Likewise, ere the beauty of Muḥammad
was unveiled, the signs of the visible heaven were made manifest. As to the
signs of the invisible heaven, there appeared four men who successively
announced unto the people the joyful tidings of the rise of that divine
Luminary. Rúz-bih, later
named Salmán, was honoured by being in their service. As the end of one of
these approached, he would send Rúz-bih unto the other, until the fourth who,
feeling his death to be nigh, addressed Rúz-bih saying: “O Rúz-bih! when thou
hast taken up my body and buried it, go to Ḥijáz
for there the Day-star of Muhammad will arise. Happy art thou, for thou shalt
behold His face!”
(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Iqan)
