'Abdu'l-Bahá… incarnates an institution for which we can
find no parallel whatsoever in any of the world's recognized religious
systems…
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 8 February 1934, printed as ‘The
Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh’, in ‘The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh; also
in ‘The Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, The Significance of the Formative
Age of Our Faith’)
