My presence, until he was made to err by one of My servants, named
Siyyid Muhammad. Unto this bear witness My believing servants who
accompanied Me in My exile from Ba_gh_dad to this, the Most Great Prison.
And there befell Me at the hands of both of them that which made every man
of understanding to cry out, and he who is endued with insight to groan
aloud, and the tears of the fair-minded to flow.

We pray to God to graciously assist them that have been led astray to be
just and fair-minded, and to make them aware of that whereof they have
been heedless. He, in truth, is the All-Bounteous, the Most Generous.
Debar not Thy servants, O my Lord, from the door of Thy grace, and drive
them not away from the court of Thy presence. Assist them to dispel the
mists of idle fancy, and to tear away the veils of vain imaginings and
hopes. Thou art, verily, the All-Possessing, the Most High. No God is
there but Thee, the Almighty, the Gracious.

I swear by the Daystar of God's Testimony that hath shone from the horizon
of certitude! This Wronged One, in the daytime and in the night-season,
occupied Himself with that which would edify the souls of men, until the
light of knowledge prevailed over the darkness of ignorance.

O _Sh_ay_kh_! Time and again have I declared, and now yet again I affirm,
that for two score years We have, through the grace of God and by His
irresistible and potent will, extended such aid to His Majesty the
_Sh_ah--may God assist him--as the exponents of justice and of equity would
regard as incontestable and absolute. None can deny it, unless he be a
transgressor and sinner, or one who would hate Us or doubt Our truth. How
very strange that until now the Ministers of State and the representatives
of the people have alike remained unaware of such conspicuous and
undeniable service, and, if apprized of it, have, for reasons of their
own, chosen to ignore it! Previous to these forty years controversies and
conflicts continually prevailed and agitated the servants of God. But
since then, aided by the hosts of wisdom, of utterance, of exhortations
and understanding, they have all seized and taken fast hold of the firm
cord of patience and of the shining hem of fortitude, in such wise that
this wronged people endured steadfastly whatever befell them, and
committed everything unto God, and this notwithstanding that in Mazindaran
and at Ra_sh_t a great many have been most hideously tormented. Among them
was his hon