A. L. M. Nicolas, in his “Essai sur le Shaykhisme,” Il, pp.
60–61, gives the following extract from the writings of Siyyid Kázim:
“You have understood, I think, that the religious law and
the precepts of morality are the food of the Spirit. It is then necessary that
these religious laws be diverse; it is necessary that sometimes the older
regulations be annulled; it is necessary that these precepts contain some
things which are doubtful and some things which are certain; some things
general and some things specific; some things absolute and some things finite;
some of appearances and some of inner realities, so that the child may reach
adolescence and may be perfect in his power and his capacity.
“It is, at that time, that the Qá’im [The Báb] will appear
and after his manifestation the length of his days will come to an end and he
will be martyred, and when he is martyred, the world will have reached its
eighteenth year.”
(Footnotes to chapter 2 of ‘The Dawb-Breakers’ provided by
Shoghi Effendi)
