…compared with all other proofs and tokens, the
divinely-revealed verses shine as the sun, whilst all others are as stars. To
the peoples of the world they are the abiding testimony, the incontrovertible
proof, the shining light of the ideal King. Their excellence is unrivalled,
their virtue nothing can surpass. They are the treasury of the divine pearls
and the depository of the divine mysteries. They constitute the indissoluble
Bond, the firm Cord, the Urvatu’l-Vuthqá, [the Sure Handle] the
inextinguishable Light. Through them floweth the river of divine knowledge, and
gloweth the fire of His ancient and consummate wisdom.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The
Kitab-i-Iqan’)
