“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 5 – Núr/Light
For if a prophet cometh to you from God
and ye fail to walk in His Way,
God will, thereupon,
transform your light into fire.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Bab, p. 147)
Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, June 20th, 2026
Confine thy thoughts to whatever will lift up the human soul
to the Paradise of heavenly grace,
and make every bird of the Kingdom
wing its way unto the Supreme Horizon,
the central point of everlasting honour
in this contingent world.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 178)
This is the day when the Lord of hosts
hath come on the clouds of glory.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 37)
Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, June 21st, 2026
The truth I verily say unto thee,
this divine grace cannot be exchanged
for the sovereignty of the earth, the east or the west.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 176)
A body without the spirit is dead,
although it may be clothed
in the utmost beauty and comeliness.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Divine Philosophy, p. 161)
Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, June 22nd, 2026
Verily art Thou the Mighty, the Powerful,
the Strong, the All-Encompassing,
the One Who hath dominion over all that is.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 6)
The physical nature is born of Adam,
but the spiritual nature is born
from the bounty of the Holy Spirit.
The first is the source of all imperfection;
the second is the source of all perfection.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 118)
Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Likewise, if we are born from the matrix
of this physical and phenomenal environment
into the freedom and loftiness
of the spiritual life and vision,
we shall consider this mortal existence
and its blessings as worthless by comparison.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 90)
May God cool his feverish pain
with the grace of reunion in the Kingdom,
and heal his sickness with the balm
of nearness to Him in the Realm of the All-Beauteous.
Upon him be the glory of God the Most Glorious.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Memorials of the Faithful, p. 57)
Year 183 B. E. – Javáb/Answer – Month 6 – Raḥmat/Mercy
These verses, clear and conclusive,
are a token of the mercy of thy Lord
and a source of guidance for all mankind.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 162)
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, June 24th, 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)
Should this not come to pass,
whatever We have set down shall remain binding
and irrevocably decreed by God,
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting,
and We shall therefore banish thee
from Our presence as a token of justice on Our part.
(The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 30)
Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Manifest, in the realm of glory
and through the power of truth,
are the Remembrance of God
and His Day before the eyes
of the angels that circle His mercy-seat.
(The Báb , Selections from the Writings of the Báb , p. 68)
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)
Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, June 26th, 2026
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)
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