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View of Isfáhán. Archival photo. 19ACT3
And those whose learning did not prevent them from crossing the Bridge
Although many of the clergy of Isfáhán rejected the message of Mullá Husayn, there were a handful of learned ones who used their learning as a guide and not a hindrance. The way they did this, tells of their spiritual integrity. Among that handful were the following: Muhammad-‘Alí of Nahrí , his elder brother Ibráhím , and some of their close friends. One of these friends who becomes a believer is Mullá Sádiq of Khurásán .His story gives a good picture of how these souls made that difficult crossing of the Bridge.
We need to remember that when the Letters of the Living first went out telling people of the manifestation of the Qá’im, they would share that they had met the Qá’im and testify to His fulfilling all the prophecies from the Islamic scriptures. An important part of their evidence was that the Báb was capable of revealing verses like the Qur’án, and as proof they sometimes carried some passages of the Writings of the Báb with them. Parts of the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’ 20ACT3, the first major Writing of
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