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shed by Thy throne, handmaidens who will intone the melodies of Thy |
wondrous and most sweet invention, that they may magnify Thy name with |
such words as have not been heard by any of Thy creatures, be they the |
inmates of Thy heaven or the dwellers of Thine earth, nor been |
comprehended by any of Thy people. Unlock, then, the gates of this |
Paradise to the faces of Thy loved ones, that haply they may enter them in |
Thy name, and by the power of Thy sovereignty, that thereby the sovereign |
bounties vouchsafed by Thee unto Thy chosen ones and the transcendent |
gifts granted unto Thy trusted ones be perfected, that they may extol Thy |
virtues with such melodies as none can either intone or describe, and that |
none of Thy people may conceive the design of appearing in the guise of |
any of Thy chosen ones, or of emulating the example of Thy loved ones, and |
that none may fail to discern between Thy friends and Thine enemies, or to |
distinguish them that are devoted to Thee from such as stubbornly oppose |
Thee. Potent art Thou to do what Thou willest, and powerful and supreme |
art Thou over all things. |
Exalted, immeasurably exalted art Thou, O my Beloved, above the strivings |
of any of Thy creatures, however learned, to know Thee; exalted, immensely |
exalted art Thou above every human attempt, no matter how searching, to |
describe Thee! For the highest thought of men, however deep their |
contemplation, can never hope to outsoar the limitations imposed upon Thy |
creation, nor ascend beyond the state of the contingent world, nor break |
the bounds irrevocably set for it by Thee. How can, then, a thing that |
hath been created by Thy will that overruleth the whole of creation, a |
thing that is itself a part of the contingent world, have the power to |
soar into the holy atmosphere of Thy knowledge, or reach unto the seat of |
Thy transcendent power? |
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. |
Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast revealed Thy favors and Thy |
bounties; and glory be to Thee, O my Beloved, that Thou hast manifested |
the Day-Star of Thy loving-kindness and Thy tender mercies. I yield Thee |
such thanks as can direct the steps of the wayward towards the splendors |
of the morning light of Thy guidance, and enable those who yearn towards |
Thee to attain the seat of the revelation of the effulgence of Thy beauty. |
I yield Thee such thanks as can cause the sick to draw nigh unto the |
waters of Thy healing, and can help those who are far from Thee to |
approach the living fountain of Thy presence. I yield Thee such thanks as |
can divest the bodies of Thy servants of the garments of mortality and |
abasement, and attire them in the robes of Thine eternity and Thy glory, |
and lead the poor unto the shores of Thy holiness and all sufficient |
riches. I yield Thee such thanks as can enable the Heavenly Dove to warble |
forth, upon the branches of the Lote-Tree of Immortality, her song: |
"Verily, Thou art God. No God is there besides Thee. From eternity Thou |
hast been exalted above the praise of aught else but Thee, and been high |
above the description of any one except Thyself." I yield Thee such thanks |
as can cause the Nightingale of Glory to pour forth its melody in the |
highest heaven: "'Alí (the Báb), in truth, is Thy servant, Whom Thou hast |
singled out from among Thy Messengers and Thy chosen Ones, and made Him to |
be the Manifestation of Thyself in all that pertaineth unto Thee, and that |
concerneth the revelation of Thine attributes and the evidences of Thy |
names." I yield Thee such thanks as can stir up all things to extol Thee, |
and to glorify Thine Essence, and can unloose the tongues of all beings to |
magnify the sovereignty of Thy beauty. I yield Thee such thanks as can |
fill the heavens and the earth with the signs of Thy transcendent Essence, |
and assist all created things to enter the Tabernacle of Thy nearness and |
Thy presence. I yield Thee such thanks as can make every created thing to |
be a book that shall speak of Thee, and a scroll that shall unfold Thy |
praise. I yield Thee such thanks as can establish the Manifestations of |
Thy sovereignty upon the throne of Thy governance, and set up the |
Exponents of Thy glory upon the seat of Thy Divinity. I yield Thee such |
thanks as can make the corrupt tree to bring forth good fruit through the |
holy breaths of Thy favors, and revive the bodies of all beings with the |
gentle winds of Thy transcendent grace. I yield Thee such thanks as can |
cause the signs of Thine exalted singleness to be sent down out of the |
heaven of Thy holy unity. I yield Thee such thanks as can teach all things |
the realities of Thy knowledge and the essence of Thy wisdom, and will not |
withhold the wretched creatures from the doors of Thy mercy and Thy |
bountiful favor. I yield Thee such thanks as can enable all who are in |
heaven and on earth to dispense with all created things, through the |
treasuries of Thine all-sufficing riches, and can aid all created things |
to reach unto the summit of Thine almighty favors. I yield Thee such |
thanks as can assist the hearts of Thine ardent lovers to soar into the |
atmosphere of nearness to Thee, and of longing for Thee, and kindle the |
Light of Lights within the land of 'Iráq. I yield Thee such thanks as can |
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