The Báb “as affirmed by Himself”

He, as affirmed by Himself,

• “the Primal Point from which have been generated all created things,”
• “one of the sustaining pillars of the Primal Word of God,”
• the “Mystic Fane,”
• the “Great Announcement,”
• the “Flame of that supernal Light that glowed upon Sinai,”
• the “Remembrance of God” concerning Whom “a separate Covenant hath been established with each and every Prophet” had,
• through His advent, at once fulfilled the promise of all ages and ushered in the consummation of all Revelations. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (Chapter 4, God Passes By)

The Báb “in the words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá”

He Who was, in the words of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá,

• the “Morn of Truth” and
• “Harbinger of the Most Great Light,”
• Whose advent at once signalized the termination of the “Prophetic Cycle” and the inception of the “Cycle of Fulfillment,”
• had simultaneously through His Revelation banished the shades of night that had descended upon His country, and
• proclaimed the impending rise of that Incomparable Orb Whose radiance was to envelop the whole of mankind. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (Chapter 4, God Passes By)

“The Báb, acclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh”

The Báb, acclaimed by Bahá’u’lláh as

• the “Essence of Essences,”
• the “Sea of Seas,”
• the “Point round Whom the realities of the Prophets and Messengers revolve,”
• “from Whom God hath caused to proceed the knowledge of all that was and shall be,”
• Whose “rank excelleth that of all the Prophets,” and
• Whose “Revelation transcendeth the comprehension and understanding of all their chosen ones,” had delivered His Message and discharged His mission.

- Shoghi Effendi  (Chapter 4, God Passes By)

“the chief adversaries of Jesus Christ” vs. “the forces arrayed against the Báb”

Nor should the important fact be overlooked that, whereas the chief adversaries of Jesus Christ, in His lifetime, were the Jewish rabbis and their associates, the forces arrayed against the Báb represented the combined civil and ecclesiastical powers of Persia, which, from the moment of His declaration to the hour of His death, persisted, unitedly and by every means at their disposal, in conspiring against the upholders and in vilifying the tenets of His Revelation. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (Chapter 4, God Passes By)

The Báb: “the independent Author of a divinely revealed Dispensation”, “the Herald of a new Era”, and “the Inaugurator of a great universal prophetic cycle”

It should be remembered, however, that apart from the miracle associated with the Báb’s execution, He, unlike the Founder of the Christian religion, is not only to be regarded as the independent Author of a divinely revealed Dispensation, but must also be recognized as the Herald of a new Era and the Inaugurator of a great universal prophetic cycle. 

- Shoghi Effendi  (Chapter 4, God Passes By)