“The Word of God
is the king of words
and its pervasive influence is incalculable.
It hath ever dominated
and will continue to dominate
the realm of being…
…The Word is the master key for the whole world
inasmuch through its potency
the doors of the hearts of men,
which in reality are the doors of heaven,
are unlocked…”
Bahá’u’lláh
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Year 181 B. E. – Ḥubb/Love– Month 12 – ʻIlm/Knowledge
In the treasuries of the knowledge of God
there lieth concealed a knowledge which,
when applied, will largely,
though not wholly, eliminate fear.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p.32)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, October 19th, 2024
These verses, clear and conclusive,
are a token of the mercy of thy Lord
and a source of guidance for all mankind.
They are a light unto those who believe in them
and a fire of afflictive torment
for those who turn away and reject them.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.163)
Exalted art Thou, O my God!
All mankind are powerless
to celebrate Thy glory
and the minds of men fall short
of yielding praise unto Thee.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.197)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, October 20th, 2024
Withhold thy tongue from uttering
that which might grieve thee
and beseech God for mercy.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.162)
And when He intoneth the anthems
of the greatness of God all Paradise
waileth in its longing to gaze on His Beauty,
and when He chanteth words of praise
and glorification of God all Paradise
becomes motionless like unto ice locked
in the heart of a frost-bound mountain.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.55)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, October 21st, 2024
I swear by the most sacred Essence of God
that but one line of the Words uttered
by Him is more sublime than the words
uttered by all that dwell on earth.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.100)
NO created thing
shall ever attain its paradise unless it appeareth
in its highest prescribed degree of perfection.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.88)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
They can be regarded in no other light
except as evidences that proclaim
the excellence and perfection of their author.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.337)
These Essences of Detachment,
these resplendent Realities
are the channels of God’s all-pervasive grace.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.67)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
Methinks ye have clung to outward things,
and forgotten the inner things,
and say that which ye do not.
Ye are lovers of names,
and appear to have given yourselves up to them.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.232)
Adorn ye the temple of dominion
with the ornament of justice
and of the fear of God,
and its head with the crown
of the remembrance of your Lord,
the Creator of the heavens.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.52)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Blessed is he that hath been enraptured
by My wondrous melodies
and hath rent the veils asunder
through the potency of My might.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.17)
Where, O House of God,
is the Sun of majesty and power
Who had enveloped thee
with the brightness of His presence?
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.112)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, October 25th, 2024
His spirit will everlastingly circle round the Will of God.
He will last as long as God,
Himself, will last.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.141)
In this station he beholdeth himself established
upon the throne of independence
and the seat of exaltation.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries (Javáhiru’l-Asrár), p.72)
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“The understanding of His words
and the comprehension of the utterances of the Birds of Heaven
are in no wise dependent upon human learning.
They depend solely upon purity of heart,
chastity of soul,
freedom of spirit.”
Bahá’u’lláh