Source (Persian)
از حقّ اذان واعيه و ابصار حديده و صدور منشرحه و قلوب مقبله مسئلت نمائيد شايد عباد مقصود را بيابند و بشطر دوست توجّه نمايند *بلايائی بر اين مظلوم وارد شد که شبه ان را عيون مشاهده نکرده و در اظهار امر بهيچوجه توقّف ننمود و بحضرات ملوک و سلاطين ايّدهم اللّه تعالی القا نمود انچه را که سبب اسايش و اتّحاد و اتّفاق و عمار عالم و راحت امم است * از جمله دو کلمه از ناپليون ثالث اصغا شد و ان سبب شد که در ادرنه لوحی باو ارسال نموديم جواب نفرمودند و بعد از ورود در سجن اعظم از وزير ايشان نامه و دستخطّی رسيد اوّل ان بخطّ عجمی و اخر ان را بخطّ خودشان مرقوم داشته بودند و اظهار عنايت فرموده بودند و مذکور داشتند که نامه را حسب الخواهش رساندم و الی حين جوابی نفرمودهاند و لکن بوزير مختار خودمان در عليّه و قونسلوس ان اراضی سفارش نموديم هر مطلبی باشد اظهار فرمائيد اجراء ميگردد *
Shoghi Effendi Translation
Beseech God to grant unto men hearing ears, and sharp sight, and dilated breasts, and receptive hearts, that haply His servants may attain unto their hearts' Desire, and set their faces towards their Beloved. Troubles, such as no eye hath beheld, have touched this Wronged One. In proclaiming His Cause, He, in no wise, hesitated. Addressing Himself unto the kings and rulers of the earth - may God, exalted be He, assist them - He imparted unto them that which is the cause of the well-being, the unity, the harmony, and the reconstruction of the world, and of the tranquillity of the nations. Among them was Napoleon III, who is reported to have made a certain statement, as a result of which We sent him Our Tablet while in Adrianople. To this, however, he did not reply. After Our arrival in the Most Great Prison there reached Us a letter from his Minister, the first part of which was in Persian, and the latter in his own handwriting. In it he was cordial, and wrote the following: "I have, as requested by you, delivered your letter, and until now have received no answer. We have, however, issued the necessary recommendations to our Minister in Constantinople and our consuls in those regions. If there be anything you wish done, inform us, and we will carry it out."
