October 24, 2024

In His Tablet to Czar of Russia, Alexander II, Bahá’u’llah mentions the aid He received from one of the Czar’s ministers while in Siyáh-Chál

We, verily, have heard the thing for which thou didst supplicate thy Lord, whilst secretly communing with Him. Wherefore, the breeze of My loving-kindness wafted forth, and the sea of My mercy surged, and We answered thee in truth. Thy Lord, verily, is the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Whilst I lay chained and fettered in the prison, one of thy ministers extended Me his aid. Wherefore hath God ordained for thee a station which the knowledge of none can comprehend except His knowledge. Beware lest thou barter away this sublime station.... 

- Baha’u’llah  (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)