Máh-Kú 10 – Dawn Breakers

to accomplish the whole of my journey on foot. I will walk to the summit of this mountain and will there visit your Prisoner.”

Mullá Husayn reunited with the Báb on that day of Naw-Rúz 1848.

Nine days in Máh-Kú

Mullá Husayn’s stay in Máh-Kú was for nine days only. These were precious days indeed for Mullá Husayn, because it would be the last time he would be with the Báb in this earthly life.

Nabíl records how the Báb explained to Mullá Husayn that the events that were happening now were foreseen by poets centuries ago. One day, when the Báb and Mullá Husayn were walking on the roof of the castle, and looking westwards, the Araxes river winding its course far away could be seen. The Báb, turning to Mullá Husayn 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 Salmá!

How dear is the voice of thy camel-drivers, how sweet the jingling of thy bells!”

The days of your stay in this country are approaching their end. But for the shortness of your stay, we would have shown you the ”abode of Salmá,” even as we have revealed to your eyes the ”banks of the Araxes.” …

Continuing His remarks, the Báb said:

It is the immediate influence of the of the Holy Spirit that causes words such as these to stream from the tongue of poets, the significance of which they themselves are oftentimes unable to apprehend.

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