If thou be of the inmates of this city[the City of Divine
Unity] within the ocean of divine unity, thou wilt view all the Prophets and
Messengers of God as one soul and one body, as one light and one spirit, in
such wise that the first among them would be last and the last would be first.
For they have all arisen to proclaim His Cause and have established the laws of
divine wisdom. They are, one and all, the Manifestations of His Self, the
Repositories of His might, the Treasuries of His Revelation, the Dawning-Places
of His splendour, and the Daysprings of His light. Through them are manifested
the signs of sanctity in the realities of all things and the tokens of oneness
in the essences of all beings. Through them are revealed the elements of
glorification in the heavenly realities and the exponents of praise in the
eternal essences. From them hath all creation proceeded and unto them shall
return all that hath been mentioned. And since in their inmost Beings they are
the same Luminaries and the self-same Mysteries, thou shouldst view their
outward conditions in the same light, that thou mayest recognize them all as
one Being, nay, find them united in their words, speech, and utterance.
(Baha’u’llah,
‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’, ‘Javáhiru’l-Asrár’)
