I have heard Hájí Abu’l-Hasan-i-Shírází, who was travelling
in the same vessel as the Báb, describe the circumstances of that memorable
voyage: “During the entire period of approximately two months,” he asserted,
“from the day we embarked at Búshihr to the day when we landed at Jaddih, the
port of Hijáz, whenever by day or night I chanced to meet either the Báb or
Quddús, I invariably found them together, both absorbed in their work. The Báb
seemed to be dictating, and Quddús was busily engaged in taking down whatever
fell from His lips. Even at a time when panic seemed to have seized the
passengers of that storm-tossed vessel, they would be seen pursuing their
labours with unperturbed confidence and calm. Neither the violence of the
elements nor the tumult of the people around them could either ruffle the
serenity of their countenance or turn them from their purpose.” - Nabil (Chapter
7, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
