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These words of Siyyid Hasan had a strange silencing effect on the guards. They straightaway let the two believers in to meet the Báb, who lovingly greeted them and said:
These miserable wretches who watch at the gate of My house have been destined by Me as a protection against the inrush of the multitude who throng around the house. They are powerless to prevent those whom I desire to meet from attaining My presence. 115ACT5
“Not once, but seven times”
Hájí ‘Alí-‘Askar was one of the two believers who met the Báb that day. He recounts that their first visit with the Báb lasted about two hours. At the end of it, the Báb entrusted them with certain tasks and also assured them that at whatever
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