Ch.XXII, p.478, f.2
"He ascended the pulpit and cried out: `Am I not he whom you have always
considered your shepherd and your guide? Have you not always depended on
my teaching for the direction of your conscience in the path of salvation?
Am I not he whose words of counsel you have always obeyed? What has
happened that you should treat me as though I were your enemy and the enemy
of your religion? What lawful deeds have I forbidden? What illicit action
have I permitted? With what impiety can you charge me? Have I ever led
you into error? And behold! That because I have told you the truth,
because I have loyally sought to instruct you, I am oppressed and
persecuted! My heart burns with love for you and you persecute me!
Remember! Remember well, whosoever saddens me, saddens my ancestor
Muhammad, the glorious Prophet, and whosoever helps me, helps him also.
In the name of all that is sacred to you let all those who love the Prophet
follow me!'" (A. L. M. Nicolas' "Siyyid Ali-Muhammad dit le Bab," p.
395.)