My calamity in my prison is a crown to me in which I glory among the righteous.
Anyone can be happy in the state of comfort, ease, health, success, pleasure and joy; but if one be happy and contented in the time of trouble, hardship and prevailing disease, that is the proof of nobility.
Turkish Commissions of Investigation In 1904 and 1907 commissions were appointed by the Turkish Government to inquire into the charges against 'Abdu'l-Baha, and lying witnesses gave evidence against Him.

'Abdu'l-Baha, while refuting the charges, expressed His entire readiness to submit to any sentence the tribunal chose to impose.

He declared that if they should throw Him into jail, drag Him through the streets, curse Him, spit upon Him, stone Him, heap upon Him all sort of ignominy, hang Him or shoot Him, He would still be happy.
Between the sittings of the Commissions of Investigation He pursued His ordinary life with the utmost serenity, planting fruit trees in a garden and presiding at a marriage feast with the dignity and radiance of spiritual freedom.

The Spanish Consul offered to provide Him a safe passage to any foreign port He cared to select, but this offer He gratefully but firmly refused, saying that whatever the consequences, He must follow in the footsteps of the Bab and the Blessed Perfection, Who never tried to save Themselves or run away from Their enemies.

He encouraged most of the Baha'is, however, to leave the neighborhood of Akka, which had become very dangerous for them, and remained alone, with a few of the faithful, to await His destiny.
The four corrupt officials who constituted the last investigating commission arrived in Akka in the early part of the winter of 1907, stayed one month, and departed for Constantinople, after finishing their so-called "investigation," prepared to report that the charges against 'Abdu'l-Baha had been substantiated and to recommend His exile or execution.