DB 8-9: Some Turn to the Light
| Prologue | Change and what prevents us from changing. |
| Section 1: The First to Suffer on Persian Soil | QuddĂşs coming to ShĂráz; teaching the Báb’s middle uncle; Mullá Sádiq changes the adhán; QuddĂşs & Mullá Sádiq first to suffer on Persian soil. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 8, p143-148. |
| Section 2: The Báb Returns to ShĂráz | The Báb’s return to ShĂráz; incident of guards sent to arrest Him; the Báb’s interrogation by Husayn Khán and His face being struck; and the Báb’s speaking at the Masjid-i-VakĂl to appease the populace. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 8, p150-156. |
| Section 3: They Trickle into ShĂráz | The test to the believers of the Báb’s change of plans; travel of Mullá Husayn from Isfáhán to ShĂráz; arrival of other believers to ShĂráz; some don’t make it through the tests; the dispersal of the believers from ShĂráz. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 8, p157-170, p188-193. |
| Section 4: The Message Spreads | The travels and teaching work of QuddĂşs and of Mullá Sádiq after they are forced to leave ShĂráz; conversion of Hujjat; conversion of VahĂd; the proof of this Revelation includes that so many learned accepted and sacrificed their lives for it. Main Source: Dawn-Breakers Chapter 9, p173-186 and Chapter 24, p529-530. |
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