By the righteousness of God! We were in no wise connected
with that evil deed, and Our innocence was indisputably established by the
tribunals. Nevertheless, they apprehended Us, and from Níyávarán, which was
then the residence of His Majesty, conducted Us, on foot and in chains, with
bared head and bare feet, to the dungeon of Ṭihrán. A brutal man, accompanying
Us on horseback, snatched off Our hat, whilst We were being hurried along by a
troop of executioners and officials. - Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the
Wolf’)
From Níyávarán He was conducted “on foot and in chains, with
bared head and bare feet,” exposed to the fierce rays of the midsummer sun, to
the Síyáh-Chál of Ṭihrán. On the way He several times was stripped of His outer
garments, was overwhelmed with ridicule, and pelted with stones.
- Shoghi
Effendi (‘God Passes By’)
