The Blessed Perfection and the Báb are unique and peerless
in this Dispensation, and until the next Manifestation. The belief, the opinion
and the thoughts of all believers must revolve around this common Center. This
oneness of belief must become fully realized so that in the future there may
arise no differences. His Holiness the Báb was the "Morn of
Guidance." The Blessed Perfection was the "Desired One" of all
the religions and nations, and all of us are under the Blessed Shade,
non-existent and evanescent. All of us are the servants of this Holy Threshold.
All of us are the thralls -- meek, humble and lowly. All of us receive the
Light from that Sun of Reality. There is no other mention, no other quality, no
other appellation for us save this.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, recorded by Ahmad
Sohrab; Extract from the Diary of Mirza Ahmad Sobrab, 17 January, 1914; Star of
the West, vol. 5, no. 5, June 5, 1914)
