"Now when they were ready to begin their work of decapitation and slaughter, it was Haji Mulla Isma'il's turn to die, one came to him, saying: `Such an one of your friends will give such-and-such a sum of money to save you from death, on condition of your recanting, that thus they may be induced to spare you. In a case of dire necessity, when it is a question of saving your life, what harm is there in merely saying, "I am not a Babi," so that they may have a pretext for releasing you?' He replied: `Were I willing to recant, even without money none would touch me.' Being further pressed and greatly importuned, he drew himself up to his full height amidst the crowd, and exclaimed, so that all might hear:

  
       `Zephyr, prithee bear for me a message 
        To that Ishmael who was not slain:  
        "Living from the street of the Beloved 
        Love permits not to return again."'" 
                         (The "Tarikh-i-Jadid," pp. 253-4.)