It is incumbent upon the Aghsán, the Afnán and My kindred to
turn, one and all, their faces towards the Most Mighty Branch. Consider that
which We have revealed in Our Most Holy Book: "When the ocean of My
presence hath ebbed and the Book of My Revelation is ended, turn your faces
toward Him Whom God hath purposed, Who hath branched from this Ancient
Root." The object of this sacred verse is none other except the Most
Mighty Branch ('Abdu'l-Bahá). Thus have We graciously revealed unto you our
potent Will, and I am verily the Gracious, the All-Powerful. - Bahá'u'lláh (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in "The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh - Selected
Letters’)
