The Worlds of God - U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee
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Objective: "Divine unity and understanding-- the essential and highest purpose in creation." (Igan 29) "The process of His creation hath had no beginning, and can have no end." But "'I swear by My life! Nothing save that which profiteth them can befall My loved ones.'" (Baha'u'llah, Adj 69) (31:3)

Pattern: "All beings... were created perfect and complete from the first, but their perfections appear in them by degrees... Not one of the beings... at its coming into existence has reached the limit of perfection. No, they gradually grow and develop, and then attain the degree of perfection." (Bwf 312- 3) (31:4)

"All divine philosophers and men of wisdom and understanding, when observing these endless beings, have considered that in this great and infinite universe all things end in the mineral kingdom, that the outcome of the vegetable kingdom is the animal kingdom and the outcome of the animal kingdom the world of man. The consummation of this limitless universe with all its grandeur and glory hath been man himself." (31:5)

But earthly life, man's existence in "this Great Workshop with all its power, its bewildering magnificence and endless perfections, cannot eventually come to naught. That still another life should exist is thus certain, and, just as the vegetable kingdom is unaware of the world of man, so we, too, know not of the Great life hereafter that followeth the life of man here below. Our non- comprehension of that life, however, is no proof of its non- existence... Numerous and conclusive proofs exist... that this infinite world cannot end with this human life." (Bwf 340- 1) (31:6)

Nature: "The wonders of His boundless grace... have pervaded the whole of creation. Such is their virtue that not a single atom in the entire universe can be found which doth not declare the evidence of His might... So perfect and comprehensive is His creation that no mind nor heart, however keen, or pure, can ever grasp the nature of the most insignificant of His creatures." His "image is reflected in the mirror of... creation." (Bwf 29; Gl 166) (31:7)

"Consider the relation between the craftsman and his handiwork, between the painter and his painting. Can it ever be maintained that the work their hands have produced is the same as themselves?... They can be regarded in no other light except as evidences that proclaim the excellence and perfections of their author." "However perfect the picture may be, in comparison with the painter it is in the utmost degree of imperfection." (Gl 337; Saq 5) (31:8)

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