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of His mission, and called upon the Sharíf to arise and embrace His Cause. This epistle, together with selections from His other writings, He delivered to Quddús, and instructed him to present them to the Sharíf. The Sharíf, however, was too absorbed in his own material pursuits and failed to respond to the call of the Divine Message. 91ACT3
Mírzá Muhít of Kirmán: A soul given many chances but who fails time and again
We have met Mírzá Muhít-i-Kirmaní before.92ACT3 He was one of the prominent disciples of Siyyid Kázim, and from the very beginning was only interested in power and glory for himself. He was the one who asked Siyyid Kázim, if he could go on the Siyyid’s behalf to Isfahán, and the Siyyid had said to him: “Beware of touching the lion’s tail.” and given the mission to Mullá Husayn. It seems that God destined that this Mírzá Muhít be given several chances to cross the Bridge, but sadly he failed to do so time and again. Perhaps the most direct and prophetic occasion this challenge was given to him was in Mecca. This is what happened:
Mírzá Muhít was performing the Hajj the same time as the Báb, although Mírzá Muhít did not know that. Nabíl recounts that It was the last day of the Hajj, when as Mírzá Muhít was standing facing the Black Stone [the Ka’ba], the Báb approached him and, taking his hand in His, addressed him in these words:
O Muhít! You regard yourself as one of the most outstanding figures of the shaykhí community and a distinguished exponent of its teachings. In your heart you even claim to be one of the direct successors and rightful inheritors of those twin great Lights 3ACT3 , those Stars that have heralded the morn of Divine guidance. Behold, we are both now standing within this most sacred shrine. Within its hallowed precincts, He whose Spirit dwells in this place can cause Truth immediately to be known and distinguished from falsehood, and righteousness from error. Verily I declare, none besides Me in this day, whether in the East or in the West, can claim to be the Gate that leads men to the knowledge of God. My proof is none other than that proof
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