Far be it, then, from Thy [God’s] 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 (‘Days of Remembrance’)
