We behold, as we survey the episodes of this first act of a
sublime drama, the figure of its Master Hero, the Báb, arise meteor-like above
the horizon of Shíráz, traverse the sombre sky of Persia from south to north,
decline with tragic swiftness, and perish in a blaze of glory. We see His
satellites, a galaxy of God-intoxicated heroes, mount above that same horizon,
irradiate that same incandescent light, burn themselves out with that self-same
swiftness, and impart in their turn an added impetus to the steadily gathering
momentum of God’s nascent Faith.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’)
