Exalted be this blessed and glorious day [Naw-Ruz] which
Thou hast designated by that beloved Name which is both hidden and manifest,
and which, when it shone forth above the horizon of eternity, the Divine
Lote-Tree called out, saying: “By God! The Lord of creation hath come, Whom no
name can describe.” Whereupon Paradise was set astir and proclaimed with joy
and fervour: “O concourse of the world! He hath come, round Whom circle the
Daysprings of the All-Merciful, the Manifestations of the All-Praised, and the
Dawning-Places of inspiration.” And all things cried aloud: “This is that
Tablet with which the kingdom of creation hath been adorned and through which
the gate leading unto the Divine Presence hath been flung open unto all who are
in heaven and on earth.” Happy the one who hath forsaken every desire and hath
drawn nigh unto the One Whose reality no word or utterance can convey.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
