Mírzá Taqí succeeded, in spite of the tumult Our arrival had
raised, and in the face of the opposition of the ‘ulamás, in releasing Us from
their grasp and in conducting Us to his own house. He extended to Us the
warmest hospitality. Occasionally he yielded to the pressure which the ‘ulamás
were continuously bringing to bear upon him, and felt himself powerless to
defeat their attempts to harm Us. We were still in his house when the
Sardár,[military commander] who had joined the army in Mázindarán, returned to
Ámul. No sooner was he informed of the indignities We had suffered than he
rebuked Mírzá Taqí for the weakness he had shown in protecting Us from Our
enemies. “Of what importance,” he indignantly demanded, “are the denunciations
of this ignorant people? Why is it that you have allowed yourself to be swayed
by their clamour? You should have been satisfied with preventing the party from
reaching their destination and, instead of detaining them in this house, you
should have arranged for their safe and immediate return to Tihrán.”
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Nabil in ‘The
Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
