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“IMMEASURABLY glorified and exalted art Thou. How …” 173 |
IMMEASURABLY glorified and exalted art Thou. How
can I make mention of Thee, O Thou the Beloved of the
entire creation; and how can I acknowledge Thy claim, O
Thou, before Whom every created thing standeth in awe.
The loftiest station to which human perception can soar
and the utmost height which the minds and souls of men
can scale are but signs created through the potency of Thy
command and tokens manifested through the power of
Thy Revelation. Far be it from Thy glory that anyone other
than Thee should make mention of Thee or should
attempt to voice Thy praise. The very essence of every
reality beareth witness to its debarment from the precincts
of the court of Thy nearness, and the quintessence of every
being testifieth to its failure to attain Thy holy Presence.
Immeasurably glorified and exalted art Thou! That which
alone beseemeth Thee is the befitting mention made by
Thine Own Self, and that only which is worthy of Thee
is the anthem of praise voiced by Thine Own Essence…
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Through the revelation of Thy grace, O Lord, Thou
didst call Me into being on a night such as this,
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and lo, I
am now lonely and forsaken in a mountain. Praise and
thanksgiving be unto Thee for whatever conformeth to
Thy pleasure within the empire of heaven and earth. And
all sovereignty is Thine, extending beyond the uttermost
range of the kingdoms of Revelation and Creation.
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Thou didst create Me, O Lord, through Thy gracious
favour and didst protect Me through Thy bounty in the
darkness of the womb and didst nourish Me, through Thy
loving-kindness, with life-giving blood. After having
fashioned Me in a most comely form, through Thy tender
providence, and having perfected My creation through
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Thine excellent handiwork and breathed Thy Spirit into
My body through Thine infinite mercy and by the revelation
of Thy transcendent unity, Thou didst cause Me to
issue forth from the world of concealment into the visible
world, naked, ignorant of all things, and powerless to
achieve aught. Thou didst then nourish Me with refreshing
milk and didst rear Me in the arms of My parents with
manifest compassion, until Thou didst graciously acquaint
Me with the realities of Thy Revelation and apprised Me
of the straight path of Thy Faith as set forth in Thy Book.
And when I attained full maturity Thou didst cause Me to
bear allegiance unto Thine inaccessible Remembrance, and
enabled Me to advance towards the designated station,
where Thou didst educate Me through the subtle operations
of Thy handiwork and didst nurture Me in that land with
Thy most gracious gifts. When that which had been preordained
in Thy Book came to pass Thou didst cause Me,
through Thy kindness, to reach Thy holy precincts and
didst suffer Me, through Thy tender mercy, to dwell
within the court of fellowship, until I discerned therein
that which I witnessed of the clear tokens of Thy mercifulness,
the compelling evidences of Thy oneness, the
effulgent splendours of Thy majesty, the source of Thy
supreme singleness, the heights of Thy transcendent
sovereignty, the signs of Thy peerlessness, the manifestations
of Thine exalted glory, the retreats of Thy sanctity,
and whatsoever is inscrutable to all but Thee.
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1. | Refers to the Báb’s birthday on the first day of the month of Muharram, 1235 A.H. (October 20, 1819). [ Back To Reference] |