Tablet to the Cousin: Wilmette Institute faculty notes
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Lawh-i-Pisar 'Amm or "Tablet to the Cousin" (son of paternal uncle) was 
 revealed in Akká in honor of Muhammad Hasan. He was the son of 
 Mírzá Zeynu'l-'Abedin, paternal uncle of Bahá'u'lláh. Muhammad 
 Hasan was Bahá'í and steadfast in the covenant. Bahá'u'lláh has 
 revealed many Tablets in his honor. Lawh-i-Pisar 'Amm is one of 
 those Tablets. Since it starts with "O cousin (Pisar 'Amm) render 
 thanks to God that this most great relationship was not 
 ceased...", this Tablet is called the Tablet of Pisar 'Amm. 
 
 This Tablet is revealed in a mixture of Persian and Arabic. 
 Certain paragraphs are in Persian and some others in Arabic. It 
 is printed in Iqtidarát pp 175-191. So it is about 16 pages. 
 The Tablet is in style of exhortation and admonishment. 
 Bahá'u'lláh advises him to try more than ever to acquire godly 
 characters and impress others as an example of how a Bahá'í 
 should live and behave. Bahá'u'lláh emphasizes that he should 
 teach Bahá'í way of behavior to other believers and briefly 
 mentions the virtues and qualities that Bahá'ís should possess.
 
 Since Muhammad Hasan was instructed to return to Persia and to 
 their family home village (Takur), Bahá'u'lláh asks him to convey 
 His greetings and exhortations to the believers in that village. 
 The believers in Takur (many of them relatives of Bahá'u'lláh) 
 had been severely persecuted. Bahá'u'lláh in this Tablet 
 addresses them with words of comfort and encouragement. He 
 emphasizes the point that earthly belongings are not important 
 and they should not be saddened and grieved if they have lost 
 their possessions. 
 
 Bahá'u'lláh, in this Tablet, specially advises his cousin that he 
 and other believers should observe caution and discretion in 
 order to avoid unnecessary persecution and calamities. 
 
 Bahá'u'lláh had given seventy Tablets revealed in honor of 
 various believers in Persia to his cousin to deliver them. 
 However when Muhammad Hasan arrived in Tehran he was arrested and 
 imprisoned. He was eventually released from the prison and 
 returned to Takur. Soon afterwards he passed away in Takur. 
 According to what Bahá'u'lláh has revealed in another Tablet 
 (Ishráqát p. 101) one of the women in Takur got hold of those 
 Tablets and sent them to Sháh Sultán Khánum, half-sister of 
 Bahá'u'lláh, in Tehran who was a supporter of Azal. Bahá'u'lláh 
 mentions in  this Tablet that most probably either His 
 half-sister or Azal copied those Tablets and send them out as 
 their own writings!
-- Tablet to the Cousin: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (Used by permission of the curator)