ings from those men that are so far away
from God!...

God grant that, with a penetrating vision, thou mayest perceive, in all
things, the sign of the revelation of Him Who is the Ancient King, and
recognize how exalted and sanctified from the whole creation is that most
holy and sacred Being. This, in truth, is the very root and essence of
belief in the unity and singleness of God. "God was alone; there was none
else besides Him." He, now, is what He hath ever been. There is none other
God but Him, the One, the Incomparable, the Almighty, the Most Exalted,
the Most Great.

XCIV: AND NOW CONCERNING THY REFERENCE TO THE...

And now concerning thy reference to the existence of two Gods. Beware,
beware, lest thou be led to join partners with the Lord, thy God. He is,
and hath from everlasting been, one and alone, without peer or equal,
eternal in the past, eternal in the future, detached from all things,
ever-abiding, unchangeable, and self-subsisting. He hath assigned no
associate unto Himself in His Kingdom, no counsellor to counsel Him, none
to compare unto Him, none to rival His glory. To this every atom of the
universe beareth witness, and beyond it the inmates of the realms on high,
they that occupy the most exalted seats, and whose names are remembered
before the Throne of Glory.

Bear thou witness in thine inmost heart unto this testimony which God hath
Himself and for Himself pronounced, that there is none other God but Him,
that all else besides Him have been created by His behest, have been
fashioned by His leave, are subject to His law, are as a thing forgotten
when compared to the glorious evidences of His oneness, and are as nothing
when brought face to face with the mighty revelations of His unity.

He, in truth, hath, throughout eternity, been one in His Essence, one in
His attributes, one in His works. Any and every comparison is applicable
only to His creatures, and all conceptions of association are conceptions
that belong solely to those that serve Him. Immeasurably exalted is His
Essence above the descriptions of His creatures. He, alone, occupieth the
Seat of transcendent majesty, of supreme and inaccessible glory. The birds
of men's hearts, however high they soar, can never hope to attain the
heights of His unknowable Essence. It is He Who hath called into being the
whole of creation, Who hath caused every created thing to spring forth at
His behest. Shall, then, the thing that was born