…just as in the realm of the spirit, the reality of the Báb
has been hailed by the Author of the Bahá’í Revelation as “The Point round Whom
the realities of the Prophets and Messengers revolve,” so, on this visible
plane, His sacred remains constitute the heart and center of what may be
regarded as nine concentric circles, paralleling thereby, and adding further
emphasis to the central position accorded by the Founder of our Faith to One
“from Whom God hath caused to proceed the knowledge of all that was and shall
be,” “the Primal Point from which have been generated all created things.”
- Shoghi Effendi (From a message dated March 29, 1951; Citadel of the Faith)
