e Mu_sh_iru'd-Dawlih, to allot Mirza Yahya and himself a
stipend, accused Baha'u'llah of sending an agent to assassinate
Nasiri'd-Din _Sh_ah, and spared no effort to heap abuse and calumny on One
Who had, for so long and so patiently, forborne with him, and endured in
silence the enormities of which he had been guilty.

After a stay of about one year in the house of Rida Big Baha'u'llah
returned to the house He had occupied before His withdrawal from His
companions, and thence, after three months, He transferred His residence
to the house of Izzat Aqa, in which He continued to live until His
departure from Adrianople. It was in this house, in the month of
Jamadiyu'l-Avval 1284 A.H. (Sept. 1867) that an event of the utmost
significance occurred, which completely discomfited Mirza Yahya and his
supporters, and proclaimed to friend and foe alike Baha'u'llah's triumph
over them. A certain Mir Muhammad, a Babi of _Sh_iraz, greatly resenting
alike the claims and the cowardly seclusion of Mirza Yahya, succeeded in
forcing Siyyid Muhammad to induce him to meet Baha'u'llah face to face, so
that a discrimination might be publicly effected between the true and the
false. Foolishly assuming that his illustrious Brother would never
countenance such a proposition, Mirza Yahya appointed the mosque of Sultan
Salim as the place for their encounter. No sooner had Baha'u'llah been
informed of this arrangement than He set forth, on foot, in the heat of
midday, and accompanied by this same Mir Muhammad, for the afore-mentioned
mosque, which was situated in a distant part of the city, reciting, as He
walked, through the streets and markets, verses, in a voice and in a
manner that greatly astonished those who saw and heard Him.

"O Muhammad!", are some of the words He uttered on that memorable
occasion, as testified by Himself in a Tablet, "He Who is the Spirit hath,
verily, issued from His habitation, and with Him have come forth the souls
of God's chosen ones and the realities of His Messengers. Behold, then,
the dwellers of the realms on high above Mine head, and all the
testimonies of the Prophets in My grasp. Say: Were all the divines, all
the wise men, all the kings and rulers on earth to gather together, I, in
very truth, would confront them, and would proclaim the verses of God, the
Sovereign, the Almighty, the All-Wise. I am He Who feareth no one, though
all who are in heaven and all who are on earth rise up against me.... This
is Mi