“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 12 – Ilm’/Knowledge
The Daystar of Knowledge
hath shone forth above the horizon of certitude.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 97)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, October 18th, 2025
ALL majesty and glory,
O my God, and all dominion and light
and grandeur and splendour be unto Thee.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.202)
ALL majesty and glory, O my God,
and all dominion and light and grandeur
and splendour be unto Thee.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.202)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, October 19th, 2025
If in the Day of His manifestation
a king were to make mention of his own sovereignty,
this would be like unto a mirror challenging the sun,
saying: ‘The light is in me’.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.100)
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 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, October 20th, 2025
No Lord but Thee do we invoke,
O God our Lord, nor do we implore blessings
or grace from anyone but Thee,
O Thou Who art the God of mercy unto this world and the next.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.179)
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.217)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
Know thou that every ear which hearkeneth unto His Words
with true faith shall be immune from the fire.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.98-99)
Graciously inspire me, O my God,
through Thy grace and bounty,
Thy glory and majesty,
and Thy dominion and grandeur,
for no one mighty and all-knowing can I find beside Thee.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.194)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
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)
Moreover We counsel them to observe justice,
equity, honesty, piety and that whereby
both the Word of God
and their own station will be exalted amongst men.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p.77)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
I swear by Thy might,
O Thou Who art the King of names
and the Maker of the heavens!
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.274)
I implore Thee, by the signs of Thy majesty
and the evidences of Thy sovereignty,
to subdue Thy servants
by this Name Which Thou hast made to be
the King of all names in the kingdom of Thy creation.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.290)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, October 24th, 2025
Say: I have through the grace of God
and His might besought the help of no one in the past,
neither will I seek the help of any one in the future.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.37)
In this station he beholdeth himself established
upon the throne of independence
and the seat of exaltation.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 71)
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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