s, and among them was the letter
to H. M. Nasiri'd-Din _Sh_ah. In that epistle Baha'u'llah said, "Have Me
summoned, gather the 'ulama, and ask for proofs and arguments, so that the
truth and falsehood may become known." H. M. Nasiri'd-Din _Sh_ah sent the
blessed epistle to the 'ulama and proposed to them that they should
undertake this mission, but they dared not do so. Then he asked seven of
the most celebrated among them to write an answer to the challenge. After
some time they returned the blessed letter, saying, "This man is the
opposer of religion and the enemy of the _Sh_ah." His majesty the _Sh_ah
of Persia was much vexed, and said, "This is a question for proofs and
arguments, and of truth or falsehood: what has it to do with enmity to the
government? Alas! how much we respected these 'ulama, who cannot even
reply to this epistle."

Briefly, all that was recorded in the Tablets to the Kings is being
fulfilled: if from the year A.D. 1870 we compare the events that have
occurred, we will find everything that has happened has appeared as
predicted; only a few remain which will afterward become manifested.

So also foreign peoples, and other sects who were not believers,
attributed many wonderful things to Baha'u'llah. Some believed that He was
a saint,(26) and some even wrote treatises about Him. One of them, Siyyid
Davudi, a Sunnite savant of Ba_gh_dad, wrote a short treatise in which he
related certain supernatural acts of Baha'u'llah. Even now, in all parts
of the East, there are some people who, though they do not believe in His
manifestation, nevertheless believe Him to be a saint and relate miracles
attributed to Him.

To sum up, both His antagonists and His partisans, as well as all those
who were received in the sacred spot, acknowledged and bore witness to the
greatness of Baha'u'llah. Though they did not believe in Him, still they
acknowledged His grandeur, and as soon as they entered the sacred spot,
the presence of Baha'u'llah produced such an effect on most of them that
they could not utter a word. How many times it happened that one of His
most bitter enemies would resolve within himself, "I will say such and
such things when I reach His presence, and I will dispute and argue thus
with Him," but when he entered the Holy Presence, he would become amazed
and confounded, and remain speechless.

Baha'u'llah had never studied Arabic; He had not had a tutor or teacher,
nor had He entered a school. Nevert