The Maid of Heaven

The Caretaker of Creation, the Glory of God, tells us of the beginning of His Revelation:
"While engulfed in tribulations I heard a most wondrous, a most sweet voice, calling above My head. Turning My face, I beheld a Maiden—the embodiment of the remembrance of the name of My Lord—suspended in the air before Me. So rejoiced was she in her very soul that her countenance shone with the ornament of the good-pleasure of God, and her cheeks glowed with the brightness of the All-Merciful. Betwixt earth and heaven she was raising a call which captivated the hearts and minds of men. She was imparting to both My inward and outer being tidings which rejoiced My soul, and the souls of God’s honored servants. Pointing with her finger unto My head, she addressed all who are in heaven and all who are on earth, saying: ‘By God! This is the Best-Beloved of the worlds, and yet ye comprehend not. This is the Beauty of God amongst you, and the power of His sovereignty within you, could ye but understand. This is the Mystery of God and His Treasure, the Cause of God and His glory unto all who are in the kingdoms of Revelation and of creation, if ye be of them that perceive."
Praise be to God for His Manifestation of Glory and Beneficence to mankind! All honor to Him that hath arisen in earth and heaven! This Maid was none other than the Blessed, the Beauteous Person of the Báb, declaring Himself the truth of this latter Prophet of God and indicating to all in heaven and earth that they should bow and acknowledge Him Who suffered in that dungeon of horrors.
This symbolic form was used as an intermediary between the Báb and His Best-Beloved through the course of His Writings for the sake of we weak mortals. All of the references to the Maid of Heaven and Her Works are those of the Báb. In the Lawh-i-Houriyyih the Exponent of God on earth declares to the people of the Bayán that He is revealing the hidden truths of the Báb, though for this and despite His Worthiness their only response is hatred and the desire to put Him to death. For this the Báb wept bitterly.