Thou art great, and compared with Thy greatness all greatness is
humbled, and every excellence is faulty. Thou art too great for any
thought, and too sublime for any composition. Thou art greater than all
greatness, and exalted above all blessing and praise.
Thou art mighty, and among Thy creatures and beings there is none that
can do according to Thy works and according to Thy mighty acts. Thou art
mighty, and Thine is the absolute power which changes not and alters
not. Thou art mighty, and because of the abundance of Thy might Thou
dost pardon even in the time of Thy indignant wrath, and dost defer
Thine angel to sinners. Thou art mighty, yet Thy tender mercies are over
all Thy creatures: these are Thy mighty deeds that were of old.
Thou art light, and the eyes of every pure soul shall behold Thee; but
the clouds of iniquity shall hide Thee from its eyes. Thou art the light
which is hidden in this world, but shall be revealed in the high and
beautiful world; on the mount of the Lord shall it be seen.
Thou art most high, and the eye of the intellect yearns and longs for
Thee; but it can only see the utmost thereof, and cannot see the whole.
Thou art the God of gods, and all Thy creatures are Thy witnesses, and
for the glory of this name every creature is obliged to worship Thee.
Thou art God, and all the beings are Thy servants and Thy worshippers;
yet Thy glory is not diminished because of them that worship aught
beside Thee; for the intention of them all is to attain unto Thee, but
they are as the blind: they set their faces toward the way of the King;
but they wander out of the way: one sinks into the pit of destruction,
and another falls into the abyss; they all think that they have reached
their goal, but they labored in vain. But Thy servants are as the
clear-sighted who walk in the straight path: they turn not from the way
to the right hand or to the left until they come to the court of the
King’s house. Thou art God, supporting the beings with Thy divinity, and
sustaining the creatures with Thy unity. Thou art God, and there is no
distinction between Thy divinity, and Thy unity, and Thy eternity, and
Thy existence; for it is all one mystery: although the names of each one
are different, they all go unto one place.
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