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the Faithful. He called to the multitude: âArise and seek him. Behold, he plucks out of the burning fire charters of liberty and is distributing them to the people. Hasten to him, for whoever receives them from his hands will be secure from penal suffering, and whoever fails to obtain them from him, will be bereft of the blessings of Paradise.â Immediately I heard the voice of the crier, I arose and, abandoning my shop, ran across the market-street of VakĂl to a place where my eyes beheld you standing and distributing those same charters to the people. To everyone who approached to receive them from your hands, you would whisper in his ear a few words which instantly caused him to flee in consternation and exclaim: âWoe betide me, for I am deprived of the blessings of âAlĂ and his kindred! Ah, miserable me, that I am accounted among the outcast and fallen!â I awoke from my dream and, immersed in an ocean of thought, regained my shop. Suddenly I saw you pass, accompanied by a man who wore a turban, and who was conversing with you. I sprang from my seat and, impelled by a power which I could not repress, ran to overtake you. To my utter amazement, I found you standing upon the very site which I had witnessed in my dream, engaged in the recital of traditions and verses. Standing aside, at a distance, I kept watching you, wholly unobserved by you and your friend. I heard the man whom you were addressing, impetuously protest: âEasier is it for me to be devoured by the flames of hell than to acknowledge the truth of your words, the weight of which mountains are unable to sustain!â To his contemptuous rejection you returned this answer: âWere all the universe to repudiate His truth, it could never tarnish the unsullied purity of His robe of grandeur.â Departing from him, you directed your steps towards the gate of KĂĄzirĂĄn. I continued to follow you until I reached this place.â
MullĂĄ âAlĂ tried to appease his troubled heart and to persuade him to return to his shop and resume his daily work. âYour association with me,â he urged, âwould involve me in difficulties. Return to ShĂrĂĄz and rest assured, for you are accounted of the people of salvation. Far be it from the justice of God to withhold from so ardent and devoted a seeker the cup of His grace, or to deprive a soul so athirst from the billowing ocean of His Revelation.â The words of MullĂĄ âAlĂ proved of no avail. The more he insisted upon the return of âAbduâl-VahhĂĄb, the louder grew his lamentation and weeping. MullĂĄ âAlĂ