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The radiant Youth with the green turban
A few hours before sunset, Mullá Husayn is walking outside the gate of the city, when his eyes suddenly fall upon a Youth of radiant countenance. He is wearing a green turban and advances towards Mullá Husayn with a smile of loving welcome. He embraces Mullá Husayn with tender affection as though he had been his intimate and lifelong friend. At first, Mullá Husayn thinks He is one of Siyyid Kázim’s disciples who, on being informed of his approach to Shíráz, had come out to welcome him.
Here, as recorded by Nabíl, are Mullá Husayn’s own words relating what happened next that historic evening in Shíráz:
The Youth who met me outside the gate of Shíráz overwhelmed me with expressions of affection and loving-kindness. He extended to me a warm invitation to visit His home, and there refresh myself after the fatigues of my journey. I prayed to be excused, pleading that my two companions had already arranged for my stay in that city, and were now awaiting my return. “Commit them to the care of God,” was His reply; “He will surely protect and watch over them.” Having spoken these words, He bade me follow Him. I was profoundly impressed by the gentle yet compelling manner in which that strange Youth spoke to me.