One of the symbolic titles of the Bab was the ‘Primal Point’---the point from which all is created.
St. Augustine once wrote: “All the parts that will eventually become a tree are contained in the seed without division and at the same time. Thus the universe must be conceived”
Abdu'l-Bahá similarly said:
“Like a seed in which a tree is contained in latent state and then becomes a full-grown tree, the growth and development of all beings is gradual. Thus is the divine universal order and the natural system”.
Walter Heath sings about the Bab
Bahá’u’lláh describes the Báb as: “The Point upon which the realities of the Prophets and the Heralds revolve” and “The Primordial Point from which all things created have derived”.
Bahá'u'lláh describes creation from the Point:
"You should know that God -May He be praised and glorified- drew a line, divided it longitudinally in two sections, and made the universe after revolving one upon the other. The line, however, is only formed from the point when it is moved. Please, understand this meaning”
The Point refers to the Manifestation of God. From the Point comes the Letters. The Letters of the Living were the Bab’s Apostles and from them arose the new Faith, the expressed Will of God.
In the Bible, the Will of God is symbolized by a Word through which all things were made.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.”