The time is at hand when whatsoever lieth hid in the souls and hearts of men will be disclosed.  This Day is the Day whereof Luqman spoke unto his son, the Day which the Lord of Glory announced and with which He acquainted Him Who was His Friend (Muhammad) through these, His words—­ exalted be He:—­“O my son!  Verily, God will bring everything to light, though it were but the weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and hidden in a rock or in the heavens or in the earth; for God is Subtile, informed of all.”  This Day the deceitful of eye, and all that men’s breasts conceal, are made known and laid bare before the throne of His Revelation.  Nothing whatsoever can escape His knowledge.  He heareth and seeth, and He, in truth, is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.  How very strange that they discern not between the trustworthy and the treacherous!

Would that His Majesty the Shah of Persia—­may God perpetuate his sovereignty—­would inquire from the Consuls of the honored Persian Government who have been in this country, that he might become acquainted with the activities and behavior of this Wronged One.  Briefly, they have incited a great many such as A_kh_tar and others, and are busying themselves in spreading calumnies.  It is clear and evident that they will surround with their swords of hatred and their shafts of enmity the one whom they know to be an outcast among men and to have been banished from one country to another.  This is not the first time that such iniquity hath been perpetrated, nor the first goblet that hath been dashed to the ground, nor the first veil that hath been rent in twain in the path of God, the Lord of the worlds.  This Wronged One, however, remained calm and silent in the Most Great Prison, busying Himself with His own affairs, and completely detached from all else but God.  Iniquity waxed so grievous that the pens of the world are powerless to record it.

In this connection it is necessary to mention the following occurrence, that haply men may take fast hold of the cord of justice and truthfulness.  Haji Shay_kh_ Muhammad ’Ali—­upon him be the glory of God, the Ever-Abiding—­was a merchant of high repute, well-known unto most of the inhabitants of the Great City (Constantinople).  Not long ago, when the Persian Embassy in Constantinople was secretly engaged in stirring up mischief, it was noticed that this believing and sincere soul was greatly distressed.  Finally, one night he threw himself into the sea, but was rescued by some passers-by who chanced to come upon him at that moment.  His act was widely commented upon and given varied interpretations by different people.  Following this, one night he repaired to a mosque, and, as reported by the guardian of that place, kept vigil the whole night, and was occupied until the morning in offering, ardently and with tearful eyes, his prayers and supplications.  Upon hearing him suddenly cease his devotions, the guardian went to him, and found that he had already