Promised One

Bahá'ís believe the Promised Ones have appeared as the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh

Promised One of all the world's peoples now made manifest; each and every people await a Promised One, Bahá'u'lláh is the Promised One; speak out this good news

"When delivering the glad tidings, speak out and say: the Promised One of all the world's peoples hath now been made manifest. For each and every people, and every religion, await a Promised One, and Bahá'u'lláh is that One Who is awaited by all; and therefore the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh will bring about the oneness of mankind, and the tabernacle of unity will be upraised on the heights of the world, and the banners of the universality of all humankind will be unfurled on the peaks of the earth. When thou dost loose thy tongue to deliver this great good news, this will become the means of teaching the people."

('Abdu'l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 65, p. 101)

Per Siyyid Kázim, to be free from bodily defects

"Many a time he observed: "He who is destined to be made manifest after me is of pure lineage, of illustrious descent, of the seed of Fatimih. He is of medium height, and is free from bodily deficiency.""

(Dawn-Breakers, p. 38)

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