Praise be to Thee, to Whom the tongues of all created things
have, from eternity, called, and yet failed to attain the heaven of Thine
eternal holiness and grandeur. The eyes of all beings have been opened to
behold the beauty of Thy radiant countenance, yet none hath succeeded in gazing
on the brightness of the light of Thy face. The hands of them that are nigh
unto Thee have, ever since the foundation of Thy glorious sovereignty and the
establishment of Thy holy dominion, been raised suppliantly towards Thee, yet
no one hath been able to touch the hem of the robe that clotheth Thy Divine and
sovereign Essence. And yet none can deny that Thou hast ever been, through the
wonders of Thy generosity and bounty, supreme over all things, art powerful to
do all things, and art nearer unto all things than they are unto themselves.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
