" ... the people of the Valleys above this see the end and the beginning as one ..."

"Such is the state of the wayfarers in this Valley; but the people of the Valleys above this see the end and the beginning as one; nay, they see neither beginning nor end, and witness neither “first” nor “last.” 5 Nay rather, the denizens of the undying city, who dwell in the green garden land, see not even “neither first nor last”; they fly from all that is first, and repulse all that is last. For these have passed over the worlds of names, and fled beyond the worlds of attributes as swift as lightning. Thus is it said: “Absolute Unity excludeth all attributes.” 6 And they have made their dwelling-place in the shadow of the Essence."

-Bahá'u'lláh, The Seven Valleys And the Four Valleys , p. 15

 5. Qur’án 57:3. 
 6. Saying attributed to ‘Alí.






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