…there
occurred the attempt upon the life of His Majesty, may God, exalted and
glorified be He, assist him. Those days were troublous days, and the fires of
hatred burned high. Many were arrested, among them this Wronged One. By the
righteousness of God! We were in no wise connected with that evil deed, and Our
innocence was indisputably established by the tribunals. Nevertheless, they
apprehended Us, and from Níyávarán, which was then the residence of His
Majesty, conducted Us, on foot and in chains, with bared head and bare feet, to
the dungeon of Tihrán. A brutal man, accompanying Us on horseback, snatched off
Our hat, whilst We were being hurried along by a troop of executioners and
officials.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
