Far be it… from Thy glory that anyone should gaze on Thy
wondrous beauty with any eye save Thine own eye, or hear the melodies
proclaiming Thine almighty sovereignty with any ear except Thine own ear. Too
high art Thou exalted for the eye of any creature to behold Thy beauty, or for
the understanding of any heart to scale the heights of Thine immeasurable
knowledge. For should the birds of the hearts of them that are nigh unto Thee
be ever enabled to soar as long as Thine own overpowering sovereignty can endure,
or to ascend as long as the empire of Thy Divine holiness can last, they shall,
in no wise, be able to transcend the limitations which a contingent world hath
imposed upon them, nor pass beyond its confines. How, then, can he whose very
creation is restricted by such limitations, attain unto Him Who is the Lord of
the Kingdom of all created things, or ascend into the heaven of Him Who ruleth
the realms of loftiness and grandeur?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
