‘Alí Khán [the warden of the fortress of Máh-Kú] himself,
under the influence of a strange vision, felt such mortification that he was
impelled to relax the severity of his discipline, as an atonement for his past
behavior. Such became his leniency that an increasing stream of eager and
devout pilgrims began to be admitted at the gates of the fortress. Among them
was the dauntless and indefatigable Mullá Ḥusayn, who had walked on foot the
entire way from Mashad in the east of Persia to Máh-Kú, the westernmost outpost
of the realm, and was able, after so arduous a journey, to celebrate the
festival of Naw-Rúz (1848) in the company of his Beloved.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God
Passes By’)
