Gracious God! None of them [the “seven powerful sovereigns
ruling the world” in His day] 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 (Quoted by Shoghi
Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
