“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 3 – Jamál/Beauty
Number me, O my God,
with those who are privileged
to fix their gaze upon Thy Beauty
and who take such delight therein
that they would not exchange a single moment
thereof with the sovereignty
of the kingdom of heavens and earth
or with the entire realm of creation.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 215)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025
TAKE heed to carefully consider the words
of every soul,
then hold fast to the proofs which attest the truth.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 133)
Unto Him pertaineth all glory
and majesty in the kingdoms of Revelation and Creation
and whatever lieth between them.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 171)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Likewise, reflect upon the perfection of man’s creation,
and that all these planes
and states are folded up
and hidden away within him.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Seven Valleys, p. 34)
Let the object of mine ardent quest
be Thy most resplendent,
Thine adorable,
and ever-blessed Beauty.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 178)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, May 5th, 2025
Happy are those whom the all-glorious Pen
was moved to remember,
and blessed are those men whose names,
by virtue of Our inscrutable decree,
We have preferred to conceal.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.6-7)
When it appeareth, however,
it manifesteth itself,
as thou hast observed,
in its wondrous beauty and glorious perfection.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 155)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
No God is there but Him,
and His might is equal to all things.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 56)
Deprive not yourselves of His goodly bestowals,
for He, verily, is the Most Generous,
the Lord of grace abounding.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.47)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, May 6th, 2025
He, verily, asketh
no recompense from you
and is resigned to what God
hath ordained for Him,
and is entirely submissive to God’s Will.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 202)
In these days truthfulness
and sincerity are sorely afflicted
in the clutches of falsehood,
and justice is tormented by the scourge of injustice.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 39)
Day 12 ʻIlm/Knowledge & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, May 7th, 2025
Open your eyes, and, beholding His plight,
meditate diligently upon that which your hands have wrought,
that haply ye may not be deprived
of the light of His Divine utterance,
nor remain bereft of your share of the ocean of His knowledge.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 98)
By God!
Such a man is deprived of entering My Kingdom,
is debarred from My realms of majesty and power,
and is of them that are in utter loss.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 145)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, May 8th, 2025
And whilst sore tried in the grip of the enemy,
they are seated on the right hand of power and celestial dominion.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 130)
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