Alone, He [the Báb] undertook a task that can scarcely be
conceived, for the Persians are known throughout the world for their religious
fanaticism. This illustrious Being arose with such power as to shake the
foundations of the religious laws, customs, manners, morals, and habits of
Persia, and instituted a new law, faith, and religion. Though the eminent men
of the State, the majority of the people, and the leaders of religion arose one
and all to destroy and annihilate Him, He single-handedly withstood them and
set all of Persia in motion. How numerous the divines, the leaders, and the
inhabitants of that land who with perfect joy and gladness offered up their
lives in His path and hastened to the field of martyrdom!
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Table
talks in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha, in ‘Some Answered Questions’ – 2014
revised translation by the Baha’i World Centre)
