We have made mention of certain martyrs of this Revelation, and have
likewise cited some of the verses which were sent down concerning them
from the kingdom of Our utterance. We fain would hope that, rid of all
attachment to the world, thou wilt ponder the things which We have
mentioned.
It behooveth thee now to reflect upon the state of Mírzá Hádí Dawlat-Ábádí
and of Sád-i-Iṣfáhání (Sadru’l-‘Ulamá), who reside in the Land of Tá
(Ṭihrán). No sooner had the former heard that he had been called a Bábí
than he became so perturbed that his poise and dignity forsook him. He
ascended the pulpits and spoke words which ill befitted him. From time
immemorial the clay clods of the world have, wholly by reason of their
love of leadership, perpetrated such acts as have caused men to err. Thou
must not, however, imagine that all the faithful are such as these two. We
have described unto thee the constancy, the firmness, the steadfastness,
the certitude, the imperturbability and the dignity of the martyrs of this
Revelation, that thou mayest be well-informed. My purpose in citing the
passages from the Tablets to the kings and others hath been that thou
mayest know of a certainty that this Wronged One hath not concealed the
Cause of God, but hath proclaimed and delivered, in the most eloquent
language, before the face of the world, the things He had been
commissioned to set forth. Certain faint-hearted ones, however, such as
Hádí and others, have tampered with the Cause of God and have, in their
concern for this fleeting life, said and done that which caused the eye of
justice to weep and the Pen of Glory to groan, notwithstanding their
ignorance of the essentials of this Cause; whereas this Wronged One hath
revealed it for the sake of God.
O Hádí! Thou hast gone unto My brother and hast seen him. Set now thy face
towards the court of this Wronged One, that haply the breezes of
Revelation and the breaths of inspiration may assist thee and enable thee
to attain thy goal. Whoever gazeth this day on My signs will distinguish
truth from falsehood as the sun from shadow, and will be made cognizant of
the goal. God is aware and beareth Me witness that whatever hath been
mentioned was for the sake of God, that haply thou mayest be the cause of
the guidance of men, and mayest deliver the peoples of the world from idle
fancies and vain imaginings. Gracious God! Until now they that have turned
aside and denied Me have failed to recognize Who despatched that which was
delivered unto the Herald—the Primal Point! The knowledge of it is with
God, the Lord of the worlds.
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