In Baháʼu'lláh's writings, specifically the "Súriy-i-Haykal (Tablet of the Temple)", while the meaning of temple remains present, the haykal is used mainly to mean the human body, but particularly the body of the Manifestation of God — a messenger from God — and the person of Baháʼu'lláh himself. In the Tablet, the haykal is also used to refer to the word of God, which is revealed by the Manifestations of God. He also says in the same Tablet:"O Living Temple! We have, in very truth...ordained Thee to be the emblem of My Cause betwixt the heavens and the earth..."