The Báb, acclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh as the “Essence of
Essences,” the “Sea of Seas,” the “Point round Whom the realities of the
Prophets and Messengers revolve,” “from Whom God hath caused to proceed the
knowledge of all that was and shall be,” Whose “rank excelleth that of all the
Prophets,” and Whose “Revelation transcendeth the comprehension and
understanding of all their chosen ones,”…
(Shoghi Effendi, ‘God Passes By’)
