“He dwells in a mountain of which the inhabitants could not even pronounce the name ‘Jannat’ (Paradise) which is an Arabic word; how then could they understand its meaning? Imagine then what can happen in the matter of the essential truths!”
- The Báb (“Le Bayán Persan,” translated by A. L. M. Nicolas, vol. 4, p. 14; Footnotes to chapter 13 provided by Shoghi Effendi)