High, immeasurably high art Thou above the endeavors of the
evanescent creature to soar unto the throne of Thine eternity, or of the poor
and wretched to attain the summit of Thine all-sufficing glory! From eternity
Thou didst Thyself describe Thine own Self unto Thy Self, and extol, in Thine
own Essence, Thine Essence unto Thine Essence. I swear by Thy glory, O my
Best-Beloved! Who is there besides Thee that can claim to know Thee, and who
save Thyself can make fitting mention of Thee? Thou art He Who, from eternity,
abode in His realm, in the glory of His transcendent unity, and the splendors
of His holy grandeur. Were any one except Thee to be deemed worthy of mention,
in all the kingdoms of Thy creation, from the highest realms of immortality
down to the level of this nether world, how could it, then, be demonstrated
that Thou art established upon the throne of Thy unity, and how could the
wondrous virtues of Thy oneness and Thy singleness be glorified?
I bear witness, this very moment, to what Thou hast
testified for Thine own Self, ere Thou hadst created the heavens and the earth,
that Thou art God, and that there is none other God besides Thee. Thou hast
from everlasting been potent, through the Manifestations of Thy might, to
reveal the signs of Thy power, and Thou hast ever made known, through the
Day-Springs of Thy knowledge, the words of Thy wisdom. No one besides Thee hath
ever been found worthy to be mentioned before the Tabernacle of Thy unity, and
none except Thyself hath proved himself capable of being praised within the
hallowed court of Thy oneness.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
