Before the Advent of the Bab in 1844, “the eminent scholar,
Mirza Ahmad-i-Azghandi, the most learned, the wisest and the most outstanding
among the ulamas of Khurasan”, who later became an ardent believer, “… in
anticipation of the advent of the promised Qá'im, had compiled above twelve
thousand traditions and prophecies concerning the time and character of the
expected Revelation, had circulated them among His fellow-disciples, and had
encouraged them to quote them extensively to all congregations and in all
meetings.”
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’)
