Shoghi Effendi feels that the Unity of the Bahá'í revelation
as one complete whole embracing the Faith of the Bab should be emphasised...
The Faith of the Bab should not be divorced from that of Bahá'u'lláh. Though
the teachings of the Bayan have been abrogated and superseded by the laws of
Aqdas, yet due to the fact that the Bab considered Himself as the forerunner of
Bahá'u'lláh we should regard His dispensation together with that of Bahá'u'lláh
as forming one entity, the former being an introductory to the advent of the
latter. Just as the advent of John the Baptist -- who according to various
authorities was Himself the originator of laws which abrogated the teachings
current among the Jews -- forms part of the Christian revelation, the advent of
the Bab likewise forms an integral part of the Bahá'í Faith. That is why Shoghi
Effendi feels justified to call Nabil's narrative a narrative of the early days
of the Bahá'í revelation.
- Shoghi Effendi
(From a letter dated 30 November 1930, written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi; printed in ‘The Unfolding Destiny of the British Baha'i Community’)
