the face of all the contingent things, therefore He caused brilliant Essences of Sanctity to appear from the holy worlds of the Spirit, in mighty human temples, among the creatures, in accordance with the abundant mercy of "His mercy hath encompassed all things," and "My mercy hath extended to all things;" in order that they may express that Eternal, Essence and Pre-existent Entity. These Mirrors of Sanctity and Dawning-places of Divinity fully express that Sun of Existence and Essence of Desire. For instance, their Knowledge expresses His Knowledge, their Power His Power, their Dominion His Dominion, their Beauty His Beauty, and their Manifestation His Manifestation. They are the treasuries of Supreme Knowledges, stores of Eternal Wisdom, revealers of Infinite Bounty, Dawning-places of that Sun of Eternity. Therefore it is said: "There is no difference between Thee and them, except that they are Thy servants and Thy creatures." This is the station of "I am He and He is me," recorded in the tradition.
Traditions and records indicating this fact are many, but for the sake of brevity this servant doth not undertake to mention them. Nay rather, all that is in the heavens and earth show forth the Divine Names and Attributes until the traces of the splendor of that Sun of Truth are manifest and evident in every atom; so that without the appearance of this splendor, nothing can be honored with the robe of life nor attain to existence in the phenomenal world. What suns of
