The progressive phases of the early life of the Báb:
In the womb
“Thou didst create Me, O Lord, through Thy gracious favour
and didst protect Me through Thy bounty in the darkness of the womb and didst
nourish Me, through Thy loving-kindness, with life-giving blood.”
“After having fashioned Me in a most comely form, through Thy tender providence, and having perfected My creation through Thine excellent handiwork and breathed Thy Spirit into My body through Thine infinite mercy and by the revelation of Thy transcendent unity, Thou didst cause Me to issue forth from the world of concealment into the visible world, naked, ignorant of all things, and powerless to achieve aught.”
“After having fashioned Me in a most comely form, through Thy tender providence, and having perfected My creation through Thine excellent handiwork and breathed Thy Spirit into My body through Thine infinite mercy and by the revelation of Thy transcendent unity, Thou didst cause Me to issue forth from the world of concealment into the visible world, naked, ignorant of all things, and powerless to achieve aught.”
Early childhood
“Thou didst then nourish Me with refreshing milk and didst
rear Me in the arms of My parents with manifest compassion, until Thou didst
graciously acquaint Me with the realities of Thy Revelation and apprised Me of
the straight path of Thy Faith as set forth in Thy Book.”
