BB00549: Letter to the fourth pillar (takbir)

In the Name of God, the Self-Revealing, the Subduing.

God is Most Great—immeasurably beyond whatever greatness ye ascribe.

God is Most Mighty—far above whatever might ye attribute.

God is the Most Manifest—transcending whatsoever ye make manifest.

God is the Most High—exalted above all your strivings to ascend.

God is the Most Glorious and the Most Powerful—above all that ye seek to glorify.

God is the Most Beauteous and the Most Splendid—above all that ye would adorn.

God is the Nearest and the Most Potent—above all that ye deem within your power.

God is the Most Luminous—above all that ye would illumine.

God is the Most Holy and the Most Inaccessible—above all that ye would sanctify.

God is the Most Exalted—above all that ye would raise up.

God is the Most Generous and the Most Ancient—above all that ye would advance.

God is the All-Knowing and the All-Forbearing—above all that ye would deem forbearance.

God is the All-Encompassing and the Most Bounteous—above all that ye would bestow.

God is the Supreme Possessor and the Most Glorious—above all that ye would possess.

God is the Most Preserving and the Most Uniting—above all that ye would gather together.

God is the Most Praised and the Most Thanked—above all the thanks ye render.

God is the Most Excellent, the Swiftest—above all your hastening.

God is the Most Strong, the Most Mighty—above all your strengthening.

God’s is whatsoever is in the heavens and on the earth and whatsoever lieth between them. And we have commanded you [to inscribe upon] a ruby in like manner as We have commanded before; and God is All-Knowing, All-Powerful.