These Prophets and
chosen Ones of God are the recipients and revealers of all the unchangeable
attributes and names of God. They are the mirrors that truly and faithfully
reflect the light of God. Whatsoever is applicable to them is in reality
applicable to God, Himself, Who is both the Visible and the Invisible. The
knowledge of Him, Who is the Origin of all things, and attainment unto Him, are
impossible save through knowledge of, and attainment unto, these luminous
Beings who proceed from the Sun of Truth. By attaining, therefore, to the
presence of these holy Luminaries, the “Presence of God” Himself is attained.
From their knowledge, the knowledge of God is revealed, and from the light of
their countenance, the splendour of the Face of God is made manifest.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
