“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 16 – S͟haraf/Honour
If thou art a man of learning,
thy knowledge becometh an honour,
and if thou art a follower,
thine adherence unto leadership becometh an honour,
only when these conform to the good-pleasure of God.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 124)
Day 12 ʻIlm/ Knowledge & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, January 10th, 2026
Those divines, however,
who are truly adorned with the ornament of knowledge
and of a goodly character are,
verily, as a head to the body of the world,
and as eyes to the nations.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 16-17)
He must sanctify his soul from the veils of glory
and refrain from boasting of such worldly vanities,
outward knowledge,
or other gifts as God may have bestowed upon him.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 18)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, January 11th, 2026
A king who is not deterred by the vainglory of power
and authority from observing justice,
nor is deprived of the splendours
of the day-star of equity by luxury,
riches, glory or the marshalling of hosts
and legions shall occupy a high rank
and a sublime station amongst the Concourse on high.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 65)
How could God,
when once the Day-star of the beauty of Jesus
had disappeared from the sight of His people,
and ascended unto the fourth heaven,
cause His holy Book,
His most great testimony amongst His creatures,
to disappear also?
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 89)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, January 12th, 2026
Unstop, then, the ear of thine heart
that thou mayest hearken unto the speech
of the Divine Lote-Tree
that hath been raised up in truth by God,
the Almighty, the Beneficent.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 84)
These idols form the obstacle that impedeth man
in his efforts to advance in the path of perfection.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 86)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, January 13th, 2026
Some of the great questions unfolding
from the rays of the Sun of Reality
upon the mind of man are:
the problem of the reality of the spirit of man;
of the birth of the spirit;
of its birth from this world into the world of God;
the question of the inner life of the spirit
and of its fate after its ascension from the body.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 173)
The divine grace,
whether physical or spiritual,
is unlimited, yet certain selfish souls
desire to circumscribe to their own ideas
the outpouring of this heavenly grace.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 169)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
The honour of this creation
and the worthiness of this garment
therefore require man to have love
and affinity for his own kind,
nay rather, to act towards all living creatures with justice and equity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 287)
They discern not good from evil,
neither do they distinguish right from wrong,
nor justice from injustice.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Will and Testament, p. 18)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, January 15th, 2026
The maidservants of God’s Kingdom,
on the other hand,
enjoy eternal sovereignty unaffected
by the passing of ages and generations.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 123)
Praise be to Him Who hath fashioned this new era,
this age of majesty,
even as an unfolding pageant where the realities
of all things can be exposed to view.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 38)
Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, January 16th, 2026
Verily art Thou the Mighty,
the Powerful, the Strong, the All-Encompassing,
the One Who hath dominion over all that is.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 6)
Knowledge, purity, devotion, discipline,
independence, have nothing to do
with outer appearance and dress.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 58)
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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