I had been referring to the eagerness with which Siyyid
Kázim had determined to rend asunder those veils which intervened between the
people of his day and the recognition of the promised Manifestation. In the
introductory pages of his works, entitled Sharh-i-Qasidih and Sharh-i-Khutbih,
he, in veiled language, alludes to the blessed name of Bahá’u’lláh. In a
booklet, the last he wrote, he explicitly mentions the name of the Báb by his
reference to the term “Dhikru’lláh-i-‘Aẓam.” In it he writes: “Addressing this
noble ‘Dhikr,’ [1] this mighty voice of God, I say: ‘I am apprehensive of the
people, lest they harm you. I am apprehensive of my own self, lest I too may
hurt you. I fear you, I tremble at your authority, I dread the age in which you
live. Were I to treasure you as the apple of my eye until the Day of
Resurrection, I would not sufficiently have proved my devotion to you.’”
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 2’)
[1] “Dhikr” means “mention,” “remembrance.”
