been bereft of their sons. Thousands of mothers have wept and lamented for
their boys who have been beheaded. All this oppression and cruelty,
rapacity and blood-thirstiness did not hinder or prevent the spread of the
teachings of Baha'u'llah. They spread more and more every day, and their
power and might became more evident.

It may be that some foolish person among the Iranians will affix his name
to the contents of the Tablets of His Holiness Baha'u'llah or to the
explanations given in the letters of 'Abdu'l-Baha and send it to that
esteemed Assembly. Ye must be aware of this fact, for any Iranian who
seeks fame or has some other intention will take the entire contents of
the Tablets of His Holiness Baha'u'llah and publish them in his own name
or in that of his community, just as happened at the Universal Races
Congress in London before the war. An Iranian took the substance of the
Epistles of His Holiness Baha'u'llah, entered that Congress, gave them
forth in his own name and published them, whereas the wording was exactly
that of His Holiness Baha'u'llah. Some such souls have gone to Europe and
have caused confusion in the minds of the people of Europe and have
disturbed the thoughts of some Orientalists. Ye must bear this fact in
mind, for not a word of these teachings was heard in Iran before the
appearance of Baha'u'llah. Investigate this matter so that it may become
to you evident and manifest. Some souls are like parrots. They learn any
note which they may hear, and sing it, but they themselves are unaware of
what they utter. There is a sect in Iran at present made up of a few souls
who are called Babis, who claim to be followers of His Holiness the Bab,
whereas they are utterly unaware of His Holiness. They have some secret
teachings which are entirely opposed to the teachings of Baha'u'llah and
in Iran people know this. But when these souls come to Europe, they
conceal their own teachings and utter those of His Holiness Baha'u'llah,
for they know that the teachings of His Holiness Baha'u'llah are powerful
and they therefore declare publicly those teachings of Baha'u'llah in
their own name. As to their secret teachings, they say that they are taken
from the Book of Bayan, and the Book of Bayan is from His Holiness the
Bab. When ye get hold of the translation of the Book of Bayan, which has
been translated in Iran, ye will discover the truth that the teachings of
Baha'u'llah are utterly opposed to the teaching