• “From everlasting” God has been “the Source of indomitable
strength and shall remain so unto everlasting”
• To God belongs “All the kingdoms of heaven and earth and
whatever is between them”.
• To God belongs “All the treasures of earth and heaven and
everything between them”
• God holds “in His grasp the keys of heaven and earth and
of everything between them”
• In truth, God “keepeth watch over all things”
• God is:
o “the Powerful,
the Almighty”
o “the Lord of
might and power”
o “the Supreme
Protector”
o “a witness
over all things”
o “the Creator
of the heavens and the earth and whatever lieth between them”
o “the Lord of
Reckoning for all that dwell in the heavens and on earth and whatever lieth
between them”
o “swift to
reckon”
o “Immeasurably
exalted”
• In the “kingdoms of Revelation and Creation and whatever
lieth between them” all “glory and majesty” belong to God
• God creates “whatsoever He willeth by His Word of command
‘Be’, and it is.”
• “the source of dominion” is in the hand of God
• The “power of authority” always belongs to God.
• Through the “potency” of His command, God “maketh
victorious whomsoever He pleaseth”.
• God sets “the measure assigned to all who are in the
heavens and the earth and whatever is between them”.
• God bestows “gifts” through “the power of His command” and
at “His Own pleasure”.
• “Through the power of His hosts of heaven and earth and
whatever lieth between them”, God protects “whomsoever among His servants He
willeth”
(Adapted from a prayer in 'Selections from the Writings of the Báb')
(Adapted from a prayer in 'Selections from the Writings of the Báb')