Kitab-i-Badi/English307

And by Allah, the emergence of the first point and this emergence of Abd'a Abhi is the same as the emergence of Yahya bin Zachariah and the Spirit of God, and all of them are in accordance. The same oath that Yahya was a prophet and a messenger from God and also a tiding of the next appearance, as he used to say: "O people, I am giving you good tidings of the kingdom of God and it is near." And in another place: (and the kingdom of God is near) It was the law, and also during the days of his appearance, the spirit appeared, the first point - our spirit, apart from sacrifice - after he took the covenant from the whole and gave good news about the next appearance, he says: And we are near the end of the world and you are sleeping [162], who It is exactly the same theme that Yahya bin Zachariah spoke about and gave good news.