It behooveth you to remain
silent before His Throne [Baha’u’llah’s], for indeed of all the things which
have been created between heaven and earth nothing on that Day will be deemed
more fitting than the observance of silence. Moreover, take ye good heed not to
be reckoned among those of the past who were invested with knowledge, yet by
reason of their learning waxed proud before God, the Transcendent, the
Self-Subsisting, inasmuch as on that Day it is He Who is the All-Knowing, the
Omniscient, the Source of all knowledge, far above such as are endued with
learning; and it is He Who is the Potent, the
All-Compelling, the Lord of power, in the face of those who wield power; and it
is He Who is the Mighty, the Most August, the Most Glorious before such as
display glory; and on that Day it is He Who is the Lofty, the All-Highest, the
Source of exaltation, far above those who are elevated in rank; and it is He
Who is the Almighty, the Source of glory and grandeur, far above the pomp of
the mighty; and it is He Who is the Omnipotent, the Supreme Ruler, the Lord of
judgement, transcending all such as are invested with authority; and it is He
Who is the Generous, the Most Benevolent, the Essence of bounty, Who standeth
supreme in the face of such as show benevolence; and it is He Who is the
Ordainer and the Supreme Wielder of authority and power, inconceivably high
above those who hold earthly dominion; and it is He Who is the Most Excellent,
the Unsurpassed, the Pre-eminent in the face of every man of accomplishment.
- The
Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
