"The names of those cited in Baha'u'llah's Prayer in the Dispensation are
quite correct as you gave them, (Abraham, Moses, Joseph, John the Baptist,
Christ, Muhammad, Imam Husayn, the Bab and Baha'u'llah.)
"The Prophets 'regarded as one and the same person' include the lesser
Prophets as well, and not merely those who bring a 'Book'. The station is
different, but They are Prophets and Their nature thus different from that
of ours.
"In the prayer mentioned above Baha'u'llah identifies Himself with Imam
Husayn. This does not make him a Prophet, but his position was very
unique, and we know Baha'u'llah claims to be the 'return' of the Imam
Husayn. He, in other words, identifies His Spirit with these Holy Souls
gone before, that does not, of course, make Him in any way their
re-incarnation. Nor does it mean all of them were Prophets."