A PRAISE which is exalted above every mention or description
beseemeth the Adored One, the Possessor of all things visible and invisible,
Who hath enabled the Primal Point to reveal countless Books and Epistles and
Who, through the potency of His sublime Word, hath called into being the entire
creation, whether of the former or more recent generations. Moreover He hath in
every age and cycle, in conformity with His transcendent wisdom, sent forth a
divine Messenger to revive the dispirited and despondent souls with the living
waters of His utterance, One Who is indeed the Expounder, the true Interpreter…
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
