“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
Year 182 B. E. – Bahháj/Delightful – Month 14 – Qawl/Speech
Be fair in thy judgment,
and guarded in thy speech.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 93)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, November 22nd, 2025
The splendour of His appearance
far surpasseth that of any other appearance.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.157)
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.217)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, November 23rd, 2025
For if it departeth while Thou art pleased with me,
then I shall be free from every concern or anxiety;
but if it abandoneth me while Thou art displeased with me,
then, even had I wrought every good deed,
none would be of any avail,
and had I earned every honour and glory,
none would serve to exalt me.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.187)
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 3 Jamál/Beauty & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, November 24th, 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)
NO created thing shall ever attain
its paradise unless it appeareth
in its highest prescribed degree of perfection.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 88)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, November 25th, 2025
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)
He is the One Whose grace hath encompassed
all that are in the heavens,
on earth or elsewhere,
and everyone abideth by His behest.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.167)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
Their hearts are deprived
of the power of true insight,
and thus they cannot see,
while those endowed with the eyes
of the spirit circle like moths round the Light of Truth
until they are consumed.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.79)
Paradise is attainment of His good-pleasure
and everlasting hell-fire His judgement through justice.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.158)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, November 27th, 2025
These verses, clear and conclusive,
are a token of the mercy of thy Lord
and a source of guidance for all mankind.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.162)
Thy majesty is so transcendent
that no human imagination can reach it
and Thy consummate power is so sublime
that the birds of men’s hearts
and minds can never attain its heights.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.194)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, November 28th, 2025
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 Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.201)
We are but the embodiments of poverty,
of nothingness, of helplessness
and of perdition,
while Thy whole Being betokeneth wealth,
independence, glory, majesty and boundless grace.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.179)
“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