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manifest," had alluded to Him as the "Abha Horizon" wherein He Himself
lived and dwelt, had specifically recorded His title, and eulogized His
"Order" in His best-known work, the Persian Bayan, had disclosed His name
through His allusion to the "Son of 'Ali, a true and undoubted Leader of
men," had, repeatedly, orally and in writing, fixed, beyond the shadow of
a doubt, the time of His Revelation, and warned His followers lest "the
Bayan and all that hath been revealed therein" should "shut them out as by
a veil" from Him. He had, moreover, declared that He was the "first
servant to believe in Him," that He bore Him allegiance "before all things
were created," that "no allusion" of His "could allude unto Him," that
"the year-old germ that holdeth within itself the potentialities of the
Revelation that is to come is endowed with a potency superior to the
combined forces of the whole of the Bayan." He had, moreover, clearly
asserted that He had "covenanted with all created things" concerning Him
Whom God shall make manifest ere the covenant concerning His own mission
had been established. He had readily acknowledged that He was but "a
letter" of that "Most Mighty Book," "a dew-drop" from that "Limitless
Ocean," that His Revelation was "only a leaf amongst the leaves of His
Paradise," that "all that hath been exalted in the Bayan" was but "a ring"
upon His own hand, and He Himself "a ring upon the hand of Him Whom God
shall make manifest," Who, "turneth it as He pleaseth, for whatsoever He
pleaseth, and through whatsoever He pleaseth." He had unmistakably
declared that He had "sacrificed" Himself "wholly" for Him, that He had
"consented to be cursed" for His sake, and to have "yearned for naught but
martyrdom" in the path of His love. Finally, He had unequivocally
prophesied: "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." "Ere nine will have elapsed from the
inception of this Cause the realities of the created things will not be
made manifest. All that thou hast as yet seen is but the stage from the
moist-germ until We clothed it with flesh. Be patient until thou beholdest
a new creation. Say: Blessed, therefore, be God, the Most Excellent of
Makers!"

"He around Whom the Point of the Bayan (Bab) hath revolved is come" is
Baha'u'llah's confirmatory testimony to the inconceivable greatness and
preeminen