“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 1 – ʻBahá/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 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, March 30th, 2024
We beseech God
to aid them to do His will and pleasure.
He, verily, is the Lord of the throne on high
and of earth below,
and the Lord of this world
and of the world to come.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p.31)
The glory with which this Day
is invested hath been explicitly mentioned
and clearly set forth
in most heavenly Books and Scriptures.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.259)
Day 12 ʻIlm /Knowledge & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday March 31st, 2024
From Him proceed their knowledge and power;
from Him is derived their sovereignty.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, p.115)
I swear by Him Who hath fashioned Me
from the light of His own Beauty!
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.7)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Kamál/Perfection
Monday April 1, 2024
Power hast Thou to do what Thou pleasest.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.82)
Were the tree to be cut into pieces,
no sign nor any part of the fruit,
however small, could be detected.
When it appeareth, however, it manifesteth itself,
as thou hast observed,
in its wondrous beauty and glorious perfection.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.155)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday April 2nd, 2024
Heed, therefore, My counsel,
and hearken thou,
with the hearing of thine heart,
unto My speech,
and be not careless of My words,
nor be of them that reject My truth.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.226)
Deny not Thy servants the wonders of Thy grace.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.246)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Idál/Justice
Wednesday April 3rd, 2024
Now, all questions of morality contained in the spiritual,
immutable law of every religion
are logically right.
If religion were contrary to logical reason
then it would cease to be a religion
and be merely a tradition.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p.143)
Should any one of you enter
into the service (or employment) of the government,
he must live and act with the utmost truthfulness,
righteousness, chastity, uprightness,
purity, sanctity, justice and equity.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, p.403)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday April 4th, 2024
Christ was the Prophet of the Christians,
Moses of the Jews—
why should not the followers of each prophet
recognize and honour the other prophets also?
If men could only learn the lesson of mutual tolerance,
understanding, and brotherly love,
the unity of the world would soon be an established fact.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p.49)
In the day of His Highness Christ,
the grandeur and majesty
of their Holiness the Apostles,
was not known.
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, p.532)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday April 5th, 2024
The divine sovereignty is an ancient sovereignty,
not an accidental sovereignty.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, p.347)
In all his actions and conduct
there must first be purity,
then beauty and independence.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.218)
“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