Praise be to God! How inscrutable are His ways! When His
Holiness the Báb - may my life be a ransom to Him! - was martyred, the enemies
vociferously cried out that this Cause was totally annihilated! Afterwards,
they witnessed the result contrary to their expectations; for with the
martyrdom of His Holiness the Báb, the Word of God was promulgated more widely.
Then, changing their front, they expected the departure of the Blessed Perfection,
dreaming vainly that after His ascension the Blessed Tree would be uprooted.
Praise be to God, that through the Bounty and Bestowal of the Blessed
Perfection they were stricken with self- condemnation and grief.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Star of the West, vol.
5, no. 14, November 23, 1914)
