Little wonder that the immortal chronicler of the events
associated with the birth and rise of the Bahá’í Revelation has seen fit to
devote no less than half of his moving narrative to the description of those
happenings that have during such a brief space of time so greatly enriched,
through their tragedy and heroism, the religious annals of mankind.
- Shoghi
Effendi (Chapter 1 of ‘God Passes By’)