Know thou… that the Word of God—exalted be His glory—is
higher and far superior to that which the senses can perceive, for it is
sanctified from any property or substance. It transcendeth the limitations of
known elements and is exalted above all the essential and recognized
substances. It became manifest without any syllable or sound and is none but
the Command of God which pervadeth all created things. It hath never been
withheld from the world of being. It is God’s all-pervasive grace, from which
all grace doth emanate. It is an entity far removed above all that hath been
and shall be.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
