“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 1– Bahá/Splendour
All that is known
owes its renown to the splendour of Thy Name,
the Most Manifest,
and every object is deeply stirred
by the vibrating influence
emanating from Thine invincible Will.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of The Báb, p. 195)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, March 29th, 2025
Blessed is He Who exalteth whomsoever He willeth
by the power of His sovereign might,
and confirmeth whomsoever He chooseth
in accordance with His good pleasure;
well is it with them that understand!
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. ii)
Exalted, immeasurably exalted,
art Thou above the strivings of mortal man
to unravel Thy mystery, to describe Thy glory,
or even to hint at the nature of Thine Essence.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 3-4)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, March 30th, 2025
Nature is God’s Will
and is its expression in
and through the contingent world.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 142)
There must not linger in his heart
either the hate or the love of any soul,
to the extent that they would hinder him
from attaining the habitation of the celestial Beauty.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 19)
Day 12 ʻIlm/Knowledge & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, March 31st, 2025
How can I make mention of Thee,
assured as I am that no tongue,
however deep its wisdom,
can befittingly magnify Thy name,
nor can the bird of the human heart,
however great its longing,
ever hope to ascend
into the heaven of Thy majesty and knowledge.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 3)
With fixed and steady gaze,
born of the unerring eye of God,
scan for a while the horizon of divine knowledge,
and contemplate those words of perfection
which the Eternal hath revealed,
that haply the mysteries of divine wisdom,
hidden ere now beneath the veil of glory
and treasured within the tabernacle of His grace,
may be made manifest unto you.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 16-17)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
He stretcheth out the hand of truth
from the sleeve of the Absolute;
he revealeth the secrets of power.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Seven Valleys, p. 17)
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, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 207-208)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Without word It unfoldeth the inner mysteries,
and without speech It revealeth
the secrets of the divine sayings.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 59)
Such is the path which the kings
that were before thee have trodden,
they that acted equitably towards their subjects,
and walked in the ways of undeviating justice.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 209)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
This international tongue will be used
in the work of the parliament of man —
a supreme tribunal of the world
which will be permanently established
in order to arbitrate international questions.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 84)
Praise be to God! though He was a prisoner,
His tent was raised on Mount Carmel,
and He moved abroad with the greatest majesty.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 32)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, April 4th, 2025
And see what happened then:
how their mighty banners were reversed,
and in their place His most exalted standard lifted up;
how all the bright stars in that heaven of honour
and pride did set;
how they sank in the west of all that vanisheth —
while His brilliant Orb still shineth down
out of skies of undying glory,
as the centuries and the ages roll by.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Baha, p. 173-174)
First in a human being’s way of life must be purity,
then freshness, cleanliness,
and independence of spirit.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 146)
“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