Ch.XXIV, p.544, f.2
"The Babis, on the other hand, were not passive. They were organizing
for their own protection. Hujjat was exhorting them never to attack but
always to defend themselves. `Brothers,' he would say to them, `do not be
ashamed of me. Do not believe that because you are the companions of the
Sahibu'z-Zaman you are to conquer the world by the sword. I take God as
witness; they will kill you, they will burn you, they will send your heads
from town to town. The only victory in store for you is to sacrifice
yourselves, your wives and your possessions. God has always decreed that
in every age the blood of the believers is to be the oil of the lamp of
religion. You have learned of the tortures endured by the saintly martyrs
of Mazindaran. They were put to death because they affirmed that the
promised Mihdi had come. I say to you, whosoever has not the strength to
bear such torture, let him go over to the other side for we will have to
endure martyrdom. Is not our master in their power?'" (Ibid., pp.
342-343.)