In every age and cycle He hath, through the splendorous
light shed by the Manifestations of His wondrous Essence, recreated all things,
so that whatsoever reflecteth in the heavens and on the earth the signs of His
glory may not be deprived of the outpourings of His mercy, nor despair of the
showers of His favors. How all-encompassing are the wonders of His boundless
grace! Behold how they have pervaded the whole of creation. Such is their virtue
that not a single atom in the entire universe can be found which doth not
declare the evidences of His might, which doth not glorify His holy Name, or is
not expressive of the effulgent light of His unity. So perfect and
comprehensive is His creation that no mind nor heart, however keen or pure, can
ever grasp the nature of the most insignificant of His creatures; much less
fathom the mystery of Him Who is the Day Star of Truth, Who is the invisible
and unknowable Essence. The conceptions of the devoutest of mystics, the
attainments of the most accomplished amongst men, the highest praise which
human tongue or pen can render are all the product of man's finite mind and are
conditioned by its limitations. Ten thousand Prophets, each a Moses, are thunderstruck
upon the Sinai of their search at His forbidding voice, "Thou shalt never
behold Me!"; whilst a myriad Messengers, each as great as Jesus, stand
dismayed upon their heavenly thrones by the interdiction, "Mine Essence
thou shalt never apprehend!" From time immemorial He hath been veiled in
the ineffable sanctity of His exalted Self, and will everlastingly continue to
be wrapt in the impenetrable mystery of His unknowable Essence. Every attempt
to attain to an understanding of His inaccessible Reality hath ended in
complete bewilderment, and every effort to approach His exalted Self and
envisage His Essence hath resulted in hopelessness and failure.
- Baha’u’llah ('Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha’u’llah')
