The news of the sudden conversion of the chosen envoys of
the mujtahid of Núr spread with bewildering rapidity throughout the district.
It roused the people from their lethargy. Ecclesiastical dignitaries, State
officials, traders, and peasants all flocked to the residence of Bahá’u’lláh. A
considerable number among them willingly espoused His Cause.
(Chapter 5, ‘The
Dawn-Breakers’)
