“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 182 B. E. – Bahháj/Delightful – Month 9 – Asmáʼ/Names
And no sooner had He,
by Thy behest, been manifested
and spoken forth Thy praise,
than the wicked doers among
Thy creatures compassed Him round,
with the swords of hate drawn against Him,
O Thou the Lord of all names!
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.39)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
I am the Flame of that supernal Light
that glowed upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot,
and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning Bush.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.74)
Manifest, in the realm of glory
and through the power of truth,
are the Remembrance of God
and His Day before the eyes of the angels
that circle His mercy-seat.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.68)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, August 24th, 2025
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)
How can I extol the effulgent beauty of Thy Lordship,
conscious as I am of my nothingness
before the habitation of Thy glory?
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.215)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, August 25th, 2025
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)
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 Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.157)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
With fixed and steady gaze,
born of the unerring eye of God,
scan for a while the horizon of divine knowledge,
and contemplate those words of perfection
which the Eternal hath revealed,
that haply the mysteries of divine wisdom,
hidden ere now beneath the veil of glory
and treasured within the tabernacle of His grace,
may be made manifest unto you.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 16-17)
Grant Thou, O my God,
that which beseemeth Thy great glory
and befitteth the loftiness of Thy boundless grace.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p.290)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Thereupon the Maid of heaven hastened forth
unveiled and resplendent
from Her mystic mansion,
and asked of their names,
and all were told but one.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words, #77)
Change injustice into justice
and inequity into equity.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p.43)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
On the appearance
of fearful natural events
call ye to mind the might and
majesty of your Lord,
He Who heareth and seeth all,
and say “Dominion is God’s,
the Lord of the seen and
the unseen, the Lord of creation”.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 23)
A true philosopher would never deny God
nor His evidences,
rather would he acknowledge His glory
and overpowering majesty
which overshadow all created things.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p.150)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will& Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, August 29th, 2025
He that is careless of what hath poured out
from the finger of the Will of God
liveth in manifest error.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.205)
Then wouldst thou find thyself raised up
to the summit of exaltation and glory,
and elevated to the pinnacle
of majesty and independence.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 102)
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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