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Prologue
“Bear Thou witness that, through this Book, I have covenanted with all created things concerning the mission of Him Whom Thou shalt make manifest, ere the covenant concerning My own mission had been established. Sufficient witness art Thou and they that have believed in Thy signs.”
“The Bayán deriveth all its glory from Him Whom God shall make manifest.”
“Better is it for thee, to recite but one of the verses of Him Whom God shall make manifest than to set down the whole of the Bayán, for on that Day that one verse can save thee, whereas the entire Bayán cannot save thee.”
“The whole of the Bayán is only a leaf amongst the leaves of His Paradise.”
“All that hath been revealed in the Bayán is but a ring upon My hand, and I Myself am, verily, but a ring upon the hand of Him Whom God shall make manifest … He turneth it as He pleaseth, for whatsoever He pleaseth, and through whatsoever He pleaseth. He, verily, is the Help in Peril, the Most High.”
“Were He to appear this very moment, I would be the first to adore Him, and the first to bow down before Him.”
“I, verily, have not fallen short of My duty to admonish that people, …If on the day of His Revelation all that are on earth bear Him allegiance, Mine inmost being will rejoice, inasmuch as all will have attained the summit of their existence.… If not, My soul will be saddened. I truly have nurtured all things for this purpose. How, then, can anyone be veiled from Him?”
“I, Myself, am but the first servant to believe in Him and in His signs.…”
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