foreign countries how incompetent
and lacking in understanding are several eminent officials of the Persian
Embassy. "Flingest thou thy calumnies into the face of Them Whom the one
true God hath made the Trustees of the treasures of His seventh sphere?"
Briefly, instead of seeking, as they should, through Him Who occupieth
this sublime station, to attain unto the most exalted ranks, and to obtain
His advice, they have exerted themselves and are striving their utmost to
put out His light. However, according to what hath been reported, His
Excellency the Ambassador Mu'inu'l-Mulk, Mirza Muhsin _Kh_an--may God
assist him--was, at that time, absent from Constantinople. Such things have
happened because it was believed that His Majesty the _Sh_ah of Persia--may
the All-Merciful assist him--was angry with them that have attained and
revolve round the Sanctuary of Wisdom. God well knoweth and testifieth
that this Wronged One hath, at all times, been cleaving fast unto whatever
would be conducive to the glory of both the government and the people.
God, verily, is sufficient Witness.

Describing the people of Baha, the Most Sublime Pen hath sent down these
words: "These, verily, are men who if they come to cities of pure gold
will consider them not; and if they meet the fairest and most comely of
women will turn aside." Thus hath it been sent down by the Most Sublime
Pen for the people of Baha, on the part of Him Who is the Counsellor, the
Omniscient. In the concluding passages of the Tablet to His Majesty the
Emperor of Paris (Napoleon III) these exalted words have been revealed:
"Exultest thou over the treasures thou dost possess, knowing they shall
perish? Rejoicest thou in that thou rulest a span of earth, when the whole
world, in the estimation of the people of Baha, is worth as much as the
black in the eye of a dead ant? Abandon it unto such as have set their
affections upon it, and turn thou unto Him Who is the Desire of the
world."

God alone--exalted be His glory--is cognizant of the things which befell
this Wronged One. Every day bringeth a fresh report of stories current
against Us at the Embassy in Constantinople. Gracious God! The sole aim of
their machinations is to bring about the extermination of this servant.
They are, however, oblivious of the fact that abasement in the path of God
is My true glory. In the newspapers the following hath been recorded:
"Touching the fraudulent dealings of some of the exiles of Ak