“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 14 – Qawl/Speech
The tongue faileth in describing
these three Valleys,
and speech falleth short.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Seven Valleys And the Four Valleys, p.30)
Day 9 Asmáʼ/Names & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, November 30th, 2024
Upon the inmost reality
of each and every created thing
He hath shed the light of one of His names,
and made it a recipient
of the glory of one of His attributes.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.65)
Blessed the wayfarer
who directeth his steps
towards the Tabernacle
of My glory and majesty.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.16)
Day 10 ʻIzzat/Might & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday, December 1st, 2024
He, of a truth, hath power to ordain
whatsoever He desireth,
and He doeth as He pleaseth
by virtue of His sovereign might.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.26)
I am Trustworthiness
and the revelation thereof,
and the beauty thereof.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.122)
Day 11 Mas͟híyyat/Will & Kamál/Perfection
Monday, December 2nd, 2024
It behoveth thee
to consecrate thyself to the Will of God.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p.338)
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)
Day 12 ʻIlm /Knowledge & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
In the treasuries of the knowledge of God
there lieth concealed a knowledge which,
when applied, will largely,
though not wholly, eliminate fear.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p.32)
Assist me, by Thy strengthening grace,
O my Lord, to do what Thou didst will,
and withhold not from me the things Thou dost possess.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p.114)
Day 13 Qudrat/Power & Idál/Justice
Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
It is in Our power,
should We wish it,
to enable a speck of floating dust to generate,
in less than the twinkling of an eye,
suns of infinite, of unimaginable splendour,
to cause a dewdrop to develop into vast
and numberless oceans,
to infuse into every letter such a force
as to empower it to unfold
all the knowledge of past and future ages.
(Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p.39)
There is no force on earth
that can equal in its conquering power
the force of justice and wisdom.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.164)
Day 14 Qawl/Speech & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday, December 5th, 2024
Fair speech and truthfulness,
by reason of their lofty rank and position,
are regarded as a sun shining
above the horizon of knowledge.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.40)
Hearken unto the Voice of thy Lord,
the All-Glorious, calling aloud
from the dayspring of grandeur and majesty.
(Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p.262)
Day 15 Masáʼil/Questions & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday, December 6th, 2024
It is an axiomatic fact
that while you meditate
you are speaking with your own spirit.
In that state of mind you put certain questions
to your spirit and the spirit answers:
the light breaks forth
and the reality is revealed.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p.175)
Observe carefully how education
and the arts of civilization
bring honor, prosperity, independence
and freedom to a government and its people.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization, p.111)
“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