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Nine days in Máh-Kú
Mullá Husayn’s stay in Máh-Kú was for nine days only. 19ACT6 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.” … 20ACT6
[Note: The “abode of Salmá” refers to the town of Salmás which is situated in the neighborhood of the prison of Chihríq, where the Báb will be transferred to from Máh-Kú].
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.21ACT6
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