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His writings are more sacred than the Torah and the Gospel, which he called the Holy Book, and than the Quran, which Muslims revere. He claimed that the prophets had foretold him, just as Christ had foretold Muhammad, and that he had special teachings that he would only reveal to those worthy of them, just as Prophet Muhammad had special teachings that he only revealed to Ali, and then to his inner circle until they reached the Imams. He stated that his message superseded the message of "the Bab," but that he agreed with him on the meaning of humanity and the call to it. He also said: The best of people is he who makes the whole world his homeland. He narrated the ancient creeds with narrowness and rigidity, and spread his idea throughout the world. He sent his call to kings, princes, heads of republics, and to the peoples through various means. He had prophecies, some of which came true. Among them was his prophecy of the fall of Napoleon III four years before his fall. He envisioned his religion, like his teachings, to be a universal human one, just as he also envisioned the world having a single language, which would either be an existing universal language or a language like Esperanto. He also envisioned equality, and that a chapter called the Chapter of Kings was revealed to him, in which he prophesied the downfall of the Sultan of Turkey because he differentiated between the rights of his people and gave some privileges over others. He saw