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This spontaneous offer contrasts with the shameful action of the family in the sale to non-Baha'is of the property in the neighborhood of the Jordan Valley purchased through the instrumentality of `Abdu'l-Baha during Baha'u'llah's lifetime, pursuant to His instructions and alluded to in His writings. (45:4) The forty acre property acquired in this single transaction almost equals the entire Baha'i international endowments purchased in the course of sixty years in the vicinity of the Bab's Sepulcher on the slope of Mount Carmel. (45:5) The exchange of said property, including land and houses, was made possible by the precipitate flight of the former Arab owners, traditional supporters of the old Covenant-breakers and descendants of the notorious enemy of `Abdu'l-Baha who placed his residence at the disposal of the Committee of Investigation.
(45:6)
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