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Another among the prisoners
was Abu'l-Qásim of
Sultán-Ábád, the traveling companion of Áqá Faraj. These
two were unassuming, loyal and staunch. Once their souls
had come alive through the breathings of the Faithful
Spirit they hastened out of Persia to Adrianople, for such
was the unabating cruelty of the malevolent that they
could no longer remain in their own home. On foot, free
of every tie, they took to the plains and hills, seeking their
way across trackless waters and desert sands. How many
a night they could not sleep, staying in the open with no
place to lay their heads; with nothing to eat or drink, no
bed but the bare earth, no food but the desert grasses.
Somehow they dragged themselves along and managed to
reach Adrianople. It happened that they came during the
last days in that city, and were taken prisoner with the
rest, and in the company of Bahá'u'lláh they traveled to
the Most Great Prison.
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