Gracious God! [with reference to the “seven powerful
sovereigns ruling the world” in His day] None of them hath been informed of His
[the Báb’s] Manifestation, and if informed, none hath believed in Him. Who
knoweth, they may leave this world below full of desire, and without having
realized that the thing for which they were waiting had come to pass. This is
what happened to the monarchs that held fast unto the Gospel. They awaited the
coming of the Prophet of God [Muhammad], and when He did appear, they failed to
recognize Him. Behold how great are the sums which these sovereigns expend
without even the slightest thought of appointing an official charged with the
task of acquainting them in their own realms with the Manifestation of God!
They would thereby have fulfilled the purpose for which they have been created.
All their desires have been and are still fixed upon leaving behind them traces
of their names.”
- The Báb (From Dalá’il-i-Sab‘ih [Seven Proofs], quoted by
Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
