Bahá'u'lláh’s brother, Mirza Musa and Mulla Husayn’s
messenger were both enraptured by listening to the sound of Bahá'u'lláh’s voice
and the sweetness of its melodies as He recited a single section of the scroll
that was presented to Him – a scroll from the Báb containing some passages from
of the Báb’s Writings, the Qayyumu’l-Asma. They were startled when heard Him say
to His brother:
“Musa, what have you to say? Verily I say whoso believes in
the Qur’an and recognizes its divine origin, and yet hesitates, though it be
fora moment, to admit that these soul-stirring words are endowed with the same
regenerating power, has most assuredly erred in his judgment and strayed far
from the path of justice” (‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
To that scroll fragment of the Qayyumu’l-Asma the
hypersensitive Mirza Husayn-'Ali [Bahá'u'lláh] had responded as a chord plucked
by the Divine Harpist. Cursorily acquainted as he probably was with the
preparatory doctrines of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazimim, His immediate
recognition of the Bab's spiritual authority aligned Him with the new Cause. It
was as though He were always a Bábi, so ready of spirit was He. Indeed, His
inherent readiness for the new Truth assured instant recognition of the Báb,
and thus He became another primary Disciple of the new High Prophet. In that
moment, too, He began His own Mission from God.
Bahá'u'lláh’s perceptive brother Musa, also upon hearing the
reading of a single long passage, almost simultaneously identified with this
newborn Truth.
(Adapted from ‘Robe of Light, vol. 1’, by David Ruhe)
(Adapted from ‘Robe of Light, vol. 1’, by David Ruhe)
