The more He [the Báb] extolled the remembrance of God, the
greater they waxed in their oppression, until all the divines pronounced
sentence against Him, save those that were acquainted with the precepts of God,
the All-Glorious, the Best-Beloved. Matters came to such a pass that they
united to put Him to death. They suspended Him in the air, and the hosts of
misbelief flung at Him the bullets of malice and hatred, piercing the body of
the One unto Whom the Holy Spirit is a humble servant, the dust of Whose feet
is the object of adoration of the Concourse on high, and from Whose very
sandals the inmates of Paradise seek a blessing. Whereupon the inhabitants of
the unseen realm wept sore beneath the pavilion of eternity, the pillars of the
Throne trembled, the inmost realities of all things were stirred into
commotion, and the divine Tree received its full measure of His gleaming blood
which was shed upon the earth.
Erelong will God reveal the mystery of this Tree, make it to
flourish through the power of truth, and cause it to intone: “Verily I am God,
there is none other God but Him. All are My servants whom We have created to
carry out My bidding, and by My bidding they all, verily, abide.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
