Lauded be Thy name, O Lord my God! I testify that Thou wast
a hidden Treasure wrapped within Thine immemorial Being
and an impenetrable Mystery enshrined in Thine own Essence. Wishing to reveal
Thyself, Thou didst call into being the Greater and the Lesser Worlds, and
didst choose Man above all Thy creatures, and didst make Him a sign of both of
these worlds, O Thou Who art our Lord, the Most Compassionate!
Thou didst raise Him up to occupy Thy throne before all the
people of Thy creation. Thou didst enable Him to unravel Thy mysteries, and to
shine with the lights of Thine inspiration and Thy Revelation, and to manifest
Thy names and Thine attributes. Through Him Thou didst adorn the preamble of
the book of Thy creation, O Thou Who art the Ruler of the universe Thou hast
fashioned!
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
