is that the accents of God Himself have been heard uttered by these
Manifestations of the Divine Being.

Viewed in the light of their second station—the station of distinction,
differentiation, temporal limitations, characteristics and standards—they
manifest absolute servitude, utter destitution, and complete
self-effacement. Even as He saith: “I am the servant of God. I am but a
man like you.”...

Were any of the all-embracing Manifestations of God to declare: “I am
God,” He, verily, speaketh the truth, and no doubt attacheth thereto. For
it hath been repeatedly demonstrated that through their Revelation, their
attributes and names, the Revelation of God, His names and His attributes,
are made manifest in the world. Thus, He hath revealed: “Those shafts were
God’s, not Thine.” And also He saith: “In truth, they who plighted fealty
unto Thee, really plighted that fealty unto God.” And were any of them to
voice the utterance, “I am the Messenger of God,” He, also, speaketh the
truth, the indubitable truth. Even as He saith: “Muḥammad is not the
father of any man among you, but He is the Messenger of God.” Viewed in
this light, they are all but Messengers of that ideal King, that
unchangeable Essence. And were they all to proclaim, “I am the Seal of the
Prophets,” they, verily, utter but the truth, beyond the faintest shadow
of doubt. For they are all but one person, one soul, one spirit, one
being, one revelation. They are all the manifestation of the “Beginning”
and the “End,” the “First” and the “Last,” the “Seen” and the “Hidden”—all
of which pertain to Him Who is the Innermost Spirit of Spirits and Eternal
Essence of Essences. And were they to say, “We are the Servants of God,”
this also is a manifest and indisputable fact. For they have been made
manifest in the uttermost state of servitude, a servitude the like of
which no man can possibly attain. Thus in moments in which these Essences