“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 15 – Masáʼil/Questions
Buddha had disciples
and he wished to send them out
into the world to teach,
so he asked them questions
to see if they were prepared
as he would have them be.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 63)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, December 13th, 2025
His beauty excelleth
every other embodiment of beauty,
and His grandeur immensely exceedeth
every other manifestation of grandeur.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.156-157)
Glory be unto Thee, O my God,
Thou art well aware that I have proclaimed Thy Word
and have not failed
in the mission Thou didst enjoin upon me.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.166)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, December 14th, 2025
I bear witness that there is no God but Thee,
inasmuch as Thou art invested with sovereignty,
grandeur, glory and power
which no one among Thy servants
can visualize or comprehend.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.215)
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 5 Núr/Light & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, December 15th, 2025
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 stage of perfection of everything is reached
when its resurrection occurreth.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.107)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
It is seemly that the servant should,
after each prayer,
supplicate God to bestow mercy
and forgiveness upon his parents.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.94)
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 7 Kalimát/Words & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Hence God desireth that all men
should be guided aright
through the potency of the Words
of Him Whom God shall make manifest.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.95)
Say, how dare ye flagrantly deny
the verses sent down from the heaven of justice,
yet ye read the Books of God revealed in the past?
How do ye repudiate the meeting
with your Lord which was appointed
with you aforetime,
and fail in this Day to heed His warning?
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.162)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, December 18th, 2025
Its raiment is the fear of God,
and its perfection steadfastness in His Faith.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 291)
Every created thing in the whole universe
is but a door leading into His knowledge,
a sign of His sovereignty,
a revelation of His names,
a symbol of His majesty,
a token of His power,
a means of admittance into His straight Path….
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.160)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, December 19th, 2025
Ponder in thine heart the revelation
of the Soul of God that pervadeth all His Laws,
and contrast it with that base
and appetitive nature that hath rebelled against Him,
that forbiddeth men to turn
unto the Lord of Names,
and impelleth them to walk
after their lusts and wickedness.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.160-161)
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