Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Title of the Bab and Baha'u'llah

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.


He Who was, in the words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the “Morn of Truth”


and “Harbinger of the Most Great Light,”


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”.


He the “Qá’im” (He Who ariseth) promised to the Shí’ahs,


the “Mihdí” (One Who is guided) awaited by the Sunnís,


the “Return of John the Baptist” expected by the Christians,


the “Ushídar-Máh” referred to in the Zoroastrian scriptures,


the “Return of Elijah” anticipated by the Jews,


The “Second Woe,” spoken of in the Apocalypse of St. John the Divine, had, at long last, appeared,


and the first of the two “Messengers,” Whose appearance had been prophesied in the Qur’án, had been sent down.


The first “Trumpet-Blast”, destined to smite the earth with extermination, announced in the latter Book, had finally been sounded.


(Excerpt from God Passes By, Shoghi Effendi)

LYRICS: The Ancient Beauty – Titles of Bahá’u’lláh The Prince of Peace Supreme Heaven The Most Great Light Bahá’u’lláh The Blessed Beauty The Glorious Beauty The Ancient Beauty Bahá’u’lláh Holy Name Beauteous Name The Most Great Name Bahá’u’lláh The King of Glory The King of Kings The Most Great Ocean Bahá’u’lláh

Verse 1

The Primal Point
The Exalted One
The Harbinger of the Most Great Light
The Báb

Verse 2

The Morn of Truth
The Remembrance of God
The Great Announcement
The Báb

Chorus 1

The Qá’im, He Who shall arise
The Qá’im, He Who shall arise
The Qá’im, He Who shall arise
The Báb, The Gate

Verse 3

The Sea of Seas
The Essence of Essences
The Mystic Fane
The Báb

God Passes By for the titles of the Báb -
‘The Qá’im, He Who shall arise’ – from the Dawn-Breakers p. 675
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