Lauded
be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast a hidden Treasure wrapped
within Thine immemorial Being and an impenetrable Mystery enshrined in Thine
own Essence. Wishing to reveal Thyself, Thou didst call into being the Greater
and the Lesser Worlds, and didst choose Man above all Thy creatures, and didst
make Him a sign of both of these worlds, O Thou Who art our Lord, the Most
Compassionate!
Thou
didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the people of Thy creation.
Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy mysteries, and to shine with the lights of
Thine inspiration and Thy Revelation, and to manifest Thy names and Thine
attributes. Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble of the book of Thy
creation, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou hast fashioned!
(Baha’u’llah, ‘Prayers and Meditations of Baha’u’llah’)
