Hadi 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 Hadi! 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.

Exert thyself, O _Sh_ay_kh_, and arise to serve this Cause. The Sealed
Wine is disclosed in this day before the faces of men. Seize it in the
name of thy Lord, and quaff thy fill in remembrance of Him Who is the
Mighty, the Incomparable. Night and day hath this Wronged One been
occupied in that which would unite the hearts, and edify the souls of men.
The events that have happened in Persia during the early years have truly
saddened the well-favored and sincere ones. Each year witnessed a fresh
massacre, pillage, plunder, and shedding of blood. At one time there
appeared in Zanjan that which caused the greatest consternation; at
another in Nayriz, and at yet another in Tabarsi, and finally there
occurred the episode of the Land of Ta (Tihran). From that time onwards
this Wronged One, assisted by the One True God--exalted be His
glory--acquainted this oppressed people with the things which beseemed
them. All have sanctified themselves from the things which they and others
possess, and have clung unto, and fixed their eyes upon that which
pertaineth unto God.

It is now incumbent upon His Majesty the _Sh_ah--may God, exalted be He,
protect him--to deal with this people with loving-kindness and mercy. This
Wronged One pledgeth Himself, before the Divine Kaaba, that, apart from
truthfu