e round
the saying of 'Him Whom God shall make manifest,' even as the Alif (the
Gospel) and whosoever was therein revolved round the saying of Muhammad,
the Apostle of God." "A thousand perusals of the Bayan," He further
remarks, "cannot equal the perusal of a single verse to be revealed by
'Him Whom God shall make manifest.'... Today the Bayan is in the stage of
seed; at the beginning of the manifestation of 'Him Whom God shall make
manifest' its ultimate perfection will become apparent.... The Bayan and
such as are believers therein yearn more ardently after Him than the
yearning of any lover after his beloved.... The Bayan deriveth all its
glory from 'Him Whom God shall make manifest.' All blessing be upon him
who believeth in Him and woe betide him that rejecteth His truth."

Addressing Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi surnamed Vahid, the most learned, the
most eloquent and influential among His followers, the Bab utters this
warning: "By the righteousness of Him Whose power causeth the seed to
germinate and Who breatheth the spirit of life into all things, were I to
be assured that in the day of His manifestation thou wilt deny Him, I
would unhesitatingly disown thee and repudiate thy faith.... If, on the
other hand, I be told that a Christian, who beareth no allegiance to My
Faith, will believe in Him, the same will I regard as the apple of Mine
Eye."

In one of His prayers He thus communes with Baha'u'llah: "Exalted art
Thou, O my Lord the Omnipotent! How puny and contemptible my word and all
that pertaineth unto me appear unless they be related to Thy great glory.
Grant that through the assistance of Thy grace whatsoever pertaineth unto
me may be acceptable in Thy sight."

In the Qayyumu'l-Asma--the Bab's commentary on the Surih of
Joseph--characterized by the Author of the Iqan as "the first, the greatest
and mightiest" of the books revealed by the Bab, we read the following
references to Baha'u'llah: "Out of utter nothingness, O great and
omnipotent Master, Thou hast, through the celestial potency of Thy might,
brought me forth and raised me up to proclaim this Revelation. I have made
none other but Thee my trust; I have clung to no will but Thy will... O
Thou Remnant of God! I have sacrificed myself wholly for Thee: I have
accepted curses for Thy sake, and have yearned for naught but martyrdom in
the path of Thy love. Sufficient witness unto me is God, the Exalted, the
Protector, the Ancient of Days." "And when the a