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Section Two: Káshán, Qum, Tihrán & Khurásán
Káshán: Some make it across the Bridge, and some don’t
From Isfáhán, Mullá Husayn proceeded to Káshán. As in Isfáhán, there were some in Káshán who were able to cross the metaphoric Bridge of Sirát and others who could not.
View of Káshán. Archival photo.27ACT3
Among those in Káshán who recognized and accepted the Message given by Mullá Husayn was a highly successful merchant of Káshán, Mírzá Jání. He had three brothers. More about these four Káshání brothers later [DB 10-12, Section 3].
Among those who sadly remained spiritually blind, was a close friend of Mullá Husayn’s, Siyyid ‘Abdu’l-Báqí . He was a very well-respected Shaykhí who had been intimately associated with Mullá Husayn during his stay in Najaf and Karbalá’. But ‘Abdu’l-Báqí’s inner spiritual eyes could not be opened in spite of his friend Mullá Husayn teaching him. This ‘Abdu’l-Báqí later even meets the Báb, when the Báb visits Káshán, but fails to recognize the Beloved.
Qum: The soil is not yet ready to receive
From Káshán, Mullá Husayn headed to Qum, but he found the people there were utterly unprepared to heed his call. He did what he could and left for Tihrán.
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