Indeed, the Governor of ‘Akká pursued me unrelentingly for five years, begging permission to attain His [Bahá’u’lláh] holy Presence, but the Blessed Beauty would not grant him leave to do so. One day, this servant set out to attain the presence of Bahá’u’lláh, and started walking from ‘Akká towards the Mansion. All the officials and even the Governor himself accompanied me on foot. The Governor, Abázih Páshá, happened to be a stout and corpulent man. Sweat began to pour off him as he walked, and it was in such a state that we arrived at the Mansion. The Blessed Beauty—may my life be offered up for His loved ones—did not even deign to enquire after them.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; ‘Light of the World’)
