“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 10 – ʻIzzat/Might
He shall not be asked of His doings
and His might is equal unto all things.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.87)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, September 7th, 2024
I am the Lamp which the Finger of God
hath lit within its niche
and caused to shine with deathless splendour.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.74)
By Thy glory and majesty,
I have failed to befittingly recognize Thee
and to worship Thee,
while Thou dost make Thyself known unto me
and callest me to remembrance as beseemeth Thy station.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.205)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, September 8th, 2024
Indeed God is but one God,
and far be it from His glory
that there should be aught else besides Him.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.61)
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)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, September 9th, 2024
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.216)
NO created thing shall ever attain its paradise
unless it appeareth
in its highest prescribed degree of perfection.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.88)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
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.157-158)
He is in truth the All-Bountiful,
the Most Generous,
He Whose grace is infinite.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.36)
Day 5 Núr/Light & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Wert thou to come unto Us
while divine revelation is descending upon Us,
haply God will change thy fire into light.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.33)
I have fled from Thy justice unto Thy mercy.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.204)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Send down then upon us a token of Thy mercy.
Verily Thou art unsurpassed
among them that show mercy.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.176)
Were ye to return, however,
ye would be granted whatever ye desire
of earthly possessions and of the ineffable delights
of the life to come, and ye would inherit
such glorious might and majesty
as your minds can scarce conceive in this mortal life.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.27)
Day 7 Kalimát/Words & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, September 13th, 2024
Utter not words of denial against Me
once the Truth is made manifest,
for indeed the mandate of the Báb
hath befittingly been proclaimed
unto you in the Qur’án aforetime.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.67)
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