“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 15 – Masáʼil/Questions
Philosophers, for instance,
find in these heavenly teachings the most perfect solution
of their social problems,
and similarly a true and noble exposition
of matters that pertain to philosophical questions.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablet to August Forel, p. 25)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, December 27th, 2025
It is a spiritual world, a divine world,
and the center of the Sovereignty of God;
it is freed from body and that which is corporeal,
and it is purified and sanctified
from the imaginations of the human world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 241)
Today the friends of God must appear
in such fashion amidst [God’s] servants
that by their actions they may lead all
unto the pleasure of the Lord of Glory.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 64)
Day 18 Mulk/ Dominion & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, December 28th, 2025
In reality His Holiness Christ was glorified
with an eternal sovereignty and everlasting dominion,
spiritual and not temporal.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 74)
Look at the Gospel of the Lord Christ
and see how glorious it is!
Yet even today men fail to understand
its priceless beauty,
and misinterpret its words of wisdom.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 48)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, December 29th, 2025
Man is base, treacherous and mean;
the Manifestations of God uplift him
into dignity, nobility and loftiness.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 111)
This is the age of the Blessed Perfection
and this is the time
of the Greatest Name!
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha’i World Faith – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 351)
Year 182 B. E. – Bahháj/Delightful – Month 16 – S͟haraf/Honour
God in His infinite goodness
has exalted us to so much honour,
and has made us masters
over the material world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 108)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, December 30th, 2025
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)
Send down upon me, as a token of Thy grace,
Thy vitalizing breezes,
throughout the day-time and in the night season,
O Lord of bounty.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.191)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, December 31st, 2025
His is the kingdom of earth and heaven
and He is the Lord of power and glory.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.167)
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 3 Jamál/Beauty & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, January 1st, 2025
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)
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.204)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, January 2nd, 2025
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)
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