…within the tabernacles of these Prophets and chosen Ones of
God the light of His infinite names and exalted attributes hath been reflected,
even though the light of some of these attributes may or may not be outwardly
revealed from these luminous Temples to the eyes of men. That a certain
attribute of God hath not been outwardly manifested by these Essences of
Detachment doth in no wise imply that they who are the Day Springs of God’s
attributes and the Treasuries of His holy names did not actually possess it.
Therefore, these illuminated Souls, these beauteous Countenances have, each and
every one of them, been endowed with all the attributes of God, such as
sovereignty, dominion, and the like, even though to outward seeming they be
shorn of all earthly majesty....
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
