“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 16 – S͟haraf/Honour
Confine thy thoughts to whatever will lift up
the human soul to the Paradise of heavenly grace,
and make every bird of the Kingdom wing its way
unto the Supreme Horizon,
the central point of everlasting honour in this contingent world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 178)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, January 17th, 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)
This people from the depths of degradation
were lifted up to the height of glory.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 14)
Year 182 B. E. – Bahháj/Delightful – Month 17 – Sulṭán/Sovereignty
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)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, January 18th, 2026
Indeed those whose souls have been created
through the splendour of the light of
thy Lord recognize the Truth and are numbered
with such as faithfully obey the
One True God and are well assured…
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 24)
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 2 Jalál/Glory & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, January 19th, 2026
Beg ye of Him the wondrous tokens
of His favour that He may graciously reveal
for you whatever He willeth and desireth,
inasmuch as on that Day all the revelations
of divine bounty shall circle around the Seat of His glory
and emanate from His presence,
could ye but understand it.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 164)
Every other perfection is as naught in face
of His consummate perfection,
and every other display of might is
as nothing before His absolute might.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.157)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
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)
Take heed then that perchance ye may,
through the grace of God and His signs,
be enabled to redeem your souls.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.147)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
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)
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 5 Núr/Light & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
I am the Flame of that supernal Light that glowed
upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot,
and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning Bush.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 74)
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 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Every light paleth before the radiance of His light,
and every other exponent of mercy falleth short
before the tokens of His mercy.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p. 156)
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