خداوند شاهد است كه مرا علمى نبود
زيرا كه در تجارت پرورش نمودم در سنه ستيّن قلب مرا مملوّ از آيات محكمه وعلوم
متقنه حضرت حجّة الله عليه السّلام فرمود تا آنكه ظاهر كردم در آن سنه امر مستور
را وركن مخزون را بشأنی كه از براى احدى حجّتى باقى نماند ليهلك من هلك عن بيّنةٍ
ويحيی من حيّ عن بيّنةٍ
( حضرت نقطۀ اولی -
منتخبات آيات از آثار حضرت نقطۀ اولی)
God beareth Me witness, I was not a man of learning, for I was trained as a merchant. In the year sixty [1260 A.H. (1844 A.D.)] God graciously infused my soul with the conclusive evidences and weighty knowledge which characterize Him Who is the Testimony of God—may peace be upon Him—until finally in that year I proclaimed God’s hidden Cause and unveiled its well-guarded Pillar, in such wise that no one could refute it. “That he who should perish might perish with a clear proof before him and he who should live might live by clear proof.” [Qur’án 8:44]
- The Báb (From an Epistle to Muhammad Sháh of Persia, ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
