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"That ideal King hath, throughout eternity, been in His Essence independent of the comprehension of all beings, and will continue, for ever, in His own Being to be exalted above the adoration of every soul." (Iqan 52- 3) (9:7) "Having recognized thy powerlessness to attain to an adequate understanding of that Reality which abideth within thee, thou wilt readily admit the futility of such efforts as may be attempted by thee, or by any of the created things, to fathom the mystery of the Living God, the Day Star of unfading glory, the Ancient of everlasting days. This confession of helplessness which mature contemplation must eventually impel every mind to make is in itself the acme of human understanding, and marketh the culmination of man's development." (Gl 165- 6) (9:8) "Thou hast ordained that the utmost limit to which they who lift their hearts to Thee can rise is the confession of their powerlessness to enter the realms of Thy holy and transcendent unity, and that the highest station which they who aspire to know Thee can reach is the acknowledgement of their impotence to attain the retreats of Thy sublime knowledge... This very powerlessness... is beloved of Thee, and... Thou hast decreed (it) as the goal of them that have reached and attained Thy court." (pam 89) (9:9) "All that man is able to understand are the attributes of Divinity, the radiance of which appears and is visible in the worlds and souls." (Bwf 322)
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