Manifestations of His wondrous Essence, recreated all things, so that
whatsoever reflecteth in the heavens and on the earth the signs of His
glory may not be deprived of the outpourings of His mercy, nor despair of
the showers of His favors. How all-encompassing are the wonders of His
boundless grace! Behold how they have pervaded the whole of creation. Such
is their virtue that not a single atom in the entire universe can be found
which doth not declare the evidences of His might, which doth not glorify
His holy Name, or is not expressive of the effulgent light of His unity.
So perfect and comprehensive is His creation that no mind nor heart,
however keen or pure, can ever grasp the nature of the most insignificant
of His creatures; much less fathom the mystery of Him Who is the Day Star
of Truth, Who is the invisible and unknowable Essence. The conceptions of
the devoutest of mystics, the attainments of the most accomplished amongst
men, the highest praise which human tongue or pen can render are all the
product of man’s finite mind and are conditioned by its limitations. Ten
thousand Prophets, each a Moses, are thunderstruck upon the Sinai of their
search at His forbidding voice, “Thou shalt never behold Me!”; whilst a
myriad Messengers, each as great as Jesus, stand dismayed upon their
heavenly thrones by the interdiction, “Mine Essence thou shalt never
apprehend!” From time immemorial He hath been veiled in the ineffable
sanctity of His exalted Self, and will everlastingly continue to be wrapt
in the impenetrable mystery of His unknowable Essence. Every attempt to
attain to an understanding of His inaccessible Reality hath ended in
complete bewilderment, and every effort to approach His exalted Self and
envisage His Essence hath resulted in hopelessness and failure.

How bewildering to me, insignificant as I am, is the attempt to fathom the
sacred depths of Thy knowledge! How futile my efforts to visualize the
magnitude of the power inherent in Thine handiwork—the revelation of Thy
creative power! How can mine eye, which hath no faculty to perceive