…during the cycle of the Blessed Perfection Baha'u'llah --
My Life be a sacrifice to His believers -- all are beneath His shadow. He is the
Unique and Peerless One till the next Manifestation. It is, however, not
definite that it will be 1000 years; it may be 2000, or 10,000 or 20,000 years;
but it is definite that for the coming 1000 years there will appear no
Manifestation; for1 000 years there shall arise no Sun. All the appearances
will be beneath the shade of the Most Great Appearance; they will be as stars
of guidance. All of them shall gather around this Fountain fame all of them
will become illumined with the rays of this Sun; all of them will receive a
share and a portion from this great Sea; all of them will become vivified with
this soul imparting breeze and all of them will be under the down pour of this
rain.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha (Words of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, recorded by Ahmad Sohrab; Extract from the Diary
of Mirza Ahmad Sobrab, 17 January, 1914; Star of the West, vol. 5, no. 5, June
5, 1914)
