About two months after Our arrival in ‘Iráq, following the
command of His Majesty the Sháh of Persia—may God assist him—Mírzá Yaḥyá joined
Us. We said unto him: “In accordance with the Royal command We have been sent
unto this place. It is advisable for thee to remain in Persia. We will send Our
brother, Mírzá Músá, to some other place. As your names have not been mentioned
in the Royal decree, you can arise and render some service.” Subsequently, this
Wronged One departed from Baghdád, and for two years withdrew from the world.
Upon Our return, We found that he had not left, and had postponed his
departure. This Wronged One was greatly saddened.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the
Son of the Wolf’)
