“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 4 – ʻAẓamat/Grandeur
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)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
GLORY be unto Him Who knoweth
all that is in the heavens and in the earth.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 17)
Thus God layeth bare the glory of His Cause
and demonstrateth the Truth
through the potency of His revealed Word.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 146)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, May 18th, 2025
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. 217)
His beauty excelleth every other embodiment of beauty,
and His grandeur immensely exceedeth
every other manifestation of grandeur
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 156-157)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, May 19th, 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. 156-157)
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 5 Núr/Light & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
I am the Countenance of God Whose splendour
can never be obscured,
the Light of God Whose radiance can never fade.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p.12)
Indeed His grace encompasseth all
and He is the All-Knowing.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 171)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
O Lord! If Thou forgivest me not,
who is there then to grant pardon,
and if Thou hast no mercy upon me
who is capable of showing compassion?
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 182)
AS a token of pure justice,
We have indeed sent tidings
unto every Prophet concerning
the Cause of Our Remembrance,
and verily God is supreme over all the peoples of the world.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 74)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
The paths of Thine inaccessible glory
have prompted me to voice these words
and the ways of Thine unattainable heights
have guided me to make these allusions.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 201)
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)
Declaration of the Báb – Holy Day
Day Kamál/Perfection & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, May 23rd, 2025
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. 33)
In this station he beholdeth himself established
upon the throne of independence
and the seat of exaltation.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 71)
“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