A. L. M. Nicolas, in his preface to “Essai sur le
Shaykhisme,” quotes the following as having been spoken by Shaykh Ahmad
regarding Siyyid Kázim: “There is only Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí who understands my
objective and no one but him understands it.... Seek the science after me from
Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí who has acquired it directly from me, who learned it from
the Imáms, who learned it from the Prophet to whom God had given it.... He is
the only one who understands me!”
(Footnotes to Chapter 1 of 'The Dawn-Breakers', included by Shoghi
Effendi)
