Bahá’u’lláh Himself had significantly revealed in one of His Tablets—a Tablet that sheds an illuminating light on the entire episode: “By God, O people! Mine eye weepeth, and the eye of ‘Alí (the Báb) weepeth amongst the Concourse on high, and Mine heart crieth out, and the heart of Muḥammad...
All created things manifest the attributes of God in accordance with their capacity.
If we use a metaphor with God as the sun, and it's light representing His attributes, all things the light falls on reflect it in accordance with their own capacity. However there is a vast difference in...
Referring to a Messenger as a "Manifestation of God" is not shirk (Joining partners with God)
In the Baha'i sacred writings the term "Manifestation of God" is explained as follows;
The Manifestation of God is compared to a pure mirror. In the same way a mirror reflects the attributes of the sun...