“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 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 1 – Bahá/Splendour
THROUGH Thy revelation, O my God,
Thou hast enabled me to know Thee,
and through the radiance of Thine effulgent splendour
Thou hast inspired me with Thy remembrance.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 211-212)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, April 4th 2026
All the defects that are mentioned in the Holy Books
with reference to the Manifestations
refer to questions of this kind.
(Abdu’l-Baha, A Traveler’s Narrative, p.47-48)
The glory of God has proclaimed a cause
that until now none had heard.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 61)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, April 5th 2026
Such a family but addeth to its stature
and its lasting honour, as day succeedeth day.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 279)
Thus the embryo of man in the womb of the mother
gradually grows and develops,
and appears in different forms and conditions,
until in the degree of perfect beauty
it reaches maturity and appears in a perfect form
with the utmost grace.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 182)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, April 6th 2026
It is a spiritual world, a divine world,
and the center of the Sovereignty of God;
it is freed from body and that which is corporeal,
and it is purified and sanctified
from the imaginations of the human world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 241)
You have also observed how the confirmations
of the Blessed Perfection encompassed all.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of the Divine Plan, p. 44)
Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
In reality His Holiness Christ was glorified
with an eternal sovereignty and everlasting dominion,
spiritual and not temporal.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 74)
Just as the reality of divinity is limitless,
likewise his grace and bounties are limitless.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 169)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, April 8th 2026
Man is base, treacherous and mean;
the Manifestations of God uplift him
into dignity, nobility and loftiness.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 111)
Interference with creed and faith
in every country causes manifest detriment,
while justice and equal dealing towards
all peoples on the face of the earth
are the means whereby progress is effected.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 87)
Year 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 2 – Glory/Jalál
He hath been and will ever be one
and incomparable in the transcendent glory
of His divine being and He hath ever been
indescribably mighty in the sublimity
of His sovereign Lordship.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 111)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, April 9th 2026
Every evidence falleth short
of Thine unknowable Essence
and every light retreateth
and sinketh below the horizon
when confronted with but a glimmer
of the dazzling splendour of Thy might.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 207)
THE glory of Him Whom God shall make manifest
is immeasurably above every other glory,
and His majesty is far above every other majesty.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 156)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, April 10th 2026
Far be it from Thy glory that anyone other than Thee
should make mention of Thee
or should attempt to voice Thy praise.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 173)
We are but the embodiments of poverty,
of nothingness,
of helplessness and of perdition,
while Thy whole Being betokeneth wealth,
independence, glory, majesty and boundless grace.
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 179)
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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