I said: "A command He ordered me, and a state He sent me to and urged me upon, and I do not know the direction of connection to where He summoned me."

He said: "Tell it to me."

I said: "When He saw me, He said to me: 'O Muhammad ibn Nusayr.' I said: 'At Your service, O my Master.' He said to me: 'O Muhammad, indeed I have a Wali in the White Land of China who perished a thousand years ago, and this is the day of Nowruz, so go and revive him.' I wanted to say to Him: 'O my Master, how can I revive him when his life and death belong to You?' but I refrained from answering Him back. And I have come out, bewildered, not knowing the direction of access to attain what He commanded me and presented to me."

"And this Al-Askar and the White Land of China (Bayda' al-Sin) are far apart in distance, yet He wants me to revive him on this day, which is the day of Nowruz."

He said to me: "O Muhammad ibn Nusayr, are you not His Gate (Bab) and the destination of His seekers?"

I said: "Yes."

He said: "How can it be fitting for you to sit back from His command and what He desires?"