Mirza Taqi says, “A Russain ambassador told me of this incident. His name was Khanikov.
He was a christain but had great knowledge of our books, our arabic language, and had memorized numerious hadiths. The government appointed him as a visitor to many countries and he had witnessed many strange incidents. He told us of this incident that occurred while he was staying in Tabriz. He says, “In those days I was staying in Mavara and Arz, I heard near the city there were some huge mountains, and it was almost impossible to reach one of the mountains. On this mountain however, the word “Ali” is written clearly. I became curious and wanted to see it with my own eyes. I took some labourers and a shovel and went towards that mountain. I found that mountain from amongst the other mountains and just like I had been told the writing was there and its color was different from the other mountains. I thought it may have been artificial. I ordered the labourers to climb on the mountain and to begin digging. When they broke the stones, the same writing was written on the stones that they dug up. Then I knew it was not made by any human. It was by the order of Allah.” 1 2
