willing to do what Thou desirest. Humbly I cast myself before the
revelations of Thy mercy, confessing that Thou art God, no God is there
but Thee, and that Thou art incomparable, hast no partner and naught is
there like Thee. Unto this Thou Thyself bearest witness, as well becometh
Thy glory.

"Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord! Both the world ..."

He is God, the Sovereign Ruler, the Ever-Living, He Whose help all men
implore.

Lauded and glorified art Thou, O Lord! Both the world of existence and the
souls of men bear witness that Thou art transcendent above the revelations
of Thy handiwork, and the bearers of Thy names and attributes proclaim
that Thou art immeasurably exalted above such praise as the dwellers of
the dominions of creation and invention may render unto Thee. All
appearances and realities indicate the oneness of Thine Essence, and all
evidences and signs reflect the truth that Thou art God and there is no
peer or partner for Thee throughout the kingdoms of heaven and earth.

Immensely high and sanctified art Thou, O Lord! Thy divine Being
testifieth that Thou art inscrutable to all that dwell in Thy realm of
existence, and Thine inmost Essence proclaimeth that Thou art far above
the description of those who reveal Thy glory.

The signs which the sanctified essences reveal and the words which the
exalted realities express and the allusions manifested by the ethereal
entities all proclaim that Thou art immeasurably exalted above the reach
of the embodiments of the realm of being, and all solemnly affirm that
Thou art immensely high above the description of such as are wrapt in the
veils of fancy.

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord! Thy divine Being is a sure testimony of the
oneness of Thine inmost Essence and Thy supreme divinity beareth witness
to the unity of Thy Self, and the realities of all created things testify
that no tie of intercourse bindeth Thee to anything in the kingdom of
creation which Thou hast fashioned.

Every man of perception who hath scaled the noble heights of detachment,
and every man of eloquence who hath attained the most sublime station,
beareth witness that Thou art God, the Incomparable, and that Thou hast
assigned no associate unto Thyself in the kingdom of creation, nor is
there anyone to compare with Thee in the realm of invention. Men of
wisdom, who had but a notion of the revelation of Thy glory, conceived a
likeness of Thee according to their own understa