The Zohar Quotes

“At the head of potency of the King, He engraved engravings in luster on high. A spark of impenetrable darkness flashed within the concealed of the concealed, from the head of Infinity —a cluster of vapor forming in formlessness, thrust in a ring, not white, not black, not red, not green, no color at all. As a cord surveyed, it yielded radiant colors. Deep within the spark gushed a flow, splaying colors below, concealed within the concealed of the mystery of Ein Sof. It split and did not split its aura, was not known at all, until under the impact of splitting, a single, concealed, supernal point shone. Beyond that point, nothing is known, so it is called ראשית (Reshit). Beginning, first command of all.

The enlightened will shine like the זהר (zohar), radiance, of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever (Daniel 12:3).”
― Daniel C. Matt, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1

“The enlightened will shine—letters and vowels. Like the זהר (zohar), radiance—melody of the notes. Of the sky extension of the melody, like those extending, prolonging the melody. And those who lead many to righteousness—pausal notes, halting their movement, as a result of which the word is heard. Will shine—letters and vowels shining as one on their journey into a mystery of concealment, a journey on concealed paths. From this all expands.”
― Daniel C. Matt, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1

“The enlightened will shine like the זהר (zohar), radiance, of the sky (Daniel 12:3)—like musical intonations, whose melody is followed by the letters and vowels, undulating after them like troops behind their king. The letters are body; the vowels, spirit. All of them range in motion after the intonations and halt with them. When the melody of the intonation moves, letters and vowels follow; when it stops, they do not move but stand in place.

The enlightened will shine—letters and vowels. Like the זהר (zohar), radiance—melody of the notes. Of the sky extension of the melody, like those extending, prolonging the melody. And those who lead many to righteousness—
pausal notes, halting their movement, as a result of which the word is heard. Will shine—letters and vowels shining as one on their journey into a mystery of concealment, a journey on concealed paths. From this all expands.”
― Daniel C. Matt, The Zohar: Pritzker Edition, Vol. 1