Know then that all thou hast heard and witnessed that
Daystar of Truth, the Primal Point, ascribe to Himself from the designations of
former times is only on account of the weakness of men and the scheme of the
world of creation. Otherwise, all names and attributes revolve round His
Essence and circle about the threshold of His sanctuary. For He it is Who
traineth all names, revealeth all attributes, conferreth life upon all beings,
proclaimeth the divine verses, and arrayeth the heavenly signs. Nay, shouldst
thou gaze with thine inner eye, thou wouldst find that all save Him fade into
utter nothingness and are as a thing forgotten in His holy presence. “God was
alone; there was none else besides Him. He remaineth now what He hath ever
been.” Since it hath been established that God—hallowed and glorified be
He!—was alone and there was none besides Him, how can the law of change and
transformation apply here? Shouldst thou reflect upon that which We have
disclosed unto thee, the daystar of guidance would shine resplendent before
thee in this everlasting morn, and thou wouldst be numbered therein with the
pious.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gems of Divine Mysteries’)
