The recognition of Him Who is the Bearer of divine Truth is
none other than the recognition of God, and loving Him is none other than
loving God. However, I swear by the sublime Essence of God—exalted and
glorified be He—that I did not wish my identity to be known by men, and gave
instructions that My name should be concealed, because I was fully aware of the
incapacity of this people, who are none other than those who have, in reference
to no less a person than the Apostle of God—incomparable as He hath ever
been—remarked, ‘He is certainly a lunatic’. [Qur’án 68:51] If they now claim to
be other than those people, their deeds bear witness to the falsity of their
assertions.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)
