“‘As I approached the house of Bahá’u’lláh, I recognised His
brother Mírzá Músá, who was standing at the gate, and to whom I communicated
the object of my visit. He went into the house and soon reappeared bearing a
message of welcome. I was ushered into His presence, and presented the scroll
to Mírzá Músá, who laid it before Bahá’u’lláh. He bade us both be seated.
Unfolding the scroll, He glanced at its contents and began to read aloud to us
certain of its passages. I sat enraptured as I listened to the sound of His
voice and the sweetness of its melody. He had read a page of the scroll when,
turning to His brother, He said: “Músá, what have you to say? Verily I say,
whoso believes in the Qur’án and recognises its Divine origin, and yet
hesitates, though it be for a moment, to admit that these soul-stirring words
are endowed with the same regenerating power, has most assuredly erred in his
judgment and has strayed far from the path of justice.” He spoke no more.
Dismissing me from His presence, He charged me to take to Mullá Ḥusayn, as a
gift from Him, a loaf of Russian sugar and a package of tea, and to convey to him the expression of His
appreciation and love.
- Mullá Muhammad-i-Mu’allim (Quoted by Nabil in Chapter 4, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
