Attributes of God can be found throughout the writings of God.
Attributes are one thing found universally in all the great religions of God, and many of God‘s attributes can be found mentioned throughout all the writings of God‘s religions: Here are just a few of the many, many attributes of God that are touched upon by God‘s manifestations, in the writings of God‘s religions:
a. God is all seeing: 
CHRISTIANITY: Matthew: 6:3 “But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret Himself shall reward thee openly.” Matthew: 6:6 “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” Hebrews: 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews: 4:13 “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.” 
JUDAISM: Proverbs: 15:3 “The eyes of The LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.” Psalms: 94:9 “He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?” Jeremiah 23:24 “Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith The LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith The LORD.”
ISLAM: 96. “Allah (God) sees well all that they do.” 233. “Fear Allah and know that Allah sees well what ye do.” 61. “Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 2 and 10)
58. “Allah doth command you to render back your trusts to those to whom they are due; and when ye judge between man and man, that ye judge with justice: verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! for Allah is He who heareth and seeth all things.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 4)
59. “With Him (Allah) are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a Record Clear (to those who can read).” 60. “It is He Who doth take your souls by night, and hath knowledge of all that ye have done by day. By day doth He raise you up again; that a term appointed be fulfilled; in the end unto Him will be your return, then will He show you the truth of all that ye did.” 61. “He is the Irresistible, (watching) from above over his worshippers, and He sets guardians over you. At length, when death approaches one of you, Our angels take his soul, and they never fail in their duty.” 62. “Then are men returned unto Allah, their Protector, the (only) reality: is not His the Command? And He is the swiftest in taking account.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 6)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 1. “The holy (Zarathushtra) asked Him: ‘O holy Ahura Mazda (God)! I ask Thee; answer me with words of truth, Thou who knowest the truth. Thou art undeceivable, Thou hast an undeceivable understanding; Thou art undeceivable, as Thou knowest everything. The powerful, all-seeing, undeceivable.” 2. “O Far-seeing One, may Ye manifest unto me those incomparable things Of your Khshathra, O Ahura,”’
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
Denkard. Zoroaster, “He is omnipotent to watch over all His creation. And this great power of His shows us that the possessor of such greatness is, with His wisdom, able to perceive all the powers that move the world, and, the highest strength of His (world) guiding wisdom gives us an idea of His still more mighty wisdom. Again, we perceive from His Mazdayasnian religion that, that religion is the source of (all) wisdom: hereby is made manifest to us the highest superiority of the Mazdayasnian religion. When we find that in every place He rules by religion, we perceive the immense superiority of His rule. Again, when it appears to us that the holy Ohrmazd, (Ahura Mazda/God) the creator, is primeval and is the birth-giver, maker and mover (of the world) we perceive uniformly thereby that the holy Self-Existent is the best Governor. To perceive the greatness of the Creator.”
HINDUISM: “Orbs which see All things, whatever be In all Thy worlds, east, west, and north and south. O Eyes of God!”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 11)
“He, God (Brahma) with far-seeing eyes.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 1)
BUDDHISM: “By awareness,” “by vigilance (seeing all) it was that Indra (Brahma/God) attained the lordship of the gods.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 3 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “Before Thee (in thy sight) all hands are thieving, all lips have lied. Water is in the Jordan. Before thee (in thine eyes), Manda-d-Hiia, (Savior God) no man is clean: we are slaves who are all sin,” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- Chapter 35.
“First Life! (Haiyi Qadmaiyi, God) Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- Chapter 58)
BABI RELIGION: “Thou art The God Who dealeth mercifully with all things, Who judgeth between all things and Whose vision embraceth all things.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 186)
“For the eye of God is observing.”
The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 89)
BAHA’I FAITH: “God, who sees all hearts, knows how far our lives are the fulfillment of our words.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 81 )
“God is the seer, and the eye is the sign of His vision.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith – Abdu’l-Baha Section, p. 310)
“Nothing is, or can ever be, hidden from God.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 8)
b. God is all knowing: Omniscience is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: 1 Chronicles: 28:9 “The LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts:” Jeremiah: 18:23 “LORD, thou knowest all.” Sirach: 42:18 “The Lord knoweth all that may be known,” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha,) 4 Ezra: 26. “The Lord knoweth all.” 54. “Behold, The Lord knoweth all the works of men, their imaginations, their thoughts, and their hearts.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha, Esdras 2) CHRISTIANITY: 1 John: 3:20 “God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.” John: 21:17 “Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that I love thee.” Matthew: 6:8 “Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” Luke: 12:6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?” 12:7 “But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered (and God knoweth every one of them). Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
ISLAM: 29. “It is He who hath created for you all things that are on earth; moreover His design comprehended the heavens, for He gave order and perfection to the seven firmaments; and of all things he (Allah/God) hath perfect knowledge.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
59. “With Him are the keys of the Unseen, the treasures that none knoweth but He. He knoweth whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a Record Clear (to those who can read).”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 6)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “The holy (Zarathushtra) asked Him: ‘O holy Ahura Mazda (God)! I ask thee; answer me with words of truth, Thou who knowest the truth. Thou art undeceivable, Thou hast an undeceivable understanding; Thou art undeceivable, as Thou knowest everything.”’
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
Denkard. Zoroaster, “Be it known that, The Lord who is in all things and over every (thing), and Who obeys no one and for no one, is the Omniscient Omnipotent, (all knowing, all powerful) and All-Owning Creator Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda, God) Himself; — The Lord who obeys no one, but is the master of all; who is uncreated, but The Creator of all; who holds no kinship, but is the highest (of all).”
HINDUISM: “I am not seen by all; I am not known- Unborn and changeless- to the idle world. But I, Arjuna! know all things which were, And all which are, and all which are to be, Albeit not one among them knoweth Me!”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 7)
“O God, who knowest all things!” “God (Brahma, Vishnu) that knoweth all.”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 1, Vagasaneyi-Samhita-Upanishad and Yajur Veda – Kanda II)
BUDDHISM: 24. “All-Conquering and All-Knowing am I.” 14. “The Awakened, the Omniscient (All-Knowing), the Trackless.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 and 2 (tr. J. Richards))
“Aware among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepy, the wise, By awareness Indra (Brahma/Vishnu/God) rose to become chief (of all).”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards)
SABEANISM: “First Life! (Haiyi, Qadmaiyi, God) Lift up Thine eyes upon these souls “For thou openest doors of truth and revealest mysteries and wisdom.” (The Omniscient/All-Knowing) (SABEANISM, Ginza Rba- Chapters 35 and 58)
“Manda-d-Hiia (Hiia/Haiyi/God) Sublimest of beings, Knowledge of Life is Thy name, Truth is Thy name. Pure is Thy name, magnified is Thy name, Honoured is Thy name, blessed is Thy name And abiding is Thy name. Victorious art Thou And victorious is Thy name. Victorious are the words of Truth which proceed from Thy mouth Over all deeds,” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 75)
BABI RELIGION: “From all eternity I have indeed recognized Thee and unto all eternity will ever do so through Thine Own Self and not through any one else besides Thee. Verily Thou art the Source of all knowledge, the Omniscient.” “Thou art the Knower of all things and The Lord of might and majesty.” “He is truly the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 1 and 35)
“Verily the knowledge of God embraceth all things.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 57)
“He is not unaware of the actions of the mischief-makers, inasmuch as nothing whatever in the heavens or on the earth can escape His knowledge.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 161)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Nothing is, or can ever be, hidden from God.” “To this I testify before God, the Almighty, the Exalted, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, pp. 8 and 90)
“God, verily, is the Helper, the Knower, the Ordainer, the Omniscient.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 138)
c. God is all powerful: Omnipotence (All-Powerfulness) is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: Deuteronomy: 3:24 “O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?” Jeremiah: 32:27 “Behold, I am The LORD, The God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for Me?” Nehemiah: 9:32 “Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God,” 2 Maccabees 34. “Declare unto all men the mighty power of God.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha,) CHRISTIANITY: 1 Peter: 5:6 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God.” Romans 13:1 “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.” John: 15:5 “Without Me ye can do nothing.” Revelation: 19:6 “Alleluia: for The Lord God omnipotent (all powerful) reigneth.”
ISLAM: 106. “None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We substitute something better or similar; knowest thou not that Allah (God) hath power over all things?” 259. “I know that Allah hath power over all things.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
10. “Allah made it but a message of hope, and an assurance to your heart: (in any case) there is no help except from Allah: and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 8)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “He is The Greatest Lord, powerful and wise, creator, nourisher, protector, compassionate, virtuous, forgiver, pure, a good dispenser of justice and all powerful.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
Denkard. Zoroaster, “Be it known that, Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda/God) Himself is the Beneficent Spirit, and is all powerful in goodness and glory. He himself is pure, and is The Creator of all the good creatures of this world and the next.”
HINDUISM: 4. “He, (Brahma/God) whose power is measureless,”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu)
“God, the Creator and Ruler, the Omniscient and Omnipotent (All-Powerful).”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 2, Introduction to the Upanishads, vol. 2)
BUDDHISM: “More than any earthly power, those who are filled with unshaken faith in Me.” (Brahma, The Mighty God)
(The Eightfold Path), Buddha, the Word (The Eightfold Path)
SABEANISM: “Great is the strength of Life (Haiyi, God); Abounding the glory of The Mighty (Life)! (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 115
“Your Father (Haiyi/God) hath great strength (mighty strength), Surpassing all limit.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 118)
BABI RELIGION: “I bear witness that Thou art the Most Manifest, the Omnipotent (All-Powerful).” “Fix your gaze upon the invincible power of The Lord, your God, The Almighty.”
(Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 1 and Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 93)
“Verily God and every created thing testify that there is none other God but Me, the Almighty, the Best Beloved…” “He is truly the All-Knowing, the All-Powerful.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 29 and 35)
“Verily, there is no power except in God, and sufficient witness unto Me is your Lord, Who is, in very truth, the Omnipotent (All-Powerful) Avenger.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 59
BAHA’I FAITH: “Thou art in truth the Mighty, the Powerful, the Gracious, the Strong.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith – Abdu’l-Baha Section, p. 440)
“Verily thy Lord is He Who giveth and divesteth, the Mighty, the Powerful.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 149)
“Verily, there is none other God beside Me, the Omnipotent (All-Powerful) Protector, the Self-Subsisting!”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 128)
d. God is a just God: Justice is one of the attributes of God found in the religions of God: JUDAISM: Deuteronomy: 32:4 “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.” Isaiah: 45:21 “Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside Me.” Zephaniah: 3:5 “The just LORD is in the midst thereof; He will not do iniquity: every morning doth He bring His judgment to light, He faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.” CHRISTIANITY: Acts: 22:14 “The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know His will, and see that Just One,” Revelations: 15:3 “And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, thou King of saints.” 1 John: 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Maccabees: 2:18 “for the just judgment of God.” (Deuterocanonical Apocrypha)
ISLAM: “Verily, among men he who fully believes in His Justice and is afraid of it, as well as likes it expects the best rewards from Allah (God).
(Ali b. Abi Taalib, Letters from Nahjul Balaagh)
20. “And Allah will judge with (Justice and) Truth.” 10. “Such is the command of Allah: He judges (with justice).” For, 49. “Allah (God) doth sanctify whom He pleaseth but never will they fail to receive justice in the least little thing.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 4, 40 and 60)
90. “Allah commands justice, the doing of good, and liberality to kith and kin, and He forbids all shameful deeds, and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you, that ye may receive admonition.” 25. On that Day Allah will pay them back (all) their just dues.” 84. “(Allah) said: ‘Then it is just and fitting — and I say what is just and fitting.”‘
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 16, 24 and 38)
3. “He has created the heavens and the earth for just ends.” 3. “He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions.” 22. “Allah created the heavens and the earth for just ends, and in order that each soul may find the recompense of what it has earned, and none of them be wronged.” And, 8. Not but for just ends and for a term appointed, did Allah create the heavens and the earth, and all between them.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 16 30, 45 and 64)
30. “Verily thy Lord doth provide sustenance in abundance for whom He pleaseth, and He provideth in a just measure: for He doth know and regard all His servants.” 23. “No intercession can avail in His Presence except for those for whom He has granted permission. So far ‘What is it that your Lord commanded?’ They will say, ‘That which is true and just; and He is the Most High, Most Great.'” for Allah loves those who are fair (and just).
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surahs 17, 34 and 49)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “He is the greatest Lord, powerful and wise, creator, nourisher, protector, compassionate, virtuous, forgiver, pure, a good dispenser of justice and all powerful.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
“Pray to Him who wields the bow and arrow (for the vindication of justice) He is both the Deva (God of the Hindu) and the Asura (Ahura, God of the Parsis).” (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan)
Denkard. Zoroaster, “Be it known that Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda, God) by his power of comprehending everything is truthful and the judge of all. And every truthful man gets justice at His hands.”
HINDUISM: 7. “Through his power He is Fire and Wind, He Sun and Moon, He the Lord of justice.”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 7)
16. “For divine justice (is said to be) a bull (vrisha); that (man) who violates it (kurute ‘l am) the gods consider to be (a man despicable like) a Sudra (vrishala); let him, therefore, beware of violating justice.”
(Hindu, Laws of Manu chapter 8)
BUDDHISM: 18. It is, “He who judges others with due deliberation, With judgement righteous and just.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 3 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “My Lord, High King of Light, Revealer Whose eyes are uncovered, seeking justice And enacting justice for those who love it,” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 71)
“Ye will open your eyes and behold your Judge. Betimes will the dayspring dawn upon you, In strength ye will arise and behold the Outer Ether And the great Beam who is all light, (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 76)
“He is the One Who on the Day of Severing shall pass judgement through the power of Truth; indeed no God is there besides Him, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Exalted. He is the One Who holdeth within His grasp the kingdom of all created things; there is none other God but Him, the Single, the Incomparable, the Ever-Abiding, the Inaccessible, the Most Great.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 18)
“Unto no one do I take My plaint save to God; for He is the best of judges.” “Indeed God hath permitted no one to pass unfair judgement, and if thou wouldst fain do so, then soon shalt thou learn.” “Verily We are equitable in Our judgement.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 14, 19 and 35)
“Even as God is pronounced to be just, man must likewise be just.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity)
“O SON of SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me, and neglect it not that I may confide in thee. By its aid thou shalt see with thine own eyes and not through the eyes of others, and shalt know of thine own knowledge and not through the knowledge of thy neighbor. Ponder this in thy heart; how it behooveth thee to be. Verily justice is My gift to thee and the sign of My loving-kindness. Set it then before thine eyes.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Arabic Hidden Words)
e. God is merciful and compassionate: Mercifulness and compassion are two like attributes of God: JUDAISM: 1 Chronicles: 16:34 “O give thanks unto The LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.” Psalms: 100:5 “For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.” Psalms: 103:8 “The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.” Lamentations: 3:31 “For The LORD will not cast off for ever: 3:32 But though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.” CHRISTIANITY: Luke: 6:36 “Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.” 2 Corinthians 1:3 “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.” 1 Peter: 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope.” Romans: 9:15 “For he saith, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
ISLAM: 1. “In the name of Allah (God), Most Gracious, Most Merciful.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 1)
143. “For Allah is to all people most surely full of kindness, Most Merciful.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
163. “And your Allah is one Allah; there is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
“IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God. Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the worlds, the merciful, the compassionate, the ruler of the day of judgment! Thee we serve and Thee we ask for aid. Guide us in the right path, the path of those Thou art gracious to; not of those Thou art wroth with; nor of those who err.”
(The Qur’an (E.H. Palmer tr), Sura 1)
“And thy Lord is the Rich one, full of compassion!” “The gracious one, full of compassion, is thy Lord!“
(The Qur’an (Rodwell tr), Suras 6 and 18)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “None of us is immaculate and can claim salvation as his desert. But the mercy of God prevails over other considerations. Therein lies our hope.” (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan p. 265)
“In the name of God. I praise and invoke the creator Ormazd, (Ahura Mazda) the radiant, glorious, omniscient, maker, lord of lords, king over all kings, watchful, creator of the universe, giver of daily bread, powerful, strong, eternal, forgiver, merciful, loving, mighty, wise, holy, and nourisher.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
“Ohrmazd. (He is) the greatest Lord, powerful and wise, creator, nourisher, protector, compassionate, virtuous, forgiver, pure, a good dispenser of justice and all powerful.”
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
HINDUISM: “Thou that sustainest all things! Undismayed. Earth, Heaven! Ah me! I see no Earth and Heaven! Thee, Lord of Lords! I see, Thee only- only Thee! Now let Thy mercy unto me be given.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 11)
“Show Thy mercy and be ready to hear our call.” “O Bounteous One, be merciful to our children and descendants.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Yajur Veda – Kanda 2 and 4)
6. “Worship will I proress to lofty Dyaus, to Heaven and Earth, to Mitra and to bounteous Varuna (God), The Bounteous, The Compassionate.”
(Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 1)
BUDDHISM: “The Blessed One, knowing of the mental agitations going on in the minds of those assembled (like the surface of the ocean stirred into waves by the passing winds), and his great heart moved by compassion.” “As Thou reviewest the world with Thy perfect intelligence and compassion, As Thou reviewest all things by Thy perfect intelligence and compassion, they must seem to Thee like visions beyond the reach of the human mind, as being and non-being do not apply to them. (Buddha, Lankavatara Sutra)
“That person shall We penetrate with loving thoughts, wide, deep, boundless, freed from anger and hatred.” “Loving Kindness, (mercy), Compassion, and ‘Sympathetic Joy’”
((The Eightfold Path), Buddha, the Word (The Eightfold Path))
SABEANISM: “Blessed and praised be Life (Haiyi, God) Who is filled with compassion for these souls. Praised be Thou, my Lord, Manda-d-Hiia (Savior God), For thou raisest up these souls” “Thou a Lord Who art all mercy.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 35 and 70)
“Look upon me with Your eyes and pity me in Your heart! Support me with Your strength, clothe me with Your glory, cover me with Your light.” “A Lord who art all mercy.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 70 and 410)
“Thou the Lord who art all mercy, now (I ask) of Life, Your compassion, Your forgiveness, Your reconciliation and Your compassion, Yours, Great First Life! (Haiyi Qadmaiyi, God)” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 75 and 410)
“The peoples of the world have risen in iniquity, and but for the out pouring of the grace of God and Thy mercy unto them, no one could purge even a single soul for evermore.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 49)
“Verily there is none other God but your Lord, the All-Merciful.” “He, in truth, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Compassionate.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 19 and 53)
“Assuredly no God is there other than Him, the All-Possessing, the Most Generous. The revelations of His bounty pervade all created things; He is the Merciful, the Compassionate.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 163)
“There is no God but Him; He is the Exalted, the All-Wise. O ye the servants of the Merciful One!”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 56)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Thou art the Giver of all! Thou art the Forgiver! Thou art the Merciful!”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Abdu’l-Baha in London, p. 24)
“He is the All-Bounteous, and of those who show mercy, He is the Most Merciful.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 4)
“With perfect compassion and mercy have We guided and directed the people of the world to that whereby their souls shall be profited.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 44)
f. God is pure perfection: The religions of God tell us, perfection is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: Deuteronomy: 18:13 “Thou shalt be perfect with The LORD thy God.” Deuteronomy: 32:4 “He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.” 2 Samuel: 22:31 “As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: He is a buckler to all them that trust in Him.” Psalms: 50:2 “Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.” CHRISTIANITY: Matthew: 5:48 “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” 2 Corinthians: 13:9 “For we are glad, when we are weak, and Ye are strong: and this also we wish, even Your perfection.” Romans: 12:2 The “perfect, will of God.”
ISLAM: 32. “They said: ‘Glory to Thee, of knowledge we have none, save that Thou hast taught us: in truth it is Thou who art perfect in knowledge and wisdom.”’
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 2)
25. “Assuredly it is thy Lord who will gather them together: for He is Perfect in Wisdom and Knowledge.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 15)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 1. “I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the creator Ahura Mazda (God), the radiant and glorious, the greatest and the best, the most beautiful, the most firm, the wisest, and the one of all whose body is the most perfect.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 1)
“My fourth name is Perfect Holiness.”
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
HINDUISM: 14 “The mortal who with blazing fuel, as his laws command, adores the Perfect God, Blest with his thoughts in splendour shall exceed all men, as though he overpassed the floods.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 8)
3. “This is the song of those Immortal Beings who long for treasures in their full perfection. 9. Thou, God hast made beauty perfect.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 10)
BUDDHISM: “As Thou reviewest all things by Thy perfect intelligence and compassion, they must seem to Thee like visions beyond the reach of the human mind, as being and non-being do not apply to them.” (Buddha, Lankavatara Sutra)
SABEANISM: “They shall rise upward on a smooth road and by the path of the Perfect, shall behold the Place of Light and the everlasting Abode and be established by Him who opened (revealed) the great first light.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 54)
“Blessed art thou, Road of the great, path of the Perfect And track that riseth up to the Place of Light. And my lord Manda-d-Hiia will lend them his helping hand.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 72)
BABI RELIGION: “Every other perfection is as naught in face of His consummate perfection, and every other display of might is as nothing before His absolute might.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 156)
BAHA’I FAITH: “The Divinity of God, which is the sum of all perfections, reflects itself in the reality of man; that is to say, the Essence of Oneness is the gathering of all perfections, and from this unity He casts a reflection upon the human reality. Man then is the perfect mirror facing the Sun of Truth, and is the center of radiation: the Sun of Truth shines in this mirror. The reflection of the divine perfections appears in the reality of man, so he is the representative of God, the messenger of God. If man did not exist, the universe would be without result, for the object of existence is the appearance of the perfections of God.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith – Abdu’l-Baha Section, p. 310)
“God is pure perfection, and creatures are but imperfections.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 113)
“Be ye perfect even as your Father which is in heaven.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity, p. 79)
g. Pureness is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: Psalms: 119:140 “Thy word is very pure: therefore Thy servant loveth it.” Proverbs: 30:5 “Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their trust in Him.” Job: 11:4 “For Thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.” CHRISTIANITY: 1 John: 3:3 “And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.” James: 3:17 “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.”
ISLAM: 88. “He said: ‘I have a Clear (Sign) from my Lord, and He hath given me sustenance (pure and) good as from Himself.”’
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 11)
7. “Allah (God) doth love the righteous.” 108. “Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.” (The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 9)
“The religion of pure Islamic Faith, to worship none but Allah, The Pure Allah’s Islamic nature with which He (Allah) has created mankind. Let There be no change in Allah’s religion.”
(Hadith, Bukhari Vol 6, Book 60, # 298)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 10. “The man of understanding has instructed (people) to cling to action of this Good Thought, and to the Holy Piety, (Pure) Creator, Comrade of Right — wise that He is, and to all hope, O Ahura (God), that are in Thy Dominion, O Mazda (God).”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 34)
Denkard. Zoroaster, “Be it known that, Ohrmazd (Ahura Mazda, God) Himself is the Beneficent Spirit, and is all powerful in goodness and glory [lit. light]. He Himself is pure, and is the Creator of all the good creatures of this world and the next.
HINDUISM: “To the holy BRAHMA (God), pure in heart and righteous-souled.”
(Hindu, Mababharata (R. Dutt, abridged tr))
“Pious-hearted, pure and good, Like the sinless God.”
(Hindu, Mababharata (R. Dutt, abridged tr))
BUDDHISM: “So Universal Mind cleared of its defilements through the gradual purifications of the evil out-flowings that come by effort, study and meditation, and by the gradual self-realisation of Noble Wisdom, at the long last, like the Dharmata Buddha shining forth spontaneously with the rays that issue from its pure Self-nature, shines forth instantaneously. (Buddha, Lankavatara Sutra)
“Brahma (God) has not been seen by man face to face the Buddha tells us. God is in a spiritual form (beneficent and pure) not a material corporal form.” (Buddhist Dharma, TEVIGGA SUTTA)
SABEANISM: “The Light became light, the Light became light! The Light became the light of The First Life (Haiyi Qadmaiyi, God). Glory dawned and (there was) radiance, brilliance and purity;” “The Great Light abideth in its purities.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 46 and 49)
“Purity, Goodness and Greatness.” “my Lord Manda-d-Hiia (God).” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 72)
“Knowledge of Life is Thy name, Truth is Thy name. Pure is Thy name,” “I stand for the Great Light with its purities! I am Manda-d-Hiia, emanation of The Mighty First Life (Haiyi Qadmaiyi, God). (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 75 and 113)
BABI RELIGION: “Such must be the purity of your character and the degree of your renunciation, that the people of the earth may through you recognize and be drawn closer to The heavenly Father who is the Source of purity and grace.”
The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 91)
“GOD loveth those who are pure. Naught in the Bayan and in the sight of God is more loved than purity and immaculate cleanliness….”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 79)
BAHA’I FAITH:“God is pure perfection, and creatures are but imperfections.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 113)
“The favors of the Blessed Perfection, the very stars of the bestowal of God, blessed trees and flowers in the garden of His purity and sanctity.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace)
“In the Name of God, the Most Pure, the Most Pure.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 23)
h. God is righteous: Righteousness is one of the attributes of God: JUDAISM: Psalms: 5:8 “Lead me, O LORD, in Thy Righteousness.” Psalms: 7:9 “Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for The Righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.” Psalms: 119:142 “Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.” Psalms: 129:4 “The LORD is righteous.” CHRISTIANITY: 1 John: 2:29 “If ye know that He is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of Him.” 1 John: 3:7 “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as He is righteous.”
ISLAM: 7. “Allah doth love the righteous.” 108. “Allah (God) loveth those who make themselves pure.” (The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 9)
5. “It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her: that ye might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create this but in truth and righteousness.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 10)
56. “But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 74)
3. “We choose, O Ahura Mazda (God)! and Thou, O Righteousness The Beauteous! That we should think, and speak, and do those thoughts, and words, and deeds, among actual good thoughts, and words, and actions, which are the best for both the worlds;”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 35)
23. “And do Thou then Ahura, as in answer to these our prayers and songs of praise, cause us to prosper to salvation through Thy Good Mind, the Sovereign Power, and Thy Righteous Order in Thy ritual and law!”
(The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 68)
HINDUISM: 4. “Penance, liberality, righteousness, kindness, truthfulness, these form His (gifts bestowed on priests).”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 1, Khandogya-Upanishad Part 2)
“O ye wise, immortal, righteous ones;” (ones plural but in reality meaning one, the all powerful God, Brahma)
(Hindu, Vedas, Yajur Veda – Kanda IV)
BUDDHISM: 18. “Life is easy enough for the shameless, the crow-hero type of man, offensive, swaggering, impudent and depraved. But it is hard for the man of conscience, always striving after purity, alert, reserved, pure of (just, moral, righteous Brahma like) behaviour and discerning.”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))
SABEANISM: “Blessed and praised be Life Who is filled with compassion for these souls. Praised be Thou, my Lord, Manda-d-Hiia (Haiyi/God), For thou raisest up these souls” “Thou a Lord who art all (justice and mercy, righteousness).” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 35 and 70)
“Bound (together) and sealed are these souls who went down to the Jordan and were baptized in the name of The Great Life (Haiyi/God). Their souls have been secured with bonds of righteousness and with the bonds of the great light of Life.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 26)
BABI RELIGION: “By the righteousness of Him Who hath called thee into being,” “Fear thou God and pride not thyself on thine earthly possessions, inasmuch as what God doth possess is better for them that tread the path of righteousness.” “Nay, by the righteousness of My Lord!”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 19 and 21)
“It behoves each one of you to manifest the attributes of God, and to exemplify by your deeds and words the signs of His righteousness, His power and glory.”
The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 91)
“By the righteousness of God, all who are in the heaven and on earth and whatsoever lieth between them are regarded in My sight even as a spider’s web, and verily God beareth witness unto all things.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 50)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Be pure, O people of God, be pure; be righteous, be righteous….”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 286)
“By the righteousness of God!”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 20)
“By the righteousness of the one true God! The very breath of these souls is in itself richer than all the treasures of the earth. Happy is the man that hath attained thereunto, and woe betide the heedless.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 10)
“O people! Can ye ever hope to escape the sovereign power of your Lord? By the righteousness of God! No refuge will ye find in this day, and no one to protect you, save those upon whom God hath bestowed the favour of His mercy. He, verily, is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Compassionate.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts)
i. God is a God of love: Love is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: Deuteronomy: 7:12 “The LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which He sware unto thy fathers: And He will love thee, and bless thee,” Deuteronomy: 10:15 “The LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them,” Zephaniah: 3:17 “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing. CHRISTIANITY: Ephesians: 2:4 “But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us,” 1 John: 3:16 “Hereby perceive we the love of God,” 1 John: 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” 1 John: 4:8 “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 2 Corinthians: 13:11 “Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.”
ISLAM: 31. “If ye do love Allah (God), follow me: Allah will love you, and forgive you your sins, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 3)
7. “Allah doth love the righteous.” 108. “Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 9)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “God is all love, and his loving presence may be felt everywhere.” (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan p. 834)
1. “O Ahura Mazda (God), Thou most bounteous Spirit! Who brings pollutions to this (Thy flame) him wilt Thou cover with pollutions (in his turn). 2. But as the most friendly do Thou give us zeal, O Fire of The Lord! and approach us, and with the loving blessing of the most Friendly, with the praise of the most adored.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 36)
HINDUISM: “Have they happiness and peace, with pious thought and speech; And unto these- thus serving well, thus loving ceaselessly- I give a mind of perfect mood, whereby they draw to Me; And, all this for love of them.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 10)
3. “All rests upon the laud and love of Him the rich, high-flaming God.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 5)
5. “God is furthering us. On us with loving-kindness.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 1)
BUDDHISM: “(He) abides in Loving-kindness,” from Brahma (God).”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 3 (tr. J. Richards))
“The true Samana who is seeking the way to Brahma, let him have thoughts of love everywhere throughout the whole world pervading with thoughts of love far reaching, beyond measure, all embracing. Regard all with mind set free and filled with deep felt love. this is the way to a state of union with Brahma (the all loving).” (Buddha, Tevigga Sutra)
SABEANISM: “And we have arranged (all things) according to Thy loving-kindness from beginning to end.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 30)
“The Great Life (Haiyi/God) dwelleth in those that love Him,” With great love for them. (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 60)
BABI RELIGION: “Every breast which committeth His Words to memory, God shall cause, if it were that of a believer, to be filled with His love; and every heart which cherisheth the love of His Words and manifesteth in itself the signs of true faith when His Name is mentioned, and exemplifieth the words, ‘their hearts are thrilled with awe at the mention of God,’ that heart will become the object of the glances of divine favour and on the Day of Resurrection will be highly praised by God.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 99)
“God‘s all-encompassing love and protection will surround them.”
The Bab: (Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 197)
“Refresh my heart, O my God, with the living waters of Thy love and give me a draught, O my Master, from the chalice of Thy tender mercy.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 208)
BAHA’I FAITH: “Unity is the expression of the loving power of God and reflects the reality of divinity. It is resplendent in this day through the bestowals of light upon humanity.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith – Abdu’l-Baha Section, p. 217)
“God is loving and merciful. His intention in religion has ever been the bond of unity and affinity between humankind.”
(Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’i World Faith – Abdu’l-Baha Section, p. 279)
“The gaze of the loving-kindness of God — exalted and glorified is He — hath everlastingly been directed towards His beloved friends; verily He is the One Who knoweth and remembereth.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 236)
“There is none other God but Him, the One, the Single, the Mighty, the Loving.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts)
j. God is full of kindness: Kindness is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: Psalms: 26:2 “Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.” Psalms: 26:3 “For Thy loving kindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in Thy truth.” Psalms: 31:21 “Blessed be The LORD: for He hath shewed me His marvelous kindness.” Psalms: 36:7 “How excellent is Thy loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Thy wings.” Isaiah: 54:8 “With everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith The LORD Thy Redeemer.” CHRISTIANITY: Ephesians: 2:7 “In the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” Titus: 3:4 “The kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.”
ISLAM: 90. “But ask forgiveness of you Lord, and turn unto Him in repentance: for my Lord is indeed Full of mercy and loving-kindness.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 11)
20. “Were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah (God) on you, and that Allah is full of kindness and mercy (ye would be ruined indeed).”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 24)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “It is not by our own will that we come into existence. Mazda (God) brought us into being out of not-being. If He has so much power on nonentity how greater must be His power on entity? Yet He is not a tyrant that He would take pleasure in oppressing others. He is nothing but kindness alone.” (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan p. 739)
“I am the Kind, Keeper of all creatures, I am the Kind Maintainer of all creatures; yet men worship Me not with a sacrifice in which I am invoked by My own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names.”
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
“The kind Mazda (God).”
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
HINDUISM: 15. “Never may this Thy loving-kindness fail us; mighty in strength.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 1)
5. “God is furthering us. On us with loving-kindness.” 15. “So may Your favouring help be turned to us-ward, Your kindness approach us, Wherewith Ye bear Your servant over trouble, and free Your worshiper from scoff and scorning.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Books 1 and 2)
BUDDHISM: “(He) abides in Loving-kindness,” from Brahma (God).”
(Buddhist, Dhammapada – Sayings of the Buddha 3 (tr. J. Richards))
“Practice kindness and compassion on all alike with no discrimination what-so-ever.” (Buddha, Surangama Sutra)
SABEANISM: “And we have arranged (all things) according to Thy loving-kindness from beginning to end.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 30)
“Bliss and peace there will be On the road which Adam attained: Bliss, (kindness) and peace there shall be On the road which the soul traverseth.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 69)
BABI RELIGION: “Indeed all are but paupers in the face of Thy tender mercy, and lowly servants before the tokens of Thy loving-kindness.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 172)
“Thou didst create Me, O Lord, through Thy gracious favour and didst protect Me through Thy bounty in the darkness of the womb and didst nourish Me, through Thy loving-kindness, with life-giving blood.” “Whenever I attempt to approach Thee, I perceive nothing in myself but the tokens of Thy grace and behold naught in my being but the revelations of Thy loving-kindness.” “No deed have I done, O my God, to merit beholding Thy face, and I know of a certainty that were I to live as long as the world lasts I would fail to accomplish any deed such as to deserve this favour, inasmuch as the station of a servant shall ever fall short of access to Thy holy precincts, unless Thy bounty should reach me and Thy tender mercy pervade me and Thy loving-kindness encompass me.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 173, 174 and 191)
“Naught do I now witness but the manifold evidences of Thy grace and loving-kindness, Thy bounty and gracious favours, Thy generosity and loftiness, Thy sovereignty and might, Thy splendour and Thy glory, and that which befitteth the holy court of Thy transcendent dominion and majesty and beseemeth the glorious precincts of Thine eternity and exaltation.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 181)
BAHA’I FAITH: “O holy Lord! O Lord of loving-kindness! We stray about Thy dwelling, longing to behold Thy beauty, and loving all Thy ways. We are hapless, lowly, and of small account. We are paupers: show us mercy, give us bounty; look not upon our failings, hide Thou our endless sins. Whatever we are, still are we Thine, and what we speak and hear is praise of Thee, and it is Thy face we seek, Thy path we follow. Thou art the Lord of loving-kindness,”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 6)
“Have ye forgotten My loving-kindness and My mercy that have surpassed all created things, and which proceeded from God.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 128)
“The gaze of the loving-kindness of God — exalted and glorified is He — hath everlastingly been directed towards His beloved friends; verily He is the One Who knoweth and remembereth.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 236)
k. The Lord is full of goodness: Goodness is an attribute of God: JUDAISM: Psalms: 33:5 “He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of The LORD.” Psalms: 119:68 “Thou art good, and doest good; teach me Thy statutes.” Psalms: 136:1 “O give thanks unto The LORD; for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever.” Psalms: 68:5 “A Father of the fatherless, and a Judge of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.” Psalms: 72:12 “For He shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.” Psalms: 145:8 “The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.” Psalms: 145:9 “The LORD is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works.” CHRISTIANITY: Ephesians: 6:8 “Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord (of goodness), whether he be bond or free.” 2 Thessalonians: 1:11 “And fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness.” Romans: 11:22 “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in His goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.”
ISLAM: “There is no God but Allah…. Who has in His heart…. goodness.”
(Islam, Hadith, Hadith Qudsi)
“And hold ye fast by the cord of God, all of you, and break not loose from it; and remember God‘s goodness.”
(The Qur’an (Rodwell tr), Sura 3)
103. “And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (God) (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude Allah’s favor (goodness) on you;”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 3)
ZOROASTRIANISM: 9. “I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda (God). This is the creed of the Mazdayasnian religion.”
(Zoroaster, The Zend-Avesta, Avesta – Yasna 12)
Denkard. Zoroaster, “Be it known that, Ohrmazd (God) Himself is the Beneficent Spirit, and is all powerful in goodness and glory [lit. light]. He Himself is pure, and is the Creator of all the good creatures of this world and the next.
“Oh rectitude, when will I be able to find you, and to know conscience, and also devotion, which is the way to Ahura Mazda, the most Beneficent.” (goodness) (ZOROASTER, Hymns of Atharvan)
HINDUISM: “The splendour of the splendid, and the greatness of the great, Victory I Am, and Action! and the goodness of the good.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 10)
“I call to help me, I who know Your Goodness.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 2)
BUDDHISM: “Brahma (God) has not been seen by man face to face the Buddha tells us. God is in a spiritual form (beneficent, good and pure) not a material corporal form.” (Buddhist Dharma, TEVIGGA SUTTA)
SABEANISM: “Good is the Good for the good, and His nature is set upon those who love His name.” “We have acted (according to) the goodness of The Great Life (Haiyi/God).” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 30 and 72)
“Praise thee; for Thy knowledge, Thy wisdom, Thine understanding and Thy goodness do they praise Thee.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 75)
“Good is the Good (One)… for the good, and He set His nature upon those who love His name. We will seek and find, and will speak and be heard. We have sought and found, we spoke and were heard in Thy presence, my Lord Manda-d-Hiia (Savior God).” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 170)
BABI RELIGION: “Whosoever hath recognized Me, hath known all that is true and right, and hath attained all that is good and seemly;”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 11)
“For He is the Source of all goodness, and unto Him revert all things.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 94)
BAHA’I FAITH: “These are the disciples of God, and His goodness has no bounds. You who are servants of the Most High may be disciples also. The treasuries of God are limitless.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 57)
“I hope that the unspeakable goodness of God will so strengthen you that the celestial quality of your soul, which relates it to the spirit, will forever dominate the material side, so entirely ruling the senses that your soul will approach the perfections of the Heavenly Kingdom.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 97)
“God in His infinite goodness has exalted us to so much honour, and has made us masters over the material world. Shall we then become her slaves? Nay, rather let us claim our birthright, and strive to live the life of the spiritual sons of God.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 108)
l. God is exulted: Greatness is one of the attributes of God: “There is no God but Him; He is the Exalted, the All-Wise. O ye the servants of the Merciful One!” (The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 56) JUDAISM: Deuteronomy: 3:23 “And I besought The LORD at that time, saying, ‘O Lord GOD, Thou hast begun to shew Thy servant Thy greatness, and Thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to Thy works, and according to Thy might?”’ 2 Kings: 22:47 “The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.” CHRISTIANITY: Ephesians: 1:19 “And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.” Titus: 2:11 “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.” Acts: 2:33 “Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.”
ISLAM: 43. “Glory to Him (Allah/God)! He is high above all that they say! — Exalted and Great (beyond measure)!”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 17)
9. “And verily, thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 26)
1. “Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises and Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”
(The Qur’an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 57)
ZOROASTRIANISM: “We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda (God), who is highest.”
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
“Ahura, the exalted, imperishable,”
(The Zend-Avesta, Khorda Avesta – Book of Common Prayer pt. 1)
HINDUISM: “The splendour of the splendid, and the greatness of the great, Victory I Am, and Action! and the Goodness of the good.”
(Hindu, Bhagavad Gita (Edwin Arnold tr) chapter 10)
“It is the greatness of God by which this Brahma (God)-wheel is made to turn.”
(Hindu, Upanishads vol. 2, Svetasvatara-Upanishad)
1. “Truth, greatness, universal order (rita), strength. consecration, creative fervor (tapas), spiritual exaltation (Brahma), the sacrifice, support the earth.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Atharva Veda)
1. “EVEN to Him, swift, strong and high. Exalted, (Brahma) I bring my song of praise.”
(Hindu, Vedas, Rig Veda – Book 1)
BUDDHISM: “The true Samana who is seeking the way to Brahma, (God, the most Exalted) let him have thoughts of love everywhere throughout the whole world pervading with thoughts of love far reaching, beyond measure, all embracing. Regard all with mind set free and filled with deep felt love. this is the way to a state of union with Brahma.” (Buddha, Tevigga Sutra)
“All the seen and the unseen of the heavens and the Earth belongs to Al-iah (Allah, God The All exulted in might, The All Powerful) and the whole affair will be returned to Him. So worship Him and put your trust in Him…” (Hanif, from the writings of Abraham and Muhammad, Hud: 123)
SABEANISM: “Thou art lauded, Thou art magnified, thou art glorified And Thou art exalted! Great is the splendour in which Manda-d-Hiia (God) is arrayed! Blest is that day of light, To all who love Thy name of Truth” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 75)
“I worship (Great Life, God). And I praise my Lord Manda-d-Hiia (The Savior God) And that great Presence of Glory Which emanated from Itself.” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapter 108)
“O my Creator who created me, (O) Lord of lofty Greatness!” “In great effulgence the radiance glowed.” “Great is the strength of Life; Abounding the glory of The Mighty Life (Haiyi)!” (Sabeanism, Ginza Rba- chapters 1, 12 and 115
BABI RELIGION: “I swear by the glory of God, My Lord, the Most Exalted, the Most Great, He assuredly, as is divinely ordained, will make His Cause shine resplendent, while there will be no helper for the unjust.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 20)
“All men beseech His blessings and He is supreme over all created things. He is indeed the All-Glorious, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved.” “Indeed no God is there besides Him, the Peerless, the All-Compelling, the Exalted.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, pp. 6 and 16)
“There is no God but Him, the Peerless, the Most Exalted.”
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 18)
BAHA’I FAITH: “God (glorious is His mention) hath called Himself the Lord of the worlds for that He hath nurtured and doth nurture all; exalted is His favor which hath preceded contingent beings and His mercy which hath preceded the worlds.”
(Bahá’í Faith, Abdu’l-Baha, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 65)
“Behold, how immeasurably exalted is The Lord your God above all created things! Witness the majesty of His sovereignty, His ascendancy, and supreme power. If the things which have been created by Him — magnified be His glory — and ordained to be the manifestations of His names and attributes, stand, by virtue of the grace with which they have been endowed, exalted beyond all proximity and remoteness, how much loftier must be that Divine Essence that hath called them into being?…”
(Bahá’í Faith, Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 184)