Praise be to God Who hath ever caused His Names and
Attributes to penetrate the degrees of existence; Who hath made the effects of
those Names and Attributes to shine resplendent and their signs to be firmly
established in both the hidden and manifest worlds. By them He hath made the
holy realities that are informed by His grace and are the recipients of His
outpourings to be the sole revealers of all that pertaineth unto Him, and hath
caused them to move through the firmament of perfection in arcs of descent and
ascent. He hath ordained these Names and Attributes to be the first and
foremost origin and cause of being in the world of creation and the source of
the different grades of realities in the degrees of existence. When, through
its power of attraction and propagation, the Day-Star of Names and Attributes
shone upon the hidden realities in the heart of the unseen realm, they issued
forth, were spread abroad, scattered about, set in order, became the recipients
of the grace of God and His outpourings, and were made to be the sole
manifestations of the Divine conditions and Eternal signs. Emerging from behind
the veils, they appeared clothed in raiments of light, moving in the firmament
of the unity of God, in orbits of sanctity and circles of glorification.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Tablet of
Universe’)
