“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 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 9 – Asmáʼ/Names
Were the peoples of every nation
to observe that which hath been mentioned,
the matter would be made simple unto them,
and such words and allusions would not withhold them
from the Ocean of the names and attributes of God.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 24-25)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, September 5th, 2026
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)
Hath the earth conceived Him whom the veils of glory prevent not
from ascending into the Kingdom of His Lord,
the Mighty, the Supreme?
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Traveller’s Narrative, p. 79)
Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, September 6th, 2026
The stars and suns swinging through infinite space,
all earthly forms of life and existence whether mineral,
vegetable or animal come under the dominion
and control of natural law.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity, p. 61)
For knowledge is light, life, felicity, perfection,
beauty and the means of approaching
the Threshold of Unity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 137)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, September 7th, 2026
After three-hundred years the loftiness
of the station and the exaltation
of their attainment became manifest.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v3, p. 532)
The philosophers make education the test of knowledge,
holding that any man who receives sufficient education
can attain a state of perfection.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 108)
Year 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 10 – ʻIzzat/Might
Blessed is he
that hath been enraptured by My wondrous melodies
and hath rent the veils asunder
through the potency of My might.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 17)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, September 8th, 2026
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)
If, however, ye observe piety in your Faith,
God will surely nourish you from the treasuries
of His heavenly grace.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.129)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, September 9th, 2026
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)
Paradise is attainment of His good-pleasure
and everlasting hell-fire His judgement
through justice.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.158)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, September 10th 2026
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.214)
Every revelation of His divine Essence
betokens the sublimity of His glory,
the loftiness of His sanctity, the inaccessible height
of His oneness and the exaltation of His majesty and power.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.112)
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, September 11th, 2026
ALL majesty and glory, O my God,
and all dominion and light and grandeur
and splendour be unto Thee.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.202)
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