I swear by My life! If I have made mention of “lordship”, I
have intended only His [Baha’u’llah’s] lordship over all things. If the word
“divinity” hath ever flowed from My pen, I have intended naught but His
divinity in relation to the world; and if an allusion to the “Desired One” hath
proceeded therefrom, I have had none other in mind than Him. So too, in regard
to the word “Beloved”, He, indeed, is My Beloved and the Beloved of every
understanding heart. If I have spoken of “prostration”, I have meant only
prostration before His exalted, His glorious and sublime Countenance. If I have
praised any soul, Mine aim hath only been to celebrate His praise. And if I
have bidden the people to act, My sole purpose hath been that they should act
in accordance with His good-pleasure on the day of His Manifestation. Unto this
beareth witness whatsoever was sent down unto Me from the kingdom of My Lord,
the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. - The Báb (Quoted by Baha’u’llah; ‘Days of
Remembrance’)
