Likewise, hath the eternal King spoken: “No thing have I
perceived, except that I perceived God within it, God before it, or God after
it.” Also in the tradition of Kumayl it is written: “Behold, a light hath shone
forth out of the Morn of eternity, and lo! its waves have penetrated the inmost
reality of all men.” Man, the noblest and most perfect
of all created things, excelleth them all in the intensity of this revelation,
and is a fuller expression of its glory. And of all men, the most accomplished,
the most distinguished and the most excellent are the Manifestations of the Sun
of Truth. Nay, all else besides these Manifestations, live by the operation of
their Will, and move and have their being through the outpourings of their
grace. “But for Thee, I would have not created the heavens.” Nay, all in their
holy presence fade into utter nothingness, and are a thing forgotten. Human
tongue can never befittingly sing their praise, and human speech can never
unfold their mystery.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
