“I am the Mystic Fane,” the Báb thus proclaims His station
in the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá, “which the Hand of Omnipotence hath reared. I am the Lamp
which the Finger of God hath lit within its niche and caused to shine with
deathless splendor. I am the Flame of that supernal Light that glowed upon
Sinai in the gladsome Spot, and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning
Bush.” “O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn!” He, addressing Himself in that same commentary,
exclaims, “I recognize in Thee none other except the ‘Great Announcement’—the
Announcement voiced by the Concourse on high. By this name, I bear witness,
they that circle the Throne of Glory have ever known Thee.” “With each and
every Prophet, Whom We have sent down in the past,” He further adds, “We have
established a separate Covenant concerning the ‘Remembrance of God’ and His
Day. Manifest, in the realm of glory and through the power of truth, are the
‘Remembrance of God’ and His Day before the eyes of the angels that circle His
mercy-seat.” “Should it be Our wish,” He again affirms, “it is in Our power to
compel, through the agency of but one letter of Our Revelation, the world and
all that is therein to recognize, in less than the twinkling of an eye, the
truth of Our Cause.”
- The Báb (Passages revealed by the Báb, quoted by Shogh Effendi in
‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah’)
