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During his sojourn in the Ridvan, Baha'o'llah fell ill and ordered his bed to be brought and his tent to be placed near a stream. He was sleeping in his tent and three hundred followers were camped about. Kurrat-ul-Ayn sought Baha'o'llah's permission to come and see him in his garden. They replied that he was ill and could not go out. Kurrat-ul-Ayn answered "Then it is I who will go to him. Behold, I seek his presence!" This was the first instance in the history of this cause that traditions were changed. It was the visible sign of the new creation. Up to that time no one knew Baha'o'llah was the one of whom the Bab spoke when he admonished his disciples to look for the advent of - "him whom God would manifest." The people thought of Baha'o'llah as one of the followers of the Bab.
(64:1)
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