“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 7 – Kalimát/Words
The paths of Thine inaccessible glory
have prompted me to voice these words
and the ways of Thine unattainable heights
have guided me to make these allusions.
(The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 201)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, July 25th, 2026
All that I have revealed unto thee with the tongue of power,
and have written for thee with the pen of might,
hath been in accordance
with thy capacity and understanding,
not with My state and the melody of My voice.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Arabic Hidden Words, #67)
There is no glory for him that committeth disorder
on the earth after it hath been made so good.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 24)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, July 26th, 2026
Hearken unto My speech,
and tarry not though it be for less than a moment.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 257)
I am Trustworthiness
and the revelation thereof,
and the beauty thereof.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 136)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, July 27th, 2026
The animal, bereft of the degree of human reason
and comprehension,
is unable to appreciate the questions of suffrage,
nor does it assert its prerogative.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 374)
Let them be fruitful trees in the celestial bowers,
sweet-scented blooms in the divine gardens;
let them be verses of perfection on the page
of the universe, words of oneness in the Book of Life.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 232)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Christ was the Prophet of the Christians,
Moses of the Jews —
why should not the followers of each prophet recognize
and honour the other prophets also?
If men could only learn the lesson of mutual tolerance,
understanding, and brotherly love,
the unity of the world would soon be an established fact.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 49)
We ask God to deal with Us according to His grace,
not His justice, and to make Us of those
who turn toward Him and sever themselves
from all beside Him.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 79)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
Every woman who becometh the maidservant of God
outshineth in glory the empresses of the world,
for she is related to God,and her sovereignty is everlasting,
whereas a handful of dust will obliterate the name
and fame of those empresses.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 122)
The just king is the shadow of God in the earth;
all should take refuge under the shadow of his justice
and rest in the shade of his favor.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 65)
Day 9 Asmá’/Names & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
If you give the exposition of the divine philosophy
to the followers of each religion they will agree
with you in the abstract, but they will stick
to the names of their own prophets and arise
in contention and strife over these names.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 156)
Now is the early dawn;
ere long the effulgent sun shall rise an station itself
in the meridian of its majesty.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 37)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, July 31th, 2026
Likewise, if we are born from the matrix of this physical
and phenomenal environment into the freedom and loftiness
of the spiritual life and vision,
we shall consider this mortal existence
and its blessings as worthless by comparison.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 90)
All creatures are dependent upon God,
however great may seem their knowledge,
power and independence.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 19)
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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