"God only, however, selects a tyrant for a people that deserves to be oppressed. At that time, the Lord of the world establishes over them a tyrant who will avenge those who had been oppressed and brutalized. Such have been some among the temporal rulers. At that time, the Lord of the world places over such a people a tyrant. so that they might avenge those wronged. — in such a way that the despot does not realize that he is aiding his Lord and avenging the blood of the oppressed upon those who had tormented them. This is apparent today, and in some stations it is being implemented. Know for a certainty that the Lord of the world without any doubt knows the tyrant from the good monarch. Rather, everything he does is for the sake of some wisdom, and he knows more about the final outcome of such matters."
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Subh-i-Azal
Subh-i-Azal [Morning of Eternity] (1831 – 1912), born Mirza Yahya Nuri and entitled as Vahid by Báb, was a Persian religious leader of the Azali Babi community, which did not accept the claims of Bahá'u'lláh to be the fulfillment of the Báb's prophecy of he whom God shall make manifest.
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