Chapter Seven

From Tihrín, Mullá Husayn went to Mázindarán where he was to have a promise of the Báb filfilled. In the Prison at Máh-Kú, the Báb had told Mullá Husayn that in Mázindarán there was a hidden treasure which would become revealed to him and would show him what he was supposed to do to further the work of the Faith. In Mázindarán, Mullá Husayn visited Quddús in the town of Bárfurúsh. He was greeted lovingly by Quddús, who did his best to make his guest confortable. Quddús even washed Mullá Husayn's feet which were dusty and blistered from the journey. He gave Mullá Husayn the seat of honour at the table and introduced him with great reverence to each of the believers.

After dinner, when all the guests had left, Mullá Husayn and Quddús had a long talk. Mullá Husayn told Quddús all the wonderful things that had happened when he was with the Báb. Then he said, "But He gave me no definite directions about what I should do next to teach the cause. He told me that in Mázindarán a hidden treasure would be revealed to me, and I would know what to do. From His words, I understood that I would never see Him again, and that I would sacrifice my unworthy self in His path. He said to me, The Feast of Sacrifice is fast approaching. Arise and gird up the loins of endeavour, and let nothing detain you from achieving your destiny. Having attained your destination, prepare yourself to receive Us, for We too shall ere long follow you.""

Quddús then showed Mullá Husayn some writing, and asked him to read it. Mullá Husayn read it, and said, "I realize that the Author of these words received them from God, and I accept their truth without any question whatever." He than looked at Quddús and knew that Quddús had written them himself. He immediately arose and stood before Quddús with bowed head and said, "Quddús is the hidden treasure which the Báb promosed I would find. Although my Master is now in prison in the mountains of Ádhirbayján, the reflection of His glory now stands before me." This is the way Mullá Husayn recognized in Quddús a sign of the Báb. And this is the way the Báb raised up his helpers, even while He was hundreds of kilometres away in prison. No power can stop the greatest power--- the Power of God.

Mullá Husayn was a very unusual young man. he was well educated, had a wide knowledge and a beautiful character. Many of the deciples of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kázim thought he was the person to become the Promised One. On the night that Mullá Husayn first met the Báb he thought that he was greater in education than the Báb. But he had such a pure heart and clear understanding that he was able to see the perfect beauty in the Báb, although the Báb was the son of a little-known merchant of Shíráz. Later, when many Bábís looked to Mullá Husayn as the most important person next to the Báb, Mullá Husayn kept his purity and recognized in Quddús an even greater soul than his own. How many of us would be able to do that?

When Mullá Husayn read the writings of Quddús he gave himself completely to the service of Quddús. He promised Quddús that he would follow in his footsteps, obey his commands, and in every way make him comfortable and keep him safe. And, until the hour of his martydom, Mullá Husayn kept his promise.