16 February | a.m

Ere long God will shine from the face of the Glory of the most Glorious with the name of Bahá on the day of absolute in the plain of Akka.

- A 1300 years old Islamic prophecy, quoted in Dala'il'u'l-Irfan

When the Day-Star of Bahá will shine resplendent above the horizon of eternity it is incumbent upon you to present yourselves before His Throne.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 164

Wert thou now to exert thyself, the truth of this Cause would be made apparent unto mankind, and the people would be delivered from this grievous and oppressive darkness. Who else but Bahá can speak forth before the face of men, and who else but He can have the power to pronounce that which He was bidden by God, the Lord of Hosts?

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 120