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He was immediately seized and questioned by those who wished to elicit information which would help them in the further persecutions of Baha'u'llah. Badi would not answer a word; then they tortured him, still he held his peace! After three days they killed him, having failed to force him to speak! These cruel men photographed him whilst he was under torture. (78:1) The Shah gave the letter from Baha'u'llah to the priests that they might explain it to him. After some days these priests told the Shah that the letter was from a political enemy. The Shah grew angry and said, `This is no explanation. I pay you to read and answer my letters, therefore obey!' (78:2) The spirit and meaning of the Tablet to Nasiri'd- Din Shah was, in short, this: `Now that the time has come, when the Cause of the Glory of God has appeared, I ask that I may be allowed to come to Tihran and answer any questions the priests may put to Me. (78:3) `I exhort you to detach yourself from the worldly magnificence of your Empire. Remember all those great kings who have lived before you-- their glories have passed away!' (78:4) The letter was written in a most beautiful manner, and continued warning the King and telling him of the future triumph of the Kingdom of Baha'u'llah, both in the Eastern and in the Western World.
(78:5)
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