The greatness and glory of most of these Letters of the
Living resides solely in the fact that they professed their faith at the very
beginning. Among them and in terms of
importance, a few souls occupy a primary position—Mullá Ḥusayn, Quddús, and Ṭáhirih;
a few other blessed souls occupy a secondary position; and the rest are
honoured solely for having believed in the very beginning—two of them even,
like Judas Iscariot, recanted their faith later.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a talk,
new resources prepared by the Baha’i World Center, 2019; Baha’i Reference
Library)
