He [Baha'u'llah] became well-known in regard to these
qualities before the Báb appeared. Then Bahá'u'lláh declared the Báb's mission
to be true and promulgated His teachings. The Báb announced that the greater
Manifestation would take place after Him and called the Promised One "Him
Whom God shall make manifest," saying that nine years later the reality of
His own mission would become apparent. In His writings He stated that in the
ninth year this expected One would be known; in the ninth year they would
attain to all glory and felicity; in the ninth year they would advance rapidly.
Between Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb there was communication privately. The Báb
wrote a letter containing three hundred and sixty derivatives of the root Baha.
The Báb was martyred in Tabriz; and Bahá'u'lláh, exiled into Iraq in 1852,
announced Himself in Baghdad.
- 'Abdu'l-Baha
(From a talk, 18 April 1912, New York; ‘The Promulgation of Universal
Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States
and Canada in 1912’)
