The following excerpt contains material of interest relating to the Bahá’í conception of the prophet or Manifestation of God, the nature of revelation, and the prerogatives of the Divine Educator as conceived in Bahá’í theology—and how Bahá’í tenets historically relate to ideas of past thinkers in Islam. The translation is of a brief passage from Mírzá Abú’l-Faḍl’s Faṣlu’l-Khiṭáb—one first shown me some years ago by that eminently accomplished expert of Persian and Bahá’í literature, Naeem Nabiliakbar, whose radiant erudition is veiled only by his outstanding humility. In this passage, Mírzá Abú’l-Faḍl recounts an anecdote concerning Avicenna (c.980-1037 AD)—outstanding among all the philosophers of Islam—and his devoted disciple Bahmanyár . . .