The Báb had no less significantly extolled Him [Baha’u’llah]
as the “Essence of Being,” as the “Remnant of God,” as the “Omnipotent Master,”
as the “Crimson, all-encompassing Light,” as “Lord of the visible and
invisible,” as the “sole Object of all previous Revelations, including The
Revelation of the Qá’im Himself.” He had formally designated Him as “He Whom
God shall make manifest,” had alluded to Him as the “Abhá Horizon” wherein He
Himself lived and dwelt, had specifically recorded His title, and eulogized His
“Order” in His best-known work, the Persian Bayán, had disclosed His name
through His allusion to the “Son of ‘Alí, a true and undoubted Leader of men,”…
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’)
