To Israel He [Baha’u’llah] was neither more nor less than the incarnation of the "Everlasting Father," the "Lord of Hosts" come down "with ten thousands of saints"; to Christendom Christ returned "in the glory of the Father," to Shí'ah Islam the return of the Imam Husayn; to Sunni Islam the descent of the "Spirit of God" (Jesus Christ); to the Zoroastrians the promised Shah-Bahram; to the Hindus the reincarnation of Krishna; to the Buddhists the fifth Buddha.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’; The Compilation of Compilations, vol. I, Buddah, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects)
