Ch.XXII, p.467, f.1
"Carried away by his zeal and overflowing with the love of God, he was
eager to reveal to Persia the glory and joy of the one eternal Truth. `To
love and to conceal one's secret is impossible,' says the poet; so our
Siyyid began to preach openly in the Mosques, in the streets, in the
bazaars, on the public squares, in a word, wherever he could find
listeners. Such an enthusiasm brought forth fruit and the conversions were
numerous and sincere. The Mullas, deeply troubled, violently denounced
the sacrilege to the governor of the city." (A. L. M. Nicolas' "Siyyid
Ali-Muhammad dit le Bab," p. 390.)