I was tired and so I slept. While I was sleeping, I was conversing with you as though speaking at the top of my voice. Then through the effect of my own voice I awoke. As I awoke, one word was upon my lips -- the word imtíyáz (`distinction'). So I will speak to you upon that subject.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, New York, June 13, 1912; ‘Mahmud’s Diary’)
