“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 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 8 – Kamál/Perfection
Likewise, reflect upon the perfection of man’s creation,
and that all these planes
and states are folded up
and hidden away within him.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Seven Valleys, p.34)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, August 1st, 2026
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 day is not far distant when ye shall readily realize
that your glory lieth in your belief
in these holy verses.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 88)
Day 2 Jalál /Glory & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, August 2nd, 2026
Far be it from Thy glory that anyone other than Thee
should make mention of Thee or should attempt
to voice Thy praise.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.173)
Number me, O my God,
with those who are privileged to fix their gaze
upon Thy Beauty and who take such delight therein
that they would not exchange a single moment thereof
with the sovereignty of the kingdom of heavens
and earth or with the entire realm of creation.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.215)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, August 3rd, 2026
And when He intoneth the anthems
of the greatness of God all Paradise waileth
in its longing to gaze on His Beauty,
and when He chanteth words of praise
and glorification of God all Paradise
becomes motionless like unto ice locked
in the heart of a frost-bound mountain.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.54)
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, August 4th, 2026
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)
He is in truth the All-Bountiful,
the Most Generous,
He Whose grace is infinite.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.36)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, August 5th, 2026
Wert thou to come unto Us while divine revelation
is descending upon Us,
haply God will change thy fire into light.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.33)
In truth We tested thee and found
that thou wert not of them that are endowed
with understanding, wherefore We passed
upon thee the sentence of negation,
as a token of justice from Our presence;
and verily We are equitable.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.36)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Grant me then Thy sufficing help so as
to make me independent of all things,
O Thou Who art unsurpassed in Thy mercy!
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.193)
Let not this assertion astound Your Majesty;
inasmuch as a true believer in the unity of God
who keepeth his eyes directed towards Him alone,
will regard aught else but Him as utter nothingness.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.15)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, August 7th, 2026
But should the Primal Point cease to be with you,
then the judgement given in the Words of God
shall be final and unalterable
and every one will assuredly uphold it.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.36)
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