“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 8 – Kamál/Perfection
Its raiment is the fear of God,
and its perfection steadfastness in His Faith.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.291)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, August 10th, 2024
From the heaven of God’s Will,
and for the purpose of ennobling the world of being
and of elevating the minds and souls of men,
hath been sent down that which is the most effective instrument
for the education of the whole human race.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.87)
Upon them be the glory of God,
the glory of all that is in the heavens
and all that is on the earth,
and the glory of the inmates of the most exalted Paradise,
the heaven of heavens.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.197)
Day 12 ʻIlm /Knowledge & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, August 11th, 2024
Methinks they have been moulded
from the clay of infinite knowledge,
and kneaded with the water of divine wisdom
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Íqán, p.46)
Say: Naught is seen in My temple
but the Temple of God,
and in My beauty but His Beauty,
and in My being but His Being,
and in My self but His Self,
and in My movement but His Movement,
and in My acquiescence but His Acquiescence,
and in My pen but His Pen, the Mighty, the All-Praised.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.24-25)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, August 12th, 2024
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)
These idols form the obstacle
that impedeth man in his efforts
to advance in the path of perfection.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.93)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
Wherefore, hearken ye unto My speech,
and return ye to God and repent,
that He, through His grace,
may have mercy upon you,
may wash away your sins,
and forgive your trespasses.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.130)
Assist me,
by Thy strengthening grace,
O my Lord, to do what Thou didst will,
and withhold not from me the things Thou dost possess.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.114)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
International questions will come
before the universal tribunal,
and so the cause of warfare will be taken away.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveler’s Narrative, p.301)
God from everlasting was Love,
Justice, Power, Creator, Provider,
the Omniscient, the Bountiful.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.159)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, August 15th, 2024
Bahá’u’lláh came for this purpose.
He has made the three religions one.
He has uplifted the standard of the oneness of faith
and the honour of humanity in the centre of the world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p.43)
Today the grandeur, the majesty, the splendor
and the magnitude of this station is not clear
and manifest because it is the time of seed-sowing
and the beginning of the planting of trees
in the orchard of the Merciful One.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, p. 531-532)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, August 16th, 2024
Therefore, divine sovereignty necessitates
a creation over which its dominion is exercised.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.272)
In all his actions
and conduct there must first be purity,
then beauty and independence.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas, p.581)
“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