This work, [Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’] of such exalted merit, of such far-reaching influence, was followed by the revelation of the Báb’s first Tablet to Muhammad Sháh; of His Tablets to Sultán ‘Abdu’l-Majíd and to Najíb Páshá, the Válí of Baghdád; of the Saḥífiy-i-baynu’l-Ḥaramayn, revealed between Mecca and Medina, in answer to questions posed by Mírzá Muhít-i-Kirmání; of the Epistle to the Sherif of Mecca; of the Kitábu’r-Ruh, comprising seven hundred súrihs; of the Khasá’il-i-Sab‘ih, which enjoined the alteration of the formula of the adhán; of the Risaliy-i-Furu‘-i-‘Adliyyih, rendered into Persian by Mullá Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Harátí; of the commentary on the súrih of Kawthar, which effected such a transformation in the soul of Vaḥíd; of the commentary on the súrih of Va’l-‘Asr, in the house of the Imám-Jum‘ih of Isfahán; of the dissertation on the Specific Mission of Muhammad, written at the request of Manúchihr Khán; of the second Tablet to Muhammad Sháh, craving an audience in which to set forth the truths of the new Revelation, and dissipate his doubts; and of the Tablets sent from the village of Síyah-Dihán to the ‘ulamás of Qasvín and to Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, inquiring from him as to the cause of the sudden change in his decision.
- Shoghi Effendi (Chapter 2, ‘God Passes By’)