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As soon as the Bab revealed His Cause, Baha'u'llah proclaimed: "This great Man is the Lord of the righteous, and it is incumbent upon all to bear allegiance unto Him." He arose to promote the Cause of the Bab, adducing decisive proofs and conclusive arguments of His truth. Although the divines of the nation had obliged the Persian government to exert the most vehement opposition; although they had all issued decrees ordering the massacre, pillage, persecution, and annihilation of the Bab's followers; and although throughout the land the people had undertaken to kill, burn, and plunder them, and even harass their women and children- despite all this, Baha'u'llah was engaged, with the utmost constancy and composure, in exalting the word of the Bab. Nor did He seek for a moment to conceal Himself, but associated openly and visibly with His enemies, occupied Himself with adducing proofs and arguments, and became renowned for exalting the Word of God. Time and again He suffered intense adversities, and at every moment His life was in grave danger
(9:3)
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