Hearken, O servant, unto the voice of this Wronged One, Who
hath endured grievous vexations and trials in the path of God, the Lord of all
Names, until such time as He was cast into prison, in the Land of Tá (Tihrán). He summoned men unto the most sublime Paradise, and
yet they seized Him and paraded Him through cities and countries. How many the
nights during which slumber fled from the eyes of My loved ones, because of
their love for Me; and how numerous the days whereon I had to face the assaults
of the peoples against Me! At one time I found Myself on the heights of
mountains; at another in the depths of the prison of Tá (Tihrán), in chains and fetters. By the righteousness of God! I
was at all times thankful unto Him, uttering His praise, engaged in remembering
Him, directed towards Him, satisfied with His pleasure, and lowly and
submissive before Him. So passed My days, until they ended in this Prison
(Akká) which hath made the earth to tremble and the heavens to sigh.
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)