Shoghi Effendi is also sending you ... the Master’s words
concerning the situation which led to the defensive action which the early
disciples of the Báb were compelled to take in Mázindarán, Nayríz and Zanján.
From these words it is evident that a systematic campaign of plunder and
massacre had been initiated by the central government. Bahá’u’lláh, Who Himself
was an active figure in those days and was regarded one of the leading
exponents of the Faith of the Báb, states clearly His views in the Íqán that
His conception of the sovereignty of the Promised Qá’im was purely a spiritual
one, and not a material or political one... His view of the sovereignty of the
Qá’im confirms the various evidences given in the text of the narrative itself
of the views held by those who actually participated in these events such as
Hujjat, Quddús, Mullá Ḥusayn. The very fact that these disciples were ready and
willing to emerge from the fort and return to their homes after receiving the
assurance that they would be no more molested is itself an evidence that they
were not contemplating any action against the authorities.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 30 November 1930, written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi;
printed in ‘The Unfolding Destiny’)
