Sáhibu’z-Zamán . [the Lord of the Age; one of the titles of the
Qá’im] alone can reveal … Keep Him in your house, for He, verily stands in no need of teachers such as I.”
72ACT1
His uncle sternly rebuked the Báb: “Have You forgotten my instructions? Have I not already admonished You to follow the example of Your fellow-pupils, to observe silence, and to listen attentively …?” Then the Báb promised His uncle that He would abide by his instructions and return to school.
Shaykh ’Abid continues:
The soul of that Child could not, however, be restrained by the stern admonitions of His uncle. No discipline could repress the flow of His intuitive knowledge. Day after day He continued to manifest such remarkable evidences of superhuman wisdom as I am powerless to recount. 73ACT2