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Quddús to write a commentary on the very short súra of Ikhlás74ACT8 of the Qur’án. Quddús wrote an incredible commentary which was three times the size of the whole Qur’án, on just the first letter Sád of the word Samad [Eternal] which is one of the names of God in the second line of that súra. 75ACT8
Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí’s tolerant attitude towards Quddús may also in part have been because of the congenial manner in which Quddús interacted with him. Nabíl records:
While in Sárí, Quddús frequently attempted to convince Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí of the truth of the Divine Message. He freely conversed with him on the most weighty and outstanding issues related to the Revelation of the Báb. His bold and challenging remarks were couched in such gentle, such persuasive and courteous language, and delivered with such geniality and humour, that those who heard him felt not in the least offended. They even misconstrued his allusions to the sacred Book as humorous observations intended to entertain his hearers.76ACT8
As instructed by Bahá’u’lláh, Mullá Husayn dispatched Mullá Mihdíy-i-Khu’í with six companions to Sárí, with the message to Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí to immediately release Quddús. As predicted by Bahá’u’lláh, this message strangely enough disarmed Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, who right away released Quddús, saying that he was just being hosted as a guest and not held as a prisoner.
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