Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥabíbu'lláh also tells us that, apart from teaching boys, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid had a regular class for theological students. On one occasion some of these students posed a question which after a long period of discussion remained unresolved. [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid told them that he would consult some authoritative works that same night and on the morrow present them with the solution. Just then the Báb, who had been listening, spoke and with sound reasoning propounded the answer which they sought. They were wonder-struck, for they had no recollection of discussing that particular subject within earshot of the Báb, who might then have looked up references in books and memorized them to repeat parrot-wise. [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid asked Him where He had gained that knowledge. The boy replied smilingly with a couplet from Ḥáfiẓ: Should the grace of the Holy Spirit once again deign to assist, Others will also do what Christ could perform.[3] Not only did the mental faculties of the Báb astound the schoolmaster; the nobility of His character impressed him even more. Indeed all those who were close or near to His person could not but yield to the charm of His being. Years later, when the Báb had raised the call of a new theophany, the schoolmaster casting his mind over the past told Ḥájí Siyyid Javád-i-Karbilá'í, a learned scion of a celebrated priestly family (the Baḥru'l-`Ulúm[AJ]), that Siyyid `Alí-Muḥammad was always dignified and serene, that He was very handsome and cared little for the pastimes of other boys. Some mornings, the schoolmaster recalled, He was late coming to school and when asked the reason He remained silent. On occasions [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid sent other pupils to call at His home and ask Him to come to school. They would return to say that they had found Him at His devotions. One day, when He had come late to school and was questioned by [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid, the Báb said quietly that He had been in the house of His 'Grandfather'. Thus do the Siyyids refer to their ancestor the Prophet Muḥammad. To the schoolmaster's remonstrances that He was only a child of ten from whom such rigorous attention to devotions was not demanded, He replied quietly again, 'I wish to be like My Grandfather'. At that time, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid said, he had taken the words of Siyyid `Alí-Muḥammad as childish _naïveté_.[4] [Footnote AJ: Literally, the 'Sea of All Knowledge'.]