Kitab-i-Iqan — Paragraph 259

Source (Persian)

سبحان اللّه، در اوّل از کتب خود که آن را قيّوم اسماء ناميده و اوّل و اعظم و اکبر جميع کتب است اخبار از شهادت خود می دهند و در مقامی اين آيه را ذکر فرمودهاند: "يا بَقيَّةَاللّهِ، قَدْ فَدَيْتُ بِکُلّی لَکَ و رَضِيْتُ السَّبَّ فی سَبيلِکَ و ما تَمَنَّيْتُ إلّا القَتْلَ فی مَحبَّتِکَ وَ کَفَی باللّه العَلِيِّ مُعْتَصِماً قَديماً."

Translation

Gracious God! In His Book, which He hath entitled “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá,”—the first, the greatest and mightiest of all books—He prophesied His own martyrdom. In it is this passage: “O thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly for Thee; I have accepted curses for Thy sake; and have yearned for naught but martyrdom in the path of Thy love. Sufficient Witness unto me is God, the Exalted, the Protector, the Ancient of Days!”