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Siyyid Kázim meets the Youth with the green turban: “A drink of pure beverage shall their Lord give them.”
Shaykh Hasan recounts:
One day at the hour of dawn, I was suddenly awakened by Mullá Naw-rúz, one of his [Siyyid Kázim’s] intimate attendants, who, in great excitement, bade me arise and follow him. We went to the house of Siyyid Kázim, where we found him fully dressed, wearing his ‘abá [cloak], and ready to leave his home. He asked me to accompany him. “A highly esteemed and distinguished Person,” he said, “has arrived. I feel it incumbent upon us both to visit Him.” The morning light had just broken when I found myself walking with him through the streets of Karbalá’. We soon reached a house, and at its door stood a Youth, as if expectant to receive us. He wore a green turban (signifying that He was a Siyyid, a descendant of the Prophet), and His face revealed an expression of humility and kindliness which I can never describe.
He quietly approached us, extended His arms towards Siyyid Kázim, and lovingly embraced him. His affability and loving-kindness singularly contrasted with the sense of profound reverence that characterized the attitude of Siyyid Kázim towards Him. Speechless and with bowed head, he received the many expressions of affection and esteem with which that Youth greeted him.
Siyyid Kázim held the cup with both hands and quaffed it. A feeling of reverent joy filled his being, a feeling which he could not suppress. I too was presented with a cupful of that beverage, though no words were addressed to me. All that was spoken at that memorable gathering was the above-mentioned verse of the Qur’an. Soon after, the Host arose from His seat and, accompanying us to the threshold of the house, bade us farewell. I was mute with wonder, and knew not how to express the cordiality of His welcome, the dignity of His bearing, the charm of that face, and the delicious fragrance of that beverage. How great was my amazement when I saw my
50 Qur’án 76:21