“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 3 – Jamál/Beauty
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 14 Qawl/Speech & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, May 10th, 2025
Without word It unfoldeth the inner mysteries,
and without speech
It revealeth the secrets of the divine sayings.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 59)
O BRETHREN!
Be forbearing one with another
and set not your affections on things below.
Pride not yourselves in your glory,
and be not ashamed of abasement.
By My beauty!
I have created all things from dust,
and to dust will I return them again.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words, #48)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, May 11th, 2025
All the divine and scientific questions are solved
by them through the power of the spirit.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 173)
For knowledge is light, life, felicity,
perfection, beauty and the means
of approaching the Threshold of Unity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 137)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, May 12th, 2025
It is incumbent upon every father and mother
to counsel their children over a long period,
and guide them unto those things
which lead to everlasting honour.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 134)
In comparison with man the perfection of a flower is insignificant.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 111)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
Even sovereignty has its limitations and overthrow;
this is a kingship and dominion
which none may usurp or destroy.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 60)
Just as the reality of divinity is limitless,
likewise his grace and bounties are limitless.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 169)
Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
Verily art Thou the Mighty,
the Powerful, the Strong, the All-Encompassing,
the One Who hath dominion over all that is.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 6)
The chiefs of the earth,
especially the exemplars of divine justice,
must make strenuous efforts
to guard this state
and to upraise and preserve it.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveler’s Narrative, p.84)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, May 15th, 2025
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)
Praise be to God! though He was a prisoner,
His tent was raised on Mount Carmel,
and He moved abroad with the greatest majesty.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 32)
Year 182 B. E. – Bahháj/Delightful – Month 4 – ʻAẓamat/Grandeur
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)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, May 16th, 2025
The light He hath shed upon all things
is none but the splendour of His Own Self.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 111)
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