actions have been mentioned in former traditions; as it is said in the "Rouzeye-Kafi" in explanation of "Zora." In the "Rouzeye-Kafi" (it is related) of Mo'aweyeh-Ibn Wahab that Abi-Abdallah said: " Dost thou know Zora? " I said: "May I be a sacrifice to Thee? They say it is Baghdad?" He said: " No!" Then he added: " Hast thou entered the city of Rey[1]?" "Yes," I replied. He enquired: "Hast thou visited the cattle-market?" "Yes!" "Hast thou seen the black mountain upon the right hand of the road? There is Zora where they will slay eighty men of the children of certain ones, all of whom are free from guilt." "Who will kill them?" I questioned. He said: "The children of Persia!"
This is the condition and state of the companions of His Holiness as described in former times. Consider, according to this tradition Zora is the land of Key. In that place these companions were killed with the severest torture, and all these holy beings were martyred by the Persians as recorded in the tradition. This you have heard, and it is clear and evident to all the world. Why do not these worms of the earth reflect upon these traditions, all of which are as clear as the sun in mid-heaven? For what reason do they not advance toward the True One? And why on account of other traditions, the meaning of which they have not understood, have they turned aside from the
- ↑ Ancient city near which Teheran is built.
