Briefly, all His[Baha’u’llah’s] adversaries in the Orient
acknowledged His greatness, grandeur, knowledge and virtue; and though they
were His enemies, they always spoke of Him as “the renowned Bahá’u’lláh.”
At the time when this great Light suddenly arose upon the
horizon of Persia, all the people, the ministers, the ‘ulamá and men of other
classes rose against Him, pursuing Him with the greatest animosity, and
proclaiming “that this man wishes to suppress and destroy the religion, the
law, the nation and the empire.” The same was said of Christ. But Bahá’u’lláh
alone and without support resisted them all, without ever showing the least
weakness. At last they said, “As long as this man is in Persia, there will be
no peace and tranquillity; we must banish him, so that Persia may return to a
state of quietude.” (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Some Answered Questions’)
