Grade 2 – 4 Homework Assignment 1.

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11/4/2018 The search for The Báb

Teacher: Cindy Van Kley 405-630-4504 cindyvankley@gmail.com

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Remember: The Báb instructs Mullá Husayn

Mullá Husayn was stunned by all that The Báb revealed in making His Declaration on the night of May 22 nd to 23rd
in 1844 A.D., or 1260 A.H. in the Muslim calendar. After revealing the verses of the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’, he
addressed Mullá Husayn with these words: “O thou who art the first to believe in Me! Verily I say, I am the Báb,
the Gate of God, and thou art the Bábu’l-Báb, the gate of that Gate. Eighteen souls must, in the beginning,
spontaneously and of their own accord, accept Me and recognize the truth of My Revelation. Unwarned and
uninvited, each of these must seek independently to find Me. And when their number is complete, one of them must
needs be chosen to accompany Me on My pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. There I shall deliver the Message of
God to the Sharíf of Mecca. I then shall return to Kúfih, where again, in the Masjid (mosque) of that holy city, I
shall manifest His Cause…” The Báb also told him not to tell his companions or anyone else what he had seen and
heard that night, but to go to the mosque and pray and teach the truths he’d learned from Siyyid Kázim. He told him
that they would both go to Hijáz together, but before they left, they would appoint unto each of the eighteen souls a
special mission and send them forth to teach the Word of God and to quicken the souls of men. These eighteen,
along with the Báb, would form the body of the “Letters of the Living,” the first believers of the new Revelation.
Mullá Husayn felt possessed of such courage and power from the knowledge of The Báb’s Revelation that he felt
like the Voice of Gabriel personified. The promise of all religions had been fulfilled. The most difficult days of his
life were the 40 days when he was the only believer in the Báb and had to keep this secret.

Memory Verse: Practice many times every day. Say it in class next time.

“O My beloved friends! You are the bearers of the name of God in this Day. You have been chosen as the repositories of His mystery. It
behoves each one of you to manifest the attributes of God, and to exemplify by your deeds and words the signs of His righteousness, His
power and glory. The very members of your body must bear witness to the loftiness of your purpose, the integrity of your life, the reality
of your faith, and the exalted character of your devotion. For verily I say, this is the Day spoken of by God in His Book:
For verily I say, this is the Day spoken of by God in His Book: ‘On that day will We set
a seal upon their mouths yet shall their hands speak unto Us, and their feet shall
bear witness to that which they shall have done.’”
— The Báb, The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation, p. 92-94

Please READ THE REMEMBER section above, review your journal notes, and ponder the questions,
then write your answers in your Journal.

1) Look up the 4 highlighted words in a dictionary. Write a definition of each one in your journal.
2) What title did The Báb give to Mullá Husayn? What was the date of His Declaration?
3) How many people needed to recognize The Báb by finding Him all on their own, in the
beginning?
4) What was the most difficult time in Mullá Husayn’s life and why?
5) Fill in the blanks in the story on the back of this sheet.

PARENTS ONLY please initial each day the student practices the memory verse for at least 15
minutes and works on readings/questions:

For 11/11 Sun_______ Mon______ Tue_____ Wed_____ Thur_____ Fri_____ Sat_____

Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s):

Mullá Husayn was stunned by all that The Báb revealed in making His
__________________on the night of May ____nd to ____rd in _______ A.D., or 1260 A.H.
in the Muslim calendar. After revealing the verses of the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’, he addressed
Mullá Husayn with these words: “O thou who art the first to ______________ in Me!
Verily I say, I am the Báb, the _________ of God, and thou art the Bábu’l-Báb, the gate of
that _________. __________________souls must, in the beginning, spontaneously and of
their own accord, accept Me and recognize the truth of My ___________________.
Unwarned and uninvited, each of these must seek ________________________ to find
Me. And when their number is complete, one of them must needs be chosen to accompany
Me on My __________________ to Mecca and Medina. There I shall deliver the Message
of God to the Sharíf of Mecca. I then shall return to Kúfih, where again, in the Masjid
(_______________) of that holy city, I shall manifest His Cause…” The Báb also told
him not to tell his ___________________ or anyone else what he had seen and heard that
night, but to go to the mosque and pray and teach the truths he’d learned from Siyyid
Kázim. He told him that they would __________ go to Hijáz together, but before they left,
they would appoint unto each of the eighteen souls a special ________________ and send
them forth to teach the Word of God and to quicken the souls of men. These eighteen,
along with the Báb, would form the body of the “________________of the
_________________”, the first believers of the new Revelation.

Mullá Husayn felt possessed of such _______________ and power from the knowledge of
The Báb’s Revelation that he felt like the Voice of Gabriel personified. The promise of all
religions had been fulfilled. The most difficult days of his life were the
________________ days when he was the only believer in the Báb and had to keep this
secret.