Reflect ye, that that illustrious Personage was born in the Sahara of Arabia among the ignorant tent dwellers, affiliating and associating with them until he grew to manhood and maturity, never studying the sciences and arts; nay, even he was apparently illiterate and uninstructed. Notwithstanding all this, He brought forth such a nation, established such a religion and uttered such explanations regarding scientific questions with great perspicuity, and raised such a community from the nadir of ignorance and barbarism to the zenith of civilization and prosperity! Through His influence, science, literature, philosophy, crafts and trades made wonderful progress during the medieval ages in Andalusia and Baghdad. Now is it possible that such an illustrious Personage be afflicted with epilepsy?
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; Star of the West, vol.2, no. 15, December 12, 1911)
