“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 1 – Bahá/Splendour
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)
Day 8 Kamál/Perfection & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, March 28th 2026
They can be regarded in no other light
except as evidences that proclaim the
excellence and perfection of their author.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 337)
The world is illumined
with the effulgent glory of His countenance.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.12)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, March 29th 2026
THIS is an Epistle from Our presence
unto him whom the veils of names
have failed to keep back from God,
the Creator of earth and heaven,
that his eyes may be cheered in the days of his Lord,
the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 9)
What fire is fiercer on the Day of Reckoning
than that of remoteness
from the divine Beauty and the celestial Glory?
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries, p. 36)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, March 30th, 2026
PRAISE be unto God,
incomparable in majesty, power and beauty,
peerless in glory, might and grandeur;
too high is He for human imaginations
to comprehend Him or for any peer or equal
to be ascribed unto Him.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p.101)
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, p. 34)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Let the future disclose the hour
when the Brides of inner meaning will,
as decreed by the Will of God, hasten forth,
unveiled, out of their mystic mansions,
and manifest themselves in the ancient realm of being.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 175-176)
Out of My loving-kindness,
‘neath the shade of My mercy I nurtured thee,
and guarded thee by the essence of My grace and favor.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Persian Hidden Words, #29)
Day 12 ʻIlm/Knowledge & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Through Him the ocean of knowledge
hath surged amidst mankind
and the river of divine wisdom
hath gushed out at the behest of God,
the Lord of Days.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 47)
Wert Thou to look upon them with the eye of justice,
all would deserve Thy wrath
and the rod of Thine anger.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 31)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
The conversation carried by these holy souls
should be informed with such power
that these same atoms of dust will be thrilled by its influence.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.7)
Do with me then as becometh Thy majesty,
and Thy glory, and Thy bounteousness,
and Thy grace.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 60)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
Wert thou to incline thine ear unto My speech
and observe My counsel,
God would exalt thee to so eminent a position
that the designs of no man on the whole earth
can ever touch or hurt thee.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 233)
Then wouldst thou find thyself raised
up to the summit of exaltation and glory,
and elevated to the pinnacle of majesty and independence.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 101)
“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