Lord, who will keep watch
over you and will direct you to whatsoever is His will and desire. As to
Myself, I shall, accompanied by Quddús and My Ethiopian servant, proceed on My
pilgrimage to Hijáz. I shall join the company of the pilgrims of Fárs, who will
shortly be sailing for that land. I shall visit Mecca and Medina, and there
fulfil the mission with which God has entrusted Me. God willing, I shall return
hither by the way of Kúfih, in which place I hope to meet you. If it be decreed
otherwise, I shall ask you to join Me in Shíráz.”
- The Bab (Quoted by Nabil, Chapter 3, ‘The
Dawn-Breakers’)
