“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 4 – ʻAẓamat/Grandeur
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 14 Qawl/Speech & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
Fair speech and truthfulness,
by reason of their lofty rank and position,
are regarded as a sun shining
above the horizon of knowledge.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 40)
All-praise be to Thee, O Lord, my God!
I know not how to sing Thy praise,
how to describe Thy glory,
how to call upon Thy Name.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 123)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, May 31st, 2026
This international tongue will be used
in the work of the parliament of man —
a supreme tribunal of the world
which will be permanently established
in order to arbitrate international questions.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 84)
A body without the spirit is dead,
although it may be clothed
in the utmost beauty and comeliness.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 161)
Day 16 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, June 1st, 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)
The position of Christ was that of absolute perfection;
He made His divine perfections shine
like the sun upon all believing souls,
and the bounties of the light shone and radiated
in the reality of men.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá , Some Answered Questions, p. 121)
Day 17 S͟haraf/Honour & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
Thus may you gleam as a lighted taper
in the Kingdom of God,
may attain honour and everlasting life,
and shine out as a bright star
on the horizon of eternity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá a, p. 115)
Wealth is praiseworthy in the highest degree,
if it is acquired by an individual’s own efforts
and the grace of God,
in commerce, agriculture, art and industry,
and if it be expended for philanthropic purposes.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p. 24)
Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
As to the American people:
This noble nation, intelligent, thoughtful,
reflective, is not impelled by motives
of territorial aggrandizement and lust for dominion.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 396)
The light of liberty is the light of the West,
and the intention of government is to work
for truth and justice in Western countries.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 49)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, June 4th, 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)
Although the form of the seed was destroyed,
its reality became apparent in perfect majesty
and beauty in the form of a tree.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 121)
Year 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 5 – Núr/Light
He of a truth is the Light
in the kingdom of heaven and earth
and whatever is between them.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 154-155)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, June 5th, 2026
Every lamp will eventually be extinguished
save the lamp of the Kingdom,
which increaseth day by day in splendour.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 310)
Because a characteristic
of contingent beings is dependency,
and this dependency is an essential necessity,
therefore, there must be an independent being
whose independence is essential.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 6)
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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