Epilogue

The time from the day when Mullá Husayn was first attacked by his enemies to the day of his martyrdom was one hundred and sixteen days. The number of martyrs killed during those one hundred and sixteen days was seventy-two. In four different battles, Mullá Husayn had shown such courage and power that it could have only come from God. He was thirty-six years old when he died. At the age of eighteen, he first met Siyyid Kázim. For nine years he studied under him. The other nine years of his life were spent in teaching and protecting the Faith of God against its enemies.

When the Báb learned of Mullá Husayn's death, he wrote praises and prayers for him which would equal three times the length of the Qu'án. In one of His Tablets, the Báb wrote that the very dust where the body of Mullá Husayn lies buried can bring happiness to the down-hearted and healing to the sick. In the Kitáb-i-Iqán, Bahá'u'lláh pays him the highest tribute. He wrote: "But for him, God would not have been established upon the seat of His mercy, nor have ascended the throne of eternal glory!"

Mullá Husayn is one of the greatest men in the history of the Bahá'i Faith and his memory lives today and will live for hunreds of yeaars as an inspiration and an example for all who walk in the path of God.

Sources

The following books were consulted in the wrting of this story of Mullá Husayn:
Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'i World Faith (Wilmette, 1956)
Nabíl, The Dawn-Breakers (Wilmette, 1932)