“‘I arose and, filled with joy, hastened back to Mullá
Husayn, and delivered to him the gift and message of Bahá’u’lláh. With what joy
and exultation he received them from me! Words fail me to describe the
intensity of his emotion. He started to his feet, received with bowed head the
gift from my hand, and fervently kissed it. He then took me in his arms, kissed
my eyes, and said: “My dearly beloved friend! I pray that even as you have
rejoiced my heart, God may grant you eternal felicity and fill your heart with
imperishable gladness.” I was amazed at the behaviour of Mullá Husayn. What
could be, I thought to myself, the nature of the bond that unites these two
souls? What could have kindled so fervid a fellowship in their hearts? Why
should Mullá Husayn, in whose sight the pomp and circumstance of royalty were
the merest trifle, have evinced such gladness at the sight of so inconsiderable
a gift from the hands of Bahá’u’lláh? I was puzzled by this thought and could
not unravel its mystery.
“‘A few days later, Mullá Husayn left for Khurásán. As he
bade me farewell, he said: “Breathe not to anyone what you have heard and
witnessed. Let this be a secret hidden within your breast. Divulge not His
name, for they who envy His position will arise to harm Him. In your moments of
meditation, pray that the Almighty may protect Him, that, through Him, He may
exalt the downtrodden, enrich the poor, and redeem the fallen. The secret of
things is concealed from our eyes. Ours is the duty to raise the call of the
New Day and to proclaim this Divine Message unto all people. Many a soul will,
in this city, shed his blood in this path. That blood will water the Tree of
God, will cause it to flourish, and to overshadow all mankind.”’”
- Mullá
Muhammad-i-Mu’allim (Quoted by Nabil in
Chapter 4, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
