2nd Coming of Christ by -D. Yamartino- 5 Para
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Downfall of the Shah of Iran and of the Qajar Dynasty (18:40)

The ruler of Iran during Baha'u'llah's lifetime was Nasiri'd-Din Shah. His reign was stained by many cruel atrocities, including the execution of Baha'u'llah's Herald; the imprisonment of Baha'u'llah; His exiles to Baghdad, Constantinople, Adrianople and 'Akka; and the torture and death of thousands of Baha'is in an attempt to strangle the Faith in the land of its birth. To him Baha'u'llah wrote: (18:41)

O King! I was but a man like others, asleep upon My couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over Me, and taught Me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing. And He bade Me lift up My voice between earth and heaven, and for this there befell Me what hath caused the tears of every man of understanding to flow. The learning current amongst men I studied not; their schools I entered not. Ask of the city wherein I dwelt, that thou mayest be well assured that I am not of them who speak falsely. This is but a leaf which the winds of the will of thy Lord, the Almighty, the All-Praised, have stirred. Can it be still when the tempestuous winds are blowing? Nay, by Him Who is the Lord of all Names and Attributes! They move it as they list. The evanescent is as nothing before Him Who is the Ever-Abiding. His all-compelling summons hath reached Me, and caused Me to speak His praise amidst all people. I was indeed as one dead when His behest was uttered. The hand of the will of thy Lord, the Compassionate, the Merciful, transformed Me. (slh 98) (18:42)

Baha'u'llah denounced the shah as the Prince of Oppressors and wrote that soon he would be made an object-lesson for the world (gpb 225). (18:43)

In 1896, Nasiri'd-Din Shah was assassinated on the eve of his jubilee-a celebration intended to be so elaborate that it would have been regarded as the greatest day in the history of his nation. After his death, the dynasty that he represented steadily declined and ended in 1925. (18:44)

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