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Lord of thy forefathers … … Those who are endowed with the insight of the spirit are independent of all that was and shall be created, and are able to behold the mysteries of the Cause behind the thickest veils. Say, O beloved of God! Fear none and let nothing grieve thee; be steadfast in the Cause. By God, those who have drunk of the love of God, the Glorious, the Effulgent, have no fear of anyone and show patience in calamity, like unto the patience of the lover toward the good-pleasure of the beloved. With them affliction ranketh greater than that which the lovers perceive in the countenance of the beloved. Say, O concourse of evil-doers! Ere long the Cause of God will, in truth, be exalted, and the standards of those who join partners with God will perish, and the people shall enter the Faith of God, the Sovereign, the Supreme, the Ancient of Days. Well is it with those who have now hastened forth in the love of God and received the tidings of the breath of the Holy Spirit. Glory be unto you, O concourse of believers in the unity of God.
Know then that thy letter hath reached Us, and We have given thee this reply to create in your heart the warmth of yearning, to cause thee to turn to the paradise of this resplendent Name, to make thee detached from all, and to enable thee to soar to such heights as have not been attained by the wings of he worldly-wise who are not under the shadow of God’s countenance and who are indeed of the perplexed.”
Activities and travels after recognition of Bahá’u’lláh
Mírzá Áqá recognized and accepted the station of Bahá’u’lláh as soon as word reached Shíráz about the Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh. Through his teaching activities over the years many embraced the Faith in Shíráz and pillar of the community of believers there. In his endeavours he met not just ones who responded to the Call, but also those who remained spiritually blind in spite of all his efforts. One such example, was his effort to teach his paternal relatives (who were also related to the Báb from the Báb’s father’s side). It is reported that one day, Mírzá Áqá was locked in argument about the claims of the Báb with one of these paternal cousins, named Mírzá ‘Abbás. It got to the point, that this cousin said: “If there be truth in this claim of the Báb, let me fall down when mounting my horse outside this house, and let the bone in my right thigh crack.” Mírzá Áqá replied: “Ask God to illumine your heart with the light of faith, not maim you.” But the cousin refused to change his plea, and sure enough, he met with the accident he had asked for, exactly at the place he had named. The rest of his life, this cousin had to hobble with a stick, but to faith he obstinately remained alien to the very end. This part of Mírzá Áqá’s family showed