
"THE angels and the spirits, arrayed rank upon rank, descend, by the leave of God, upon this Gate 1 and circle round this Focal Point in a far-stretching line. Greet them with salutations, O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn ∑, for the dawn hath indeed broken; then proclaim unto the concourse of the faithful: “Is not the rising of the Morn, foreshadowed in the Mother Book, to be near at hand? …”"
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-The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, Excerpts from the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’
1 cf. Qur’án 78:38.
∑ In these passages of the Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’ the name Qurratu’l-‘Ayn (Solace of the Eyes) refers to the Báb Himself.
2. cf. Qur’án 11:83.

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