Mírzá Áqá Khán, [the prime minister] though he undertook to give the fullest assurances that were required, and received Bahá’u’lláh with every mark of respect into his home, was, however, too apprehensive for the safety of his own position to accord his Guest the treatment he was expected to extend.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’; translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
“When I was in chains and fetters, in the prison of Tá, one of thine ambassadors assisted Me. Therefore hath God decreed unto thee a station which none but Himself can comprehend. Beware lest thou change this lofty station.”
- Bahá’u’lláh’s (From the Tablet to the Czar of Russia; Footnotes to chapter 26 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers, provided by Shoghi Effendi’)
As Bahá’u’lláh was leaving the village of Zarkandih, the minister’s daughter, who felt greatly distressed at the dangers which beset His life, was so overcome with emotion that she was unable to restrain her tears. “Of what use,” she was heard expostulating with her father, “is the authority with which you have been invested, if you are powerless to extend your protection to a guest whom you have received in your house?” The minister, who had a great affection for his daughter, was moved by the sight of her tears, and sought to comfort her by his assurances that he would do all in his power to avert the danger that threatened the life of Bahá’u’lláh.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’; translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)