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Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh
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Pages 148-150
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LXXXVIII: "Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I testify that no..."
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Lauded be Thy name, O my God! I testify that no thought of Thee, howsoever wondrous, can ever
ascend into the heaven of Thy knowledge, and no
praise of Thee, no matter how transcendent, can soar
up to the atmosphere of Thy wisdom. From eternity
Thou hast been removed far above the reach and the
ken of the comprehension of Thy servants, and immeasurably
exalted above the strivings of Thy bondslaves
to express Thy mystery. What power can the
shadowy creature claim to possess when face to face
with Him Who is the Uncreated?
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I bear witness that the highest thoughts of all such
as adore Thy unity, and the profoundest contemplations
of all them that have recognized Thee, are but
the product of what hath been generated through the
movement of the Pen of Thy behest, and hath been
begotten by Thy will. I swear by Thy glory, O Thou
Who art the Beloved of my soul and the Fountain
of my life! I am persuaded of my powerlessness to
describe and extol Thee in a manner that becometh
the greatness of Thy glory and the excellence of Thy
majesty. Aware as I am of this, I beseech Thee, by
Thy mercy that hath surpassed all created things, and
Thy grace that hath embraced the entire creation,
to accept from Thy servants what they are capable
of showing forth in Thy path. Aid them, then, by
Thy strengthening grace, to exalt Thy word and to
blazon Thy praise.
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Powerful art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.
Thou, truly, art the All-Glorious, the All-Wise.
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