The word of God which the Supreme Pen
hath recorded on the fourth leaf
of the Most
Exalted Paradise is the following: O people of God! Beseech ye the True One — glorified
be His Name—that He may graciously shield the manifestations of dominion and
power from the suggestions of self and desire and shed the radiance of justice
and guidance upon them.
His Majesty Muhammad Sháh, despite the excellence of his rank, committed two heinous deeds. One was the order to banish the Lord of the Realms of Grace and Bounty, the Primal Point; and the other, the murder of the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment. [1]
His Majesty Muhammad Sháh, despite the excellence of his rank, committed two heinous deeds. One was the order to banish the Lord of the Realms of Grace and Bounty, the Primal Point; and the other, the murder of the Prince of the City of Statesmanship and Literary Accomplishment. [1]
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
[1] Mírzá Abu’l-Qásim Faráhání, the Qá’im Maqám, a
distinguished poet and scholar during the reign of Fath ‘Alí Sháh. He
was a friend of Mírzá Buzurg, father of Bahá’u’lláh. Qá’im Maqám became Prime Minister of Persia in 1821, but in 1835 he was put to death by
order of Muhammad Sháh, at the instigation of Hájí Mírzá Aqásí.
