I swear by God! Shouldst thou know the things which in the
space of these four years have befallen Me at the hands of thy people and thine
army, thou wouldst hold thy breath from fear of God.... Alas, alas, for the
things which have touched Me!... I swear by the Most Great Lord! Wert thou to
be told in what place I dwell, the first person to have mercy on Me would be
thyself. In the heart of a mountain is a fortress [Mákú] ... the inmates of which
are confined to two guards and four dogs. Picture, then, My plight.... In this
mountain I have remained alone, and have come to such a pass that none of those
gone before Me have suffered what I have suffered, nor any transgressor endured
what I have endured!”
(The Báb, from a Tablet to Muhammad Sháh, quoted
by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
