Dominating the
entire range of this fascinating spectacle towers the incomparable figure of
Bahá’u’lláh, transcendental in His majesty, serene, awe-inspiring,
unapproachably glorious. Allied, though subordinate in rank, and invested with
the authority of presiding with Him over the destinies of this supreme
Dispensation, there shines upon this mental picture the youthful glory of the
Báb, infinite in His tenderness, irresistible in His charm, unsurpassed in His
heroism, matchless in the dramatic circumstances of His short yet eventful
life. And finally there emerges, though on a plane of its own and in a category
entirely apart from the one occupied by the twin Figures that preceded Him, the
vibrant, the magnetic personality of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, reflecting to a degree that
no man, however exalted his station, can hope to rival, the glory and power with
which They who are the Manifestations of God are alone endowed.
- Shoghi
Effendi (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah’)
