“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 180 B. E. – Bahá/Splendour – Month 3 – Jamál/Beauty
And when He intoneth the anthems
of the greatness of God all Paradise waileth
in its longing to gaze on His Beauty,
and when He chanteth words of praise
and glorification of God
all Paradise becomes motionless
like unto ice locked in the heart
of a frost-bound mountain.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.55)
Day 2 – Jalál/Glory & Jalál/Glory
Far be it from the sublimity of Thy Being,
O my God,
that anyone seek Thy loving-kindness or favour.
Far be it from Thy transcendent glory
that anyone entreat Thee
for the evidences of Thy bestowals
and tender mercy.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.188)
O MY God!
I have failed to know Thee
as is worthy of Thy glory,
and I have failed to fear Thee
as befitteth my station.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.205)
Day 3 – Jamál/Beauty & Jamál/Beauty
His beauty
excelleth every other embodiment of beauty,
and His grandeur
immensely exceedeth every other
manifestation of grandeur.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.157-158)
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.216)
Day 4 – ʻAẓamat/Grandeur & Kamál/Perfection
I IMPLORE Thee
by the splendour of the light
of Thy glorious face,
the majesty of Thine ancient grandeur
and the power of Thy transcendent sovereignty
to ordain for us
at this moment
every measure of that which is good and seemly
and to destine for us
every portion of the outpourings of Thy grace.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.186)
NO created thing shall ever attain its paradise
unless it appeareth
in its highest prescribed degree of perfection.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.88)
Day 5 – Núr/Light & Fidál/Grace
I am the Countenance of God
Whose splendour can never be obscured,
the Light of God
Whose radiance can never fade.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.12)
It behooveth you to proclaim the Cause of God
unto all created things
as a token of grace from His presence;
no God is there but Him,
the Most Generous, the All-Compelling.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.10)
Day 6 – Raḥmat/Mercy & `Idál/Justice
O Lord!
Grant deliverance through Thy mercy
and reckon me among such servants of Thine
as have gained salvation.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.193)
Say,
how dare ye flagrantly deny
the verses sent down
from the heaven of justice,
yet ye read the Books of God
revealed in the past?
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.162)
Day 7 – Kalimát/Words & Istijlál/Majesty
Should they then be able
to utter words like unto this,
thou wouldst know that their cause
is worthy of attention.
Nay, by the righteousness of My Lord!
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.21)
Let not this assertion astound Your Majesty;
inasmuch as a true believer in the unity of God
who keepeth his eyes directed towards Him alone,
will regard aught else but Him
as utter nothingness.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.15)
Day 8 – Kamál/Perfection & Istiqlál/Independence
Likewise,
reflect upon the perfection of man’s creation,
and that all these planes and states
are folded up and hidden away within him.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Seven Valleys And the Four Valleys, p.34)
From this most august and exalted station,
and from this most sublime and glorious plane,
the seeker entereth the City of Immortality,
therein to abide forever.
In this station he beholdeth himself
established upon the throne of independence
and the seat of exaltation.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p.71-72)
“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