There is no might from me and no power
if He is not—and I am the all-encompassing.
(The Treasure of the Invocation and the Human Form)
Do you not see it as a treasure God concealed within the realm until He brought Adam into existence in His form, made him vicegerent upon His earth, and those who objected objected, as God Most High reported concerning this? Before Adam’s creation, ‘There is no might and no power except through God’ was not heard. Anyone other than the all-encompassing servant who says it says it only through following him.
When He created the Throne and the angels were commanded to carry it, they could not bear it. When they proved unable, the one bearer among them in the human form arose and said upon his tongue, through what God had given him, ‘There is no might and no power except through God.’ The remaining bearers repeated his saying and carried the Throne, becoming able to bear it.
(The Believer’s Heart and Its Bearers)
When God brought the Perfect Human Being into existence, He gave him a heart like the Throne and made it a house for Himself. No one within the world can bear the believer’s heart, for they could not bear the Throne, which lies in a corner of the believer’s heart. He does not feel it or know that there is a Throne, so light is it upon him.
He made His Most Beautiful Names surround this heart as the angels surround the Throne. He made its bearers four: divine knowledge, life, will, and speech. Life corresponds to the bearer among the Throne’s bearers who is in the human form, because life pervades
Notes
Translator’s note: The unvocalized الملك is read here as al-mulk, “the realm.” It also permits al-malak, “the angel.” The reports’ chronology is retained as supplied.
