God forbid, the manifestation of the Divine Essence was so overwhelming that the mirror of attributes lost all power to endure its radiance.
Imagine a delicate mirror meant to reflect soft glimpses of light suddenly being struck by the unmediated, blazing brilliance of the sun itself. The poet captures that breathless mystical encounter where the Divine Essence reveals itself directly, leaving the universe—which is merely a mirror reflecting divine attributes—utterly overwhelmed and unable to bear such blinding, infinite majesty.
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