ulations it imposed,"
he continues, "revolutionizing in the principles it instilled, calculated
to awaken from their age-long torpor the clergy and the people, and to
administer a sudden and fatal blow to obsolete and corrupt institutions,
it proclaimed, through its drastic provisions, the advent of the
anticipated Day, the Day when 'the Summoner shall summon to a stern
business', when He will 'demolish whatever hath been before Him, even as
the Apostle of God demolished the ways of those that preceded Him'" (see
also note 109).

159. The Point of the Bayan #140

One of the titles of the Bab.

160. Verily, there is none other God besides Me #143

The Baha'i Writings contain many passages that elucidate the nature of the
Manifestation and His relationship to God. Baha'u'llah underlines the
unique and transcendent nature of the Godhead. He explains that "since
there can be no tie of direct intercourse to bind the one true God with
His creation" God ordains that "in every age and dispensation a pure and
stainless Soul be made manifest in the kingdoms of earth and heaven". This
"mysterious and ethereal Being", the Manifestation of God, has a human
nature which pertains to "the world of matter" and a spiritual nature
"born of the substance of God Himself". He is also endowed with a "double
station":

The first station, which is related to His innermost reality,
representeth Him as One Whose voice is the voice of God Himself...
The second station is the human station, exemplified by the
following verses: "I am but a man like you." "Say, praise be to my
Lord! Am I more than a man, an apostle?"

Baha'u'llah also affirms that, in the spiritual realm, there is an
"essential unity" between all the Manifestations of God. They all reveal
the "Beauty of God", manifest His names and attributes, and give utterance
to His Revelation. In this regard, He states:

Were any of the all-embracing Manifestations of God to declare: "I
am God", He, verily, speaketh the truth, and no doubt attacheth
thereto. For it hath been repeatedly demonstrated that through
their Revelation, their attributes and names, the Revelation of
God, His names and His attributes, are made manifest in the
world...

While the Manifestations reveal the names and attributes of God and are
the means by which humanity has access to the knowledge of God and His
Revelation, Shoghi Effendi states tha