the souls of all else but Him be sacrificed for His sake—­is the repository of the trust of the one true God—­exalted be His glory—­and the treasury of the pearls of His knowledge, was made by them to suffer so cruel a martyrdom that the Concourse on high wept and lamented.  He it is whom He (the Bab) had taught the hidden and preserved knowledge and entrusted him therewith, through His words:  “O thou who art named Dayyan!  This is a hidden and preserved Knowledge.  We have entrusted it unto thee, and brought it to thee, as a mark of honor from God, inasmuch as the eye of thine heart is pure.  Thou wilt appreciate its value, and wilt cherish its excellence.  God, verily, hath deigned to bestow upon the Point of the Bayan a hidden and preserved Knowledge, the like of which God hath not sent down prior to this Revelation.  More precious is it than any other knowledge in the estimation of God—­glorified be He!  He, verily, hath made it His testimony, even as He hath made the verses to be His testimony.”  This oppressed one, who was the repository of the knowledge of God, together with Mirza ’Ali-Akbar, one of the relatives of the Primal Point—­ upon him be the glory of God and His mercy—­and Abu’l-Qasim-i-Ka_sh_i and several others suffered martyrdom through the decree pronounced by Mirza Yahya.

O Hadi!  His book which he hath entitled “Mustayqiz” is in thy possession.  Read it.  Although thou hast seen the book, peruse it again, that haply thou mayest obtain for thyself a lofty seat beneath the canopy of truth.

In like manner, Siyyid Ibrahim, concerning whom these words have flowed from the Pen of the Primal Point—­magnified be His utterance:  “O thou who art mentioned as My friend in My scriptures, and as My remembrance in My books, next to My scriptures, and as My name in the Bayan”—­such a one, together with Dayyan, hath been surnamed by him (Mirza Yahya) Father of Iniquities and Father of Calamities.  Judge thou fairly, how grievous hath been the plight of these oppressed ones, and this notwithstanding that one of them was occupied in serving him, whilst the other was his guest.  Briefly, I swear by God, the deeds he committed were such that Our Pen is ashamed to recount.

Reflect a while upon the dishonor inflicted upon the Primal Point.  Consider what hath happened.  When this Wronged One, after a retirement of two years during which He wandered through the deserts and mountains, returned to Ba_gh_dad, as a result of the intervention of a few, who for a long time had sought Him in the wilderness, a certain Mirza Muhammad-’Ali of Ra_sh_t came to see Him, and related, before a large gathering of people, that which had been done, affecting the honor of the Bab, which hath truly overwhelmed all lands with sorrow.  Great God!  How could they have countenanced this most grievous betrayal?  Briefly, We beseech God to aid the perpetrator of this deed to repent, and return unto Him.  He, verily, is the Helper, the All-Wise.