He [‘Abdu’l-Baha] is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as
- the Center and Pivot of Bahá'u'lláh's peerless and all-enfolding Covenant,
- His most exalted handiwork,
- the stainless Mirror of His light,
- the perfect Exemplar of His teachings,
- the unerring Interpreter of His Word,
- the embodiment of every Bahá'í ideal,
- the incarnation of every Bahá'í virtue,
- the Most Mighty Branch sprung from the Ancient Root,
- the Limb of the Law of God,
- the Being "round Whom all names revolve,"
- the Mainspring of the Oneness of Humanity,
- the Ensign of the Most Great Peace,
- the Moon of the Central Orb of this most holy Dispensation --
- Shoghi Effendi (‘The World Order of Baha'u'llah’)