All praise be to God Who bestowed upon the Solace of the Eyes,[AR] in His youth, Aḥmad. We did verily raise him up unto God.... O Solace of the Eyes! Be patient in what thy God hath ordained for thee. Verily He doeth whatsoever He willeth. He is the All-Wise in the exercise of His justice. He is thy Lord, the Ancient of Days, and praised be He in whatever He ordereth.[12] [Footnote AR: The Báb refers to Himself time and again in this Book as 'Qurratu'l-`Ayn'--the Solace of the Eyes.] CHAPTER 3 ṬIHRÁN Rejoice with great joy, for God hath made thee 'the Day-Spring of His light', inasmuch as within thee was born the Manifestation of His Glory. Be thou glad for this name that hath been conferred upon thee--a name through which the Day-Star of grace hath shed its splendour, through which both earth and heaven have been illumined. --Bahá'u'lláh, addressing the city of Ṭihrán ... We stand, life in hand, wholly resigned to His will; that perchance, through God's loving kindness and His grace, this revealed and manifest Letter may lay down His life as a sacrifice in the path of the Primal Point,[AS] the most exalted Word. --Bahá'u'lláh, from the _Kitáb-i-Íqán_ [Footnote AS: 'Nuqṭiy-i-Úlá'--the Báb.] Mullá Ḥusayn was sorely disappointed when he realized that he was not to be the companion of the Báb, on His pilgrimage to Mecca. But for the man who was the first to find Him and believe in Him the Báb had marked out a task infinitely glorious. Mullá Ḥusayn was to go from [_Sh_]íráz to Ṭihrán, where the fulfilment of that task awaited him. He had travelled to [_Sh_]íráz on a quest. There he had reached its end, had found the Qá'im of the House of Muḥammad. Now he was to undertake another quest, and he was not entirely aware of the consequences that would attend its success. To him the Báb said: