ANGELS


When Hell was created,
the hearts of angels flew away
from their proper places.
When human beings were created
those hearts came back.

EXORDIUM

Praise be to God Who has inspired us with the wonderful signs of His creation and granted us the goodness of His knowledge and love by sending us His Messengers, showing us His truths, both the manifest and the hidden. Praise be to God Who has allowed us to peer into His hidden treasures, Who alone adorned Himself with His divine attributes before languages came to be, and Who is alone in the uppermost stations of Beauty and Majesty where all seekers are drawn and hope to reach. There lovers chant and dance in His remembrance with burning love, there sincere servants seek His pleasure as Messengers from His divine presence. He is the First to be worshipped, without beginning. He is the Everlasting without end. He is the King Who alone creates and invents. He is the Owner and Ruler of His kingdom both seen and unseen, angels and human beings. He is the Master Whom none resembles, ever besought and in need of none. Nothing can contain Him and He contains everything. He is the Self-Subsistent Who sustains the seven earths and the seven heavens and all universes with His power. He is unique in His perfect attributes. He is the Living, the Everlasting, Whose life knows no end. He is the Knower in His ancient knowledge. He is the Expert in creation, the All-Encompassing in both hidden and manifest knowledge. He is the Witness before Himself of His own Oneness. He is the All-Hearing without necessity to listen. He is the All-Seeing without necessity to look, the Watchful Who overlooks nothing concerning His angels and His servants. He is the Preserver Who never forgets, the Guardian of His creation, the All-Powerful of old Who brought an unlimited creation into existence. He is the Provider of all without being asked. He is the Light of lights with which the hearts of His believers are enlightened. His Kingdom no more diminishes in the wake of His generosity than an endless ocean whose waves keep breaking upon the shore.