[On October 5, 1851 A.D.] …while I was passing by the gate
of the inner courtyard of the shrine of the Imám Husayn, [in Karbilá] my eyes,
for the first time, fell upon Bahá’u’lláh. What shall I recount regarding the
countenance which I beheld! The beauty of that face, those exquisite features
which no pen or brush dare describe, His penetrating glance, His kindly face,
the majesty of His bearing, the sweetness of His smile, the luxuriance of His
jet-black flowing locks, left an indelible impression upon my soul.
- Shaykh
Hasan-i-Zunúzí (Quoted by Nabil in Chapter 2 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and
edited by Shoghi Effendi)
