“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 15 – Masáʼil/Questions
All the divine and scientific questions
are solved by them
through the power of the spirit.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 174)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, December 20th, 2025
Where is he to be found who,
through the power of My name
that transcendeth all created things,
will cast away the things that men possess,
and cling, with all his might,
to the things which God,
the Knower of the unseen and of the seen,
hath bidden him observe?
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.34)
The abasement of this Wronged One
as well as thy glory shall both pass away.
Strive thou, that haply thou mayest achieve
a deed the fragrance
of which shall never fade from the earth.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 115)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, December 21st, 2025
They that valiantly labour
in quest of God’s will,
when once they have renounced all else but Him,
will be so attached and wedded
to that City that a moment’s separation
from it would to them be unthinkable.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 198-199)
By Thy glory and majesty,
by Thy might and power,
I desire not my sight save
to behold Thy beauty,
nor my hearing save to hearken
to Thy call and Thy verses.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p.111)
Day 12 ʻIlm/Knowledge & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, December 22nd, 2025
Suffer me not, O my Lord, to be deprived
of the knowledge of Thee in Thy days,
and divest me not of the robe of Thy guidance.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.4)
With fixed and steady gaze,
born of the unerring eye of God,
scan for a while the horizon of divine knowledge,
and contemplate those words of perfection
which the Eternal hath revealed,
that haply the mysteries of divine wisdom,
hidden ere now beneath the veil of glory
and treasured within the tabernacle of His grace,
may be made manifest unto you.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 16-17)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025
Walk thou amongst men in the name of God,
and by the power of His might,
that thou mayest show forth His signs
amidst the peoples of the earth….
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh, p.22)
He, in truth, will reinforce thee,
and assist thee, as a token of His grace.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 114)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, December 24th, 2025
For the tongue is a smoldering fire,
and excess of speech a deadly poison.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.264)
We exhort the men of the House of Justice
and command them to ensure the protection
and safeguarding of men,
women and children.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 69-70)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, December 25th, 2025
Buddha had disciples
and he wished to send them out into the world to teach,
so he asked them questions
to see if they were prepared
as he would have them be.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p.63)
Praise be to Him Who hath fashioned this new era,
this age of majesty,
even as an unfolding pageant
where the realities of all things
can be exposed to view.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p.38)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, December 26th, 2025
To me prison is freedom,
troubles rest me, death is life,
and to be despised is honour.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 120)
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)
“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