Then the Prime Minister said: "Leave him to himself.

Such a position is unworthy of him.

He has some higher aim in view.

I cannot understand him, but I am convinced that he is destined for some lofty career.

His thought are not like ours.
Let him alone." Imprisoned as Babi When the Bab declared His mission in 1844, Baha'u'llah, Who was then in His twenty-seventh year, boldly espoused the Cause of the new Faith, of which He soon became recognized as one of the most powerful and fearless exponents.
He had already twice suffered imprisonment for the Cause, and on one occasion had undergone the torture of the bastinado, when in August 1852, an event occurred fraught with terrible consequences for the Babis.