Morning
Troubles, such as no eye hath beheld, have touched this
Wronged One. In proclaiming His Cause, He, in no wise, hesitated. Addressing
Himself unto the kings and rulers of the earth—may God, exalted be He, assist
them—He imparted unto them that which is the cause of the well-being, the
unity, the harmony, and the reconstruction of the world, and of the
tranquillity of the nations. Among them was Napoleon III, who is reported to
have made a certain statement, as a result of which We sent him Our Tablet while
in Adrianople. To this, however, he did not reply. After Our arrival in the
Most Great Prison there reached Us a letter from his Minister, the first part
of which was in Persian, and the latter in his own handwriting. In it he was
cordial, and wrote the following: “I have, as requested by you, delivered your
letter, and until now have received no answer. We have, however, issued the
necessary recommendations to our Minister in Constantinople and our consuls in
those regions. If there be anything you wish done, inform us, and we will carry
it out.”
From his words it became apparent that he understood the
purpose of this Servant to have been a request for material assistance. We,
therefore, revealed in his (Napoleon III’s) name verses in the
Súratu’l-Haykal…
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
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