“The Báb, the Exalted One,” ‘Abdu’l-Bahá more specifically affirms in
another Tablet, “is the Morn of Truth, the splendor of Whose light shineth
throughout all regions. He is also the Harbinger of the Most Great Light,
the Abhá Luminary. The Blessed Beauty is the One promised by the sacred
books of the past, the revelation of the Source of light that shone upon
Mount Sinai, Whose fire glowed in the midst of the Burning Bush. We are,
one and all, servants of their threshold, and stand each as a lowly keeper
at their door.” “Every proof and prophecy,” is His still more emphatic
warning, “every manner of evidence, whether based on reason or on the text
of the scriptures and traditions, are to be regarded as centered in the
persons of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb. In them is to be found their complete
fulfillment.”
And finally, in His Will and Testament, the repository of His last wishes
and parting instructions, He in the following passage, specifically
designed to set forth the guiding principles of Bahá’í belief, sets the
seal of His testimony on the Báb’s dual and exalted station: “The
foundation of the belief of the people of Bahá (may my life be offered up
for them) is this: His holiness the exalted One (the Báb) is the
Manifestation of the unity and oneness of God and the Forerunner of the
Ancient Beauty (Bahá’u’lláh). His holiness, the Abhá Beauty (Bahá’u’lláh)
(may my life be offered up as a sacrifice for His steadfast friends) is
the supreme Manifestation of God and the Day-Spring of His most divine
Essence.” “All others,” He significantly adds, “are servants unto Him and
do His bidding.”
‘Abdu’l-Bahá
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