God, however, knoweth and they know not. He Who, through the might and
power of God, hath arisen before the face of all the kindreds of the earth, and
summoned the multitudes to the Supreme Horizon, hath been repudiated by them
and they have clung instead unto such men as have invariably withdrawn
themselves behind veils and curtains, and busied themselves about their own
protection. Moreover, many are now engaged in spreading lies and calumnies, and
have no other intention than to instill distrust into the hearts and souls of
men. As soon as someone leaveth the Great City (Constantinople) to visit this
land, they at once telegraph and proclaim that he hath stolen money and fled to
Akká. A highly accomplished, learned and distinguished man visited, in his
declining years, the Holy Land, seeking peace and retirement, and about him
they have written such things as have caused them who are devoted to God and
are nigh unto Him to sigh.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
