Unto Thee be praise, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou art
God, and that there is none other God besides Thee. Thou hast from eternity
been immeasurably exalted above the praise of any one except Thee, and far
above the description of any of Thy creatures. All created things have borne
witness to Thy unity, and every dweller in Thy kingdom hath confessed Thy
oneness. The essence of the apprehension of the assured among Thy creatures can
never attain unto Thee, and the gem-like utterances with which Thy people have
praised and glorified Thee can never hope to ascend unto the atmosphere of Thy
holiness. For men’s apprehension of Thee is but the apprehension of Thine own
creation; how can it reach up to Thee? And all human praise and glorification
of Thee pertain unto Thy servants; how can they be deemed worthy of the court
of Thy oneness?
I swear by Thy glory! The quintessence of knowledge is
powerless to comprehend Thy nature, and the inmost reality of every praise of
Thee falleth short of the seat of Thy great glory and of Thine all-compelling
power. Every utterance that seeketh to describe Thee, and every knowledge that
attempteth to comprehend Thee, is but an expression of Thine own creating, and
is begotten by Thy will, and fashioned in conformity with Thy purpose.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’lah’)
