Writer condemned by Bahá'u'lláh for advocating the study of the science of metaphysical abstractions, of alchemy and natural magic, which Báha'u'lláh refers to as "vain and discarded learnings." (Cf. Íqán, 186). Author of a vicious attack on the Bábí Faith, written by request of the Sháh. (GPB 91). |