Broad-minded, highly imaginative, zealous by nature,
intimately associated with the court, he, in the course of three interviews,
was completely won over by the arguments and personality of the Báb. Their
first interview centered around the metaphysical teachings of Islám, the most
obscure passages of the Qur’án, and the traditions and prophecies of the Imáms.
In the course of the second interview Vaḥíd was astounded to find that the
questions which he had intended to submit for elucidation had been effaced from
his retentive memory, and yet, to his utter amazement, he discovered that the
Báb was answering the very questions he had forgotten.
- Shoghi Effendi (Chapter
1, ‘God Passes By’)