He, indeed, is endued with understanding who acknowledgeth
his powerlessness and confesseth his sinfulness, for should any created thing
lay claim to any existence, when confronted with the infinite wonders of Thy
Revelation, so blasphemous a pretension would be more heinous than any other
crime in all the domains of Thine invention and creation. Who is there, O my
Lord, that, when Thou revealest the first glimmerings of the signs of Thy
transcendent sovereignty and might, hath the power to claim for himself any
existence whatever? Existence itself is as nothing when brought face to face
with the mighty and manifold wonders of Thine incomparable Self.
Far, immeasurably far, art Thou exalted above all things, O
Thou Who art the King of Kings! I entreat Thee by Thy Self and by Them Who are
the Manifestations of Thy Cause and the Day-Springs of Thine authority to write
down for us that which Thou hast written down for Thy chosen ones. Withhold not
from us that which Thou didst ordain for Thy loved ones, who, as soon as Thy
call reached them, hastened unto Thee, and when the splendors of the light of
Thy countenance were shed upon them, instantly prostrated themselves in
adoration before Thy face.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
