December 3

Erelong We will, in very truth, torment such as waged war against Husayn [Imám Husayn], in the Land of the Euphrates, with the most afflictive torment, and the most dire and exemplary punishment. 
- The Báb  (From the Qayyúm-i-Asmá, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)