Let someone say to Hádí:¹ “If thou hadst been possessed of but a jot of understanding, thou wouldst testify that the references to that deceptive soul² were but a token of wisdom and in the interests of the Faith. Consider thou for a moment the beginning of these events, that haply thou mayest become aware of things veiled from the eyes of men, and be certain that, from the beginning, that soul had been as naught. It was with due regard for the good of the Cause and because of divine wisdom that there occurred what did transpire and was noised abroad.”

—Bahá’u’lláh