The Ḳāḍi dismissed, the evidence.
"Without doubt they are mighty liars," said he.
I asked him next whether he had any acquaintance with the Behā'is. He answered:
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"As for the Behā'is and others like them, your Excellency knows that the Prophet (may God give him peace!) said that there were seventy-two false creeds and but one true, and I can tell you that of the seventy-two there are certainly fifty in our country."
I replied that it appertained to prophets alone to distinguish the true from the false, and that we in Europe, where there were none to help us, found it a difficult task.
"In Europe," said the Ḳāḍi, "I have heard that the men of science are your prophets."