"The Lord of the universe hath never raised up a prophet nor hath He sent down a Book unless He hath established His covenant with all men ..."

"The Lord of the universe hath never raised up a prophet nor hath He sent down a Book unless He hath established His covenant with all men, calling for their acceptance of the next Revelation and of the next Book; inasmuch as the outpourings of His bounty are ceaseless and without limit. VI, 16."

-The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, Excerpts from the Persian Bayán