Gracious God! In His Book, which He hath entitled
‘Qayyúmu’l-Asmá ‘—the first, the greatest, and mightiest of all books—He
prophesied His own martyrdom. In it is this passage: ‘O Thou Remnant of God! I
have sacrificed myself wholly for Thee; I have accepted curses for Thy sake;
and have yearned for naught but martyrdom in the path of Thy love. Sufficient
Witness unto me is God, the Exalted, the Protector, the Ancient of Days!’
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in the Introduction
to Dawn-Breakers)
