… 'Abdu'l-Bahá's own tribute to the transcendent character
of the Revelation identified with His Father: "Centuries, nay ages, must
pass away, ere the Day-Star of Truth shineth again in its mid-summer splendor,
or appeareth once more in the radiance of its vernal glory." "The
mere contemplation of the Dispensation inaugurated by the Blessed Beauty,"
He furthermore affirms, "would have sufficed to overwhelm the saints of
bygone ages -- saints who longed to partake for one moment of its great
glory."
- Shoghi Effendi (God Passes By)
