The Báb: The Herald of the Day of DaysBalyuzi, H. M.
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The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days
Balyuzi, H. M.
Bab, Ali Muhammad Shirazi, 1819-1850; Bahai Faith
Verily I say, the Truth is even now known and distinguished
from falsehood. O shrine of the Prophet of God, and you, O
Quddús, who have believed in Me! I take you both, in this
hour, as My witnesses. You have seen and heard that which
has come to pass between Me and him. I call upon you to
testify thereunto, and God, verily, is, beyond and above
you, My sure and ultimate Witness. He is the All-Seeing, the
All-Knowing, the All-Wise. O Muḥíṭ! Set forth
whatsoever perplexes your mind, and I will, by the aid of
God, unloose My tongue and undertake to resolve your
problems, so that you may testify to the excellence of My
utterance and realise that no one besides Me is able to
manifest My wisdom.[6]
Muḥíṭ presented his questions and then departed
hurriedly for Medina. The Báb, in answer to them, revealed the
_Ṣaḥífiy-i-Baynu'l-Ḥaramayn_, which, as its name 'The Epistle
Between the Two Shrines' indicates, was composed on the road to the
city of the Prophet (Medina). Muḥíṭ, contrary to his promise,
did not remain long in Medina, but received the Báb's treatise in
Karbilá. To the end of his days, Muḥíṭ was shifty and
irresolute, and the headship of the [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]í community did not
go to him, but to Ḥájí Muḥammad-Karím [_Kh_]án-i-Kirmání.
The last act of the Báb in Mecca was to address a Tablet to the
[_Sh_]aríf (Sherif) of Mecca, in which He proclaimed His advent and His
Divine mandate. Quddús delivered it together with a volume of the
Writings of the Báb. But the [_Sh_]aríf was preoccupied and ignored the
communication put in his hands. Ḥájí Níyáz-i-Ba[_gh_]dádí recounts:
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