“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 181 B. E. – Ḥubb/Love– Month 12 – ʻIlm/Knowledge
The knowledge of Him,
Who is the Origin of all things,
and attainment unto Him,
are impossible save through knowledge of,
and attainment unto,
these luminous Beings who proceed from the Sun of Truth.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, p.142)
HOLY DAY
Birth of the Báb
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling
in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.8)
How great the difference
between the glory of Christ
and the glory of an earthly conqueror!
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.211)
Year 181 B. E. – Ḥubb/Love– Month 13 – Quadrat/Power
Say: It is in Our power, should We wish it,
to cause all created things to expire in an instant,
and, with the next, to endue them again with life.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.39)
HOLY DAY
Birth of Bahá’u’lláh
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, November 3, 2024
He is God; glorified is the splendour of His light.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.163)
And when He intoneth the anthems
of the greatness of God
all Paradise waileth in its longing
to gaze on His Beauty,
and when He chanteth words
of praise and glorification of God
all Paradise becomes motionless like
unto ice locked in the heart of a frost-bound mountain.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.217)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, November 4th, 2024
Bestow on me, O my Lord,
Thy gracious bounty and benevolent gifts
and grant me that
which beseemeth the sublimity of Thy glory.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.208)
The stage of perfection of everything
is reached when its resurrection occurreth.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.107)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
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)
Seek ye grace from God,
for God hath ordained for you,
after ye have believed in Him,
a Garden the vastness of which
is as the vastness of the whole of Paradise.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.63)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
I IMPLORE Thee by the splendour
of the light of Thy glorious face,
the majesty of Thine ancient grandeur
and the power of Thy transcendent sovereignty
to ordain for us at this moment
every measure of that which is good and seemly
and to destine for us every portion
of the outpourings of Thy grace.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.186)
Say, how dare ye flagrantly deny
the verses sent down from the heaven of justice,
yet ye read the Books of God revealed in the past?
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.162)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Through the radiance of His light God
imparteth illumination to your hearts
and maketh firm your steps,
that perchance ye may yield praise unto Him.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.217)
He is in truth the Powerful, the Almighty.
Unto Him pertaineth all glory and majesty
in the kingdoms of Revelation and Creation
and whatever lieth between them.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.171)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, November 8th, 2024
PRAISE be unto Thee, O Lord.
Forgive us our sins, have mercy upon us
and enable us to return unto Thee.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.177)
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