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Section One: Sorrow of Tabarsí
The Báb’s Grief
The news of the tragic fate which had befallen the heroes of Tabarsí brought immeasurable sorrow to the heart of the Báb, as He lay imprisoned in the castle of Chihríq. His amanuensis, Siyyid Husayn of Yazd, whose own father and younger brother were among the martyrs of Tabarsí,2_ACT11 related:
The Báb was heart-broken at the receipt of this unexpected intelligence. He was crushed with grief, a grief that stilled His voice and silenced His pen. For nine days He refused to meet any of His friends. I myself, though His close and constant attendant, was refused admittance. Whatever meat or drink we offered Him, He was disinclined to touch. Tears rained continually from His eyes, and expressions of anguish dropped unceasingly from His lips. I could hear Him, from behind the curtain, give vent to His feelings of sadness as He communed, in the privacy of His cell, with His Beloved. I attempted to jot down the effusions of His sorrow as they poured forth from His wounded heart. Suspecting that I was attempting to preserve the lamentations He uttered, He bade me destroy whatever I had recorded. Nothing remains of the moans and cries with which that heavy-laden heart sought to relieve itself of the pangs that had seized it. For a period of five months He languished, immersed in an ocean of despondency and sorrow. 3_ACT11
The Báb’s Eulogies for the Martyrs of Tabarsí
It was mid-November 1849, when the Báb, began to write again. The first page He wrote was dedicated to the memory of Mullá Husayn. For a whole week, the Báb continued to write eulogies in praise of Quddús, of Mullá Husayn, and of the other companions who had sacrificed their lives at Tabarsí. 4_ACT11
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