He [Manifestation of God]… impart[s] spiritual education, so
that minds may apprehend the metaphysical world, breathe the sanctified breaths
of the Holy Spirit, and enter into relationship with the Concourse on high, and
that human realities may become the manifestations of divine blessings, that
perchance all the names and attributes of God may be reflected in the mirror of
the human reality and the meaning of the blessed verse "Let Us make man in
Our image, after Our likeness" may be realized.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (Table talks
in Akka, authenticated by ‘Abdu’l-Baha; ‘Some Answered Questions’ – 2014
revised translation by the Baha’i World Centre)
