This highly accomplished man [Mishkín-Qalam] first heard of
the Cause of God in Iṣfáhán, and the result was that he set out to find
Bahá’u’lláh. He crossed the great distances, measured out the miles, climbing
mountains, passing over deserts and over the sea, until at last he came to
Adrianople. Here he reached the heights of faith and assurance; here he drank
the wine of certitude. He responded to the summons of God, he attained the
presence of Bahá’u’lláh, he ascended to that apogee where he was received and
accepted. By now he was reeling to and fro like a drunkard in his love for God,
and because of his violent desire and yearning, his mind seemed to wander. He
would be raised up, and then cast down again; he was as one distracted. He
spent some time under the sheltering grace of Bahá’u’lláh, and every day new
blessings were showered upon him. Meanwhile he produced his splendid
calligraphs; he would write out the Most Great Name, Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá, O Thou
Glory of the All-Glorious, with marvelous skill, in many different forms, and
would send them everywhere.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk; ‘Memorials of the
Faithful’)
