Through
the manifold attributes of these Essences of Detachment, [the “Prophets and
chosen Ones of God”] Who are both the first and the last,
the seen and the hidden, it is made evident that He Who is the Sun of Truth is
“the First and the Last, the Seen, and the Hidden.” [Qur’án
57:3] Likewise the other lofty names and exalted attributes of God. Therefore,
whosoever, and in whatever Dispensation, hath recognized and attained unto the
presence of these glorious, these resplendent and most excellent Luminaries,
hath verily attained unto the “Presence of God” Himself, and entered the city
of eternal and immortal life. Attainment unto such presence is possible only in
the Day of Resurrection, which is the Day of the rise of God Himself through
His all-embracing Revelation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The
Kitab-i-Iqan’)
