“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 5 – Núr/Light
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)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, June 7th, 2025
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)
Far from the glory of God,
the Lord of heaven and earth,
the Lord of creation,
be that which is affirmed of Him
by the peoples of the world,
except by such as faithfully observe His precepts.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.23)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, June 8th, 2025
ALL praise be to God Who hath,
through the power of Truth,
sent down this Book unto His servant,
that it may serve as a shining light for all mankind
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.39)
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 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, June 9th, 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)
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 7 Kalimát/Words & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, June 10th, 2025
If ye fail to discover truth in a person’s words,
make them not the object of contention,
inasmuch as ye have been forbidden in the Bayan
to enter into idle disputation and controversy,
that perchance on the Day of Resurrection
ye may not engage in argumentation,
and dispute with Him Whom God shall make manifest.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.133)
If, however, ye observe piety in your Faith,
God will surely nourish you
from the treasuries of His heavenly grace.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.129)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, June 11th, 2025
When it appeareth, however,
it manifesteth itself,
as thou hast observed,
in its wondrous beauty and glorious perfection.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.155)
Justice and equity are twin Guardians
that watch over men.
From them are revealed such blessed
and perspicuous words as are the cause of the well-being
of the world and the protection of the nations.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 12)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, June 12th, 2025
Verily, he is numbered among them
whose names will be eternally recorded
and who will be mentioned
by the Concourse on High.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Baha’u’llah, p. 13)
He saith that the appearance of the kings,
and their majesty and power are of God.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 91)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, June 13th, 2025
Take heed lest ye hesitate in recognizing
this resplendent Beauty
when once He hath appeared
in the plenitude of His sovereign might and majesty.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 47)
By ‘riches’ therefore is meant independence
of all else but God,
and by ‘poverty’ the lack of things that are of God.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 132)
“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