3    Allegation of BÂB Being the ‘Co-Founders of Bahaism’
A later Manifestation and his revelation are more 'exalted' or 'eminent' than a preceding Manifestation and his revelation. See Manifestation of the Primal Point. No two Manifestations of the Primal Volition may co-exist in one cycle (See Two Manifestation in one cycle). The Manifestation of the Age is paramount in his cycle and the Names point to God as subordinate to him, for he is the First and the Last, and the Apparent and the Hidden.
The Primal Point was paramount in the Bayanic dispensation. He-Whom-God-Will-Make-Manifest will be greater than the Primal Point himself, who will rank after him.
Therefore Shoghi Effendi's pretension, based on Baha's Hidden Book, that the BÂB or Baha were Co-Founders of Bahaism is untenable.

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