The great spiritual lights have always appeared in the East.
The Blessed Perfection, Bahá’u’lláh, appeared in the East. Jesus Christ dawned
upon the horizon of the East. Moses, Aaron, Joseph and all the Israelitish
prophets such as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and others appeared from the Orient.
The lights of Muhammad and the Báb shone from the East. The eastern horizon has
been flooded with the effulgence of these great lights, and only from the East
have they risen to shine upon the West. Now—praise be to God!—you are living in
the dawn of a cycle when the Sun of Truth is again shining forth from the East,
illumining all regions.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk, 16 April 1912 at Hotel
Ansonia to Bahá’í Friends; ‘The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks
Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in
1912’)
