Sequential excerpts (including footnotes) from ‘The Dawn-Breakers’ by Nabil-i-‘Azam, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi

August 27, 2019

Siyyid Kázim describes features of the Promised One (the Báb)

Many a time he observed: “He who is destined to be made manifest after me is of pure lineage, of illustrious descent, of the seed of Fátimih. He is of medium height, and is free from bodily deficiency. 
(Chapter 2, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)