On a number of other occasions, Bahá’u’lláh’s ascendancy
over His opponents was likewise vindicated and recognised. These personal
triumphs achieved by Him served to enhance His position, and spread abroad His
fame. All classes of men marvelled at His miraculous success in emerging
unscathed from the most perilous encounters. Nothing short of Divine
protection, they thought, could have ensured His safety on such occasions. Not
once did Bahá’u’lláh, beset though He was by the gravest perils, submit to the
arrogance, the greed, and the treachery of those around Him. In His constant
association, during those days, with the highest dignitaries of the realm,
whether ecclesiastical or State officials, He was never content simply to
accede to the views they expressed or the claims they advanced. He would, at
their gatherings, fearlessly champion the cause of truth, would assert the
rights of the downtrodden, defending the weak and protecting the innocent.(Chapter 5, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
