"I am," thrice exclaimed the Báb, "I am, I
am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years
invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to
witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten. Verily
I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West to obey
My word and to pledge allegiance to My person."
- The Báb (Quoted by Nabil
in the Dawn-Breakers, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
