The Báb in this connection reveals the following in the
“Dalá’il-i-Sab‘ih”:
“That which he [Siyyid Kázim] was still saying at the time
of his last journey, that which you, yourself, have heard, is it not being
spoken of? And likewise the account of Mírzá Muhammad-i-Akhbarí which
‘Abdu’l-Husayn-i-Shushtarí relates? Mírzá Muhammad-i-Akhbarí, while at
Kazímayn, one day asked of the venerable Siyyid [Kázim] when the Imám [the
promised One] would manifest himself. The Siyyid looked over the assembly and
said: ‘You will see him.’ Mullá Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Haraví also related this
incident in Isfáhán.” (“Le Livre des Sept Preuves,” translated by A. L. M.
Nicolas, p. 58.)
There seems to be conclusive evidence that Siyyid Kázim
adverted often near the close of life to the divine Manifestation which he
believed to be at hand. He was fond of saying, ‘I see him as the rising sun.’
(Dr. T. K. Cheyne’s the Reconciliation of Races and Religions,” p. 19.)
(Footnotes to Chapter 2 of the Dawn-Breakers provided by Shoghi Effendi)
