resh cruelty, a new torment from
his oppressors. He endured it all, and went on teaching with great
eloquence. He remained staunch, unmoved, as their wrath increased. In his
hands he held out a full cup of Divine glad tidings, offering to all who
came that heady draught of the knowledge of God. He was utterly without
fear, knew nothing of danger, and swiftly followed the holy path of the
Lord.

After the attempt on the _Sh_ah, however, there was no shelter anywhere;
no evening, no morning, without intense affliction. And since his staying
on in Najaf-Abad at such a time was a great danger to the believers, he
left there and traveled to 'Iraq. It was during the period when the
Blessed Beauty was in Kurdistan, when He had gone into seclusion and was
living in the cave on Sar-Galu, that Jinab-i-Zayn arrived in Ba_gh_dad.
But his hopes were dashed, his heart grieved, for all was silence: there
was no word of the Cause of God, no name nor fame of it; there were no
gatherings, no call was being raised. Yahya, terror stricken, had vanished
into some dark hiding place. Torpid, flaccid, he had made himself
invisible. Try as he might, Jinab-i-Zayn could find not one soul. He met
on a single occasion with His Eminence Kalim. But it was a period when
great caution was being exercised by the believers, and he went on to
Karbila. He spent some time there, and occupied himself with copying out
the Writings, after which he returned home to Najaf-Abad. Here the foul
persecutions and attacks of his relentless enemies could hardly be
endured.

But when the Trump had been sounded a second time,(88) he was restored to
life. To the tidings of Baha'u'llah's advent his soul replied; to the drum
beat, "Am I not your Lord?" his heart drummed back: "Yea, verily!"(89)
Eloquently, he taught again, using both rational and historical proofs to
establish that He Whom God Shall Manifest--the Promised One of the Bab--had
indeed appeared. He was like refreshing waters to those who thirsted, and
to seekers, a clear answer from the Concourse on high. In his writing and
speaking, he was first among the righteous, in his elucidations and
commentaries a mighty sign of God.

In Persia his life was in imminent peril; and since remaining at
Najaf-Abad would have stirred up the agitators and brought on riots, he
hastened away to Adrianople, seeking sanctuary with God, and crying out as
he went, "Lord, Lord, here am I!" Wearing the lover's pilgrim dress, he
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