Everyone is eagerly awaiting His appearance, yet since their
inner eyes are not directed towards Him sorrow must needs befall Him. In the
case of the Apostle of God—may the blessings of God rest upon Him—before the
revelation of the Qur’án everyone bore witness to His piety and noble virtues.
Behold Him then after the revelation of the Qur’án. What outrageous insults
were levelled against Him, as indeed the pen is ashamed to recount. Likewise
behold the Point of the Bayán. His behaviour prior to the declaration of His
mission is clearly evident unto those who knew Him. Now, following His
manifestation, although He hath, up to the present, revealed no less than five
hundred thousand verses on different subjects, behold what calumnies are
uttered, so unseemly that the pen is stricken with shame at the mention of
them. But if all men were to observe the ordinances of God no sadness would
befall that heavenly Tree.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
