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gathered students a complex question on theology, and none could give a satisfactory answer. Bahá’u’lláh then gently answered the problem in a brilliant manner with a novel understanding. Bahá’u’lláh’s answer left the Shaykh silent, although the next day, the Shaykh reprimanded his many students: “I have taught and trained you for years on end, but when the need arises, I find you wanting in understanding, whereas an unturbaned youth [meaning someone not educated at a religious school] has brilliantly explained the problem I had presented to you.” 75ACT3
This Shaykh being related to Ásíyih Khánum’s family, one day, after morning prayers called Ásíyih Khánum’s mother, and told her about a dream he had had:
I was standing in the midst of a vast concourse of people, all of whom seemed to be pointing to a certain house in which they said the Sáhibu’z-Zamán [Lord of the Age, a title of the promised One] dwelt. Frantic with joy, I hastened in my dream to attain His presence. When I reached the house, I was, to my great surprise, refused admittance. ”The promised Qá’im,” I was informed, “is engaged in private conversation with another Person. Access to them is strictly forbidden.” From the guards who were standing beside the door, I gathered that that Person was none other than Mírzá Husayn ‘Alí of Núr [Bahá’u’lláh].76ACT3
At another time, this Shaykh had a dream of coming into a room filled with trunks, which, he was told, belonged to Bahá’u’lláh. On opening one of them, he found it packed with books, and all lines of those books were studded with incredible gems, the brilliance of which awakened him. 77ACT3
This Shaykh died before the Declaration of the Báb.
Bahá’u’lláh’s Life and House in Tihrán
Tihrán was the capital and where the Sháh resided together with his court. Although Bahá’u’lláh was uninterested in the court of the Sháh and getting a position of power, because of His father’s previous position and connections, He was well known amongst the ministers of the court of the king. In fact, Bahá’u’lláh had direct communication with the Grand Vazír, Hájí Mírzá Áqásí , who in spite of his ill-will to Bahá’u’lláh’s father, showed great respect to Bahá’u’lláh.
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