“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 2 – Jalál/Glory
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)
7th Day of Ridvan
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, April 26th, 2025
Likewise if we are born
from the matrix of this physical
and phenomenal environment
into the freedom and loftiness
of the life and vision spiritual,
we shall consider this mortal existence
and its blessings as worthless by comparison.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha’i World Faith – ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 266-267)
The honor and greatness of Christ
is not due to the fact that He did not have a human father,
but to His perfections, bounties and divine glory.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 89)
Year 182 B. E. – Bahháj/Delightful – Month 3 – Jamál/Beauty
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)
8th Day of Ridvan
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, April 27th, 2025
The splendour of His appearance
far surpasseth that of any other appearance.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 157)
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. 215)
9th Day of Ridvan – Holy Day
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, April 28th, 2025
Thus God layeth bare the glory
of His Cause and demonstrateth
the Truth through the potency of His revealed Word.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 146)
Every other perfection is as naught
in face of His consummate perfection,
and every other display of might
is as nothing before His absolute might.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 157)
10th Day of Ridvan
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
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. 215)
He is the One Whose grace
hath encompassed all that are in the heavens,
on earth or elsewhere,
and everyone abideth by His behest.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 167)
11th Day of Ridvan
Day 4 ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
I bear witness that
there is no God but Thee,
inasmuch as Thou art invested with sovereignty,
grandeur, glory and power which no one
among Thy servants can visualize or comprehend.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 215)
These are the appointed days
which ye have been yearningly awaiting in the past —
the days of the advent of divine justice.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 161)
12th Day of Ridvan
Day 5 Núr/Light & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
I am the Flame of that supernal Light
that glowed upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot,
and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning Bush.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 74)
Thy majesty is so transcendent
that no human imagination can reach it
and Thy consummate power is so sublime
that the birds of men’s hearts
and minds can never attain its heights.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 194)
Day 6 Raḥmat/Mercy & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
O Lord! If Thou forgivest me not,
who is there then to grant pardon,
and if Thou hast no mercy upon me
who is capable of showing compassion?
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 182)
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