# 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)*