…the First Remembrance, which is the Primal Will of God, may
be likened unto the sun. God hath created Him through the potency of His might,
and He hath, from the beginning that hath no beginning, caused Him to be
manifested in every Dispensation through the compelling power of His behest,
and God will, to the end that knoweth no end, continue to manifest Him
according to the good-pleasure of His invincible Purpose.
And know thou that He indeed resembleth the sun. Were the
risings of the sun to continue till the end that hath no end, yet there hath
not been nor ever will be more than one sun; and were its settings to endure
for evermore, still there hath not been nor ever will be more than one sun. It
is this Primal Will which appeareth resplendent in every Prophet and speaketh
forth in every revealed Book. It knoweth no beginning, inasmuch as the First
deriveth its firstness from It; and knoweth no end, for the Last oweth its
lastness unto It.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
