The voices of Mecca and Jerusalem

North and South both vibrate to the call announcing the advent of our Revelation. We can hear the voice of Mecca acclaiming: ‘All praise be to Thee, O Lord my God, the All-Glorious, for having wafted over me the breath redolent with the fragrance of Thy presence!’ Jerusalem, likewise, is calling aloud: ‘Lauded and magnified art Thou, O Beloved of earth and heaven, for having turned the agony of my separation from Thee into the joy of a life-giving reunion!’

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

What would have Moses said

Had Moses Himself attained it, He, likewise, would have raised His voice saying: ‘All praise be to Thee for having lifted upon me the light of Thy countenance and enrolled me among them that have been privileged to behold Thy face!’” 

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

What would have Abraham cried

Had Abraham attained it, He too, falling prostrate upon the ground, and in the utmost lowliness before the Lord thy God, would have cried: ‘Mine heart is filled with peace, O Thou Lord of all that is in heaven and on earth! I testify that Thou hast unveiled before mine eyes all the glory of Thy power and the full majesty of Thy law!’… 

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

What would have Muhammad cried out

“Had Muhammad, the Apostle of God, attained this Day,” Bahá’u’lláh writes in a Tablet revealed on the eve of His banishment to the penal colony of ‘Akká, “He would have exclaimed: ‘I have truly recognized Thee, O Thou the Desire of the Divine Messengers!’

(‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

The “most exalted word” uttered by Solomon

“Solomon in all his majesty circles in adoration around Me in this day, uttering this most exalted word: ‘I have turned my face towards Thy face, O Thou omnipotent Ruler of the world! I am wholly detached from all things pertaining unto me, and yearn for that which Thou dost possess.’” 

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

Elijah’s adoration

“By the one true God, Elijah hath hastened unto My court and hath circumambulated in the day-time and in the night-season My throne of glory.” 

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

The praise heard from Hijáz

“Hijáz is astir by the breeze announcing the tidings of joyous reunion. ‘Praise be to Thee,’ We hear her exclaim, ‘O my Lord, the Most High. I was dead through my separation from Thee; the breeze laden with the fragrance of Thy presence hath brought me back to life. Happy is he that turneth unto Thee, and woe betide the erring.’” 

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’) 

“The promise of all ages is now fulfilled”

“The glory of Sinai hath hastened to circle round the Day-Spring of this Revelation, while from the heights of the Kingdom the voice of the Son of God is heard proclaiming: ‘Bestir yourselves, ye proud ones of the earth, and hasten ye towards Him.’ Carmel hath in this day hastened in longing adoration to attain His court, whilst from the heart of Zion there cometh the cry: ‘The promise of all ages is now fulfilled. That which had been announced in the holy writ of God, the Beloved, the Most High, is made manifest.’” 

- Baha’u’llah (‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)

“the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned”

“I am the One,” He in another connection affirms, “Whom the tongue of Isaiah hath extolled, the One with Whose name both the Torah and the Evangel were adorned.” 

(‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah; included in ‘The World Order of Baha’u’llah’)