The enormous expansion in the scope and volume of Bahá’u’lláh’s writings, after His return from Sulaymáníyyih, is yet another distinguishing feature of the period under review. The verses that streamed during those years from His pen, described as “a copious rain” by Himself, whether in the form of
- epistles,
- exhortations,
- commentaries,
- apologies,
- dissertations,
- prophecies,
- prayers, odes or specific Tablets, contributed,
- to a marked degree, to the reformation and progressive unfoldment of the Bábí community,
- to the broadening of its outlook,
- to the expansion of its activities and
- to the enlightenment of the minds of its members.
- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’, chapter 8)