ptivity," He wrote on
another occasion, "cannot harm Me. That which can harm Me is the conduct
of those who love Me, who claim to be related to Me, and yet perpetrate
what causeth My heart and My pen to groan." And again: "My captivity can
bring on Me no shame. Nay, by My life, it conferreth on Me glory. That
which can make Me ashamed is the conduct of such of My followers as
profess to love Me, yet in fact follow the Evil One."

He was dictating His Tablets to His amanuensis when the governor, at the
head of his troops, with drawn swords, surrounded His house. The entire
populace, as well as the military authorities, were in a state of great
agitation. The shouts and clamor of the people could be heard on all
sides. Baha'u'llah was peremptorily summoned to the Governorate,
interrogated, kept in custody the first night, with one of His sons, in a
chamber in the _Kh_an-i-_Sh_avirdi, transferred for the following two
nights to better quarters in that neighborhood, and allowed only after the
lapse of seventy hours to regain His home. 'Abdu'l-Baha was thrown into
prison and chained during the first night, after which He was permitted to
join His Father. Twenty-five of the companions were cast into another
prison and shackled, all of whom, except those responsible for that odious
deed, whose imprisonment lasted several years, were, after six days, moved
to the _Kh_an-i-_Sh_avirdi, and there placed, for six months, under
confinement.

"Is it proper," the Commandant of the city, turning to Baha'u'llah, after
He had arrived at the Governorate, boldly inquired, "that some of your
followers should act in such a manner?" "If one of your soldiers," was the
swift rejoinder, "were to commit a reprehensible act, would you be held
responsible, and be punished in his place?" When interrogated, He was
asked to state His name and that of the country from which He came. "It is
more manifest than the sun," He answered. The same question was put to Him
again, to which He gave the following reply: "I deem it not proper to
mention it. Refer to the farman of the government which is in your
possession." Once again they, with marked deference, reiterated their
request, whereupon Baha'u'llah spoke with majesty and power these words:
"My name is Baha'u'llah (Light of God), and My country is Nur (Light). Be
ye apprized of it." Turning then, to the Mufti, He addressed him words of
veiled rebuke, after which He spoke to the entire gathering, in such