The glory of glories and the most resplendent light rest
upon Thee, O my God. Thy majesty is so transcendent that no human imagination
can reach it and Thy consummate power is so sublime that the birds of men’s
hearts and minds can never attain its heights. All beings acknowledge their
powerlessness to praise Thee as beseemeth Thy station. Immeasurably exalted art
Thou. No one can glorify Thy Being, or fathom the evidences of Thy bounty as it
exists in Thine inmost Essence, since Thou alone knowest Thyself as Thou art in
Thyself.
I yield praise unto Thee, O Lord our God, for the bounty of
having called into being the realm of creation and invention—a praise which
shineth resplendent through the potency of Thine inspiration which none other
but Thee can befittingly appraise. I glorify Thee moreover and render Thee
thanks as beseemeth Thine awe-inspiring presence and the glory of Thine
overpowering majesty, for this sublime blessing, this wondrous sign which is
manifest in Thy kingdoms of Revelation and Creation.
All glory be unto Thee. Immeasurably exalted is that which
beseemeth Thee. Verily no one hath ever adequately grasped the loftiness of Thy
station, nor hath any one except Thee recognized Thee as beseemeth Thee. Thou
art manifest through the outpourings of Thy bounty, while no one besides Thee
can fathom the sublimity of Thy Revelation.
Magnified be Thy name. Hath aught else save Thee any
independent existence so as to be capable of hinting at Thy nature, and doth
anyone but Thee possess any trace of identity wherewith I could recognize Thee?
All that is known owes its renown to the splendour of Thy Name, the Most
Manifest, and every object is deeply stirred by the vibrating influence
emanating from Thine invincible Will. Thou art nearer unto all things than all
things.
Lauded and glorified art Thou. Too exalted is Thy loftiness
for the hands of such as are endued with understanding to reach unto Thee, and
too profound is Thy fathomless depth for the rivers of men’s minds and
perceptions to flow out therefrom.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of
the Báb’)
