Zohar Önsözü: Bereşit'in Yaratılış Işığı

In the beginning, the King's decree engraved an engraving into the supernal purity. A scintillating flame emerged from the concealment of concealments, from the mystery of the Infinite. Like a mist in a fog, it was fixed in a ring, neither white nor black, neither red nor green, nor any color at all. When the measurement began, it produced colors to shine inward. Inside the lamp, a spring emerged, from which colors were painted below. Hidden within the concealment of the Infinite, it split and yet did not split; its ether was not known at all until, from the pressure of its splitting, a single, hidden supernal point shone. Beyond that point, nothing is known. For this reason, it is called "Beginning," the first utterance of all. And the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness. The Zohar of the concealment of concealments struck the ether, which was unknown and did not shine. Within this point, this "Beginning" expanded and made a palace for its glory and its praise. There it sowed holy seed to give birth for the benefit of the world.