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Rh Tree and arise to oppose with the utmost strife and exertion. This is the quality of people!

To resume: We hope that the people of the Beyan may be trained; that they may soar in the atmosphere of spirit and abide in its court; that they may distinguish the True One from all others, and penetrate a false vestment with the eye of insight. But in these days such odor of jealousy is diffused, I swear by the Educator of Existence, including the seen and the unseen, that from the beginning of the foundation of the world though it hath no beginning to the present time, no such envy, animosity and hatred have appeared or ever will appear. For a number who have not inhaled the odor of justice, have hoisted banners of discord, and have agreed to oppose this servant. From every direction a spear is visible and from every side an arrow flies. This, although We have not gloried in any matter, nor have We sought superiority over any. To every one We have been a most affectionate companion and a most forbearing and indulgent friend; with the poor We have been as the poor, and before the learned and lofty, perfectly submissive and resigned. Yet by God, than Whom there is no other God, the hardships, calamities and sufferings inflicted by the enemies and possessors of the Book are as nothing compared to what hath been inflicted by the believers (Babis).

To be brief: what shall We say? For were the world just, it could not endure this recital. As this