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 Husayn, Quddús, and Táhirih; 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)
