One day, as the Báb, in the company of Mullá Husayn, was
looking out over the landscape of the surrounding country from the roof of the
castle, He gazed towards the west and, as He saw the Araxes winding its course
far away below Him, turned to Mullá Husayn and said: “That is the river, and
this is the bank thereof, of which the poet Háfiz has thus written:
‘O zephyr, shouldst thou pass by the banks of the Araxes,
implant a kiss on the earth of that valley and make fragrant thy breath. Hail,
a thousand times hail, to thee, O abode of Salma! How dear is the voice of thy
camel-drivers, how sweet the jingling of thy bells!’
- Nabil (‘The
Dawn-Breakers’ chapter 13)
