…the First Bestowal of the Almighty is the Word. The
receiver and acceptor of it is the understanding. It is the First Instructor in
the University of Existence and it is the Primal Emanation of God. Whatever has
appeared is through the reflection of Its Light and whatever is manifested is
the appearance of Its Wisdom. All the names originate in His Name and the
beginnings and endings of all affairs are in His Hand.
- Baha’u’llah (From a Tablet; Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 1, March 21, 1910)
