Concerning the trials and hardships, ordeals and oppressions which befell the beloved of God in Persia, ‘Abdu’l-Baha said:
"In America the people shall also thus serve you a little; they shall not permit you to escape and you cannot get rid of them."
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Haifa, May 10, 1910. American believers Charles Mason Remey and Howard C. Struven, along with some Persian pilgrims were in attendance. The notes were taken by Mirza Moneer Zain in Persian and subsequently translated to English; Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 8, August 1, 1910)