And when this Wronged One went forth out of His prison, We journeyed, in pursuance of the order of His Majesty the Shah—­may God, exalted be He, protect him—­to ’Iraq, escorted by officers in the service of the esteemed and honored governments of Persia and Russia.  After Our arrival, We revealed, as a copious rain, by the aid of God and His Divine Grace and mercy, Our verses, and sent them to various parts of the world.  We exhorted all men, and particularly this people, through Our wise counsels and loving admonitions, and forbade them to engage in sedition, quarrels, disputes and conflict.  As a result of this, and by the grace of God, waywardness and folly were changed into piety and understanding, and weapons converted into instruments of peace.

During the days I lay in the prison of Tihran, though the galling weight of the chains and the stench-filled air allowed Me but little sleep, still in those infrequent moments of slumber I felt as if something flowed from the crown of My head over My breast, even as a mighty torrent that precipitateth itself upon the earth from the summit of a lofty mountain.  Every limb of My body would, as a result, be set afire.  At such moments My tongue recited what no man could bear to hear.

We shall herewith cite a few passages from Tablets specifically revealed to this people, so that every one may know of a certainty that this Wronged One hath acted in a manner which hath been pleasing and acceptable unto men endued with insight, and unto such as are the exponents of justice and equity: 

“O ye friends of God in His cities and His loved ones in His lands!  This Wronged One enjoineth on you honesty and piety.  Blessed the city that shineth by their light.  Through them man is exalted, and the door of security is unlocked before the face of all creation.  Happy the man that cleaveth fast unto them, and recognizeth their virtue, and woe betide him that denieth their station.”

And in another connection these words were revealed:  “We enjoin the servants of God and His handmaidens to be pure and to fear God, that they may shake off the slumber of their corrupt desires, and turn toward God, the Maker of the heavens and of the earth.  Thus have We commanded the faithful when the Daystar of the world shone forth from the horizon of ’Iraq.  My imprisonment doeth Me no harm, neither the tribulations I suffer, nor the things that have befallen Me at the hands of My oppressors.  That which harmeth Me is the conduct of those who, though they bear My name, yet commit that which maketh My heart and My pen to lament.  They that spread disorder in the land, and lay hands on the property of others, and enter a house without leave of its owner, We, verily, are clear of them, unless they repent and return unto God, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful.”