Daily Selection

“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 19 – ʻAláʼ/Loftiness

Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling
in the loftiness of their heavenly station.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.9)


Day 16 S͟haraf/Honour & Jalál/Glory
Saturday, March 16th, 2024

Each man has been placed in a post of honour,
which he must not desert.
A humble workman who commits an injustice
is as much to blame as a renowned tyrant.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p.160)

Regarding my freedom:
To me prison is freedom;
to me incarceration is an open court;
to me humility is identical with glory;
to me adversity is a gift and death is life.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, p.725)


Day 17 Sulṭán/Sovereignty & Jamál/Beauty
Sunday March 17th, 2024

There is no doubt that divine sovereignty is eternal.
Sovereignty necessitates subjects,
ministers, trustees and others
subordinate to sovereignty.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p.159)

Let us look rather at the beauty in diversity,
the beauty of harmony,
and learn a lesson from the vegetable creation.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p.52)


Day 18 Mulk/Dominion & Kamál/Perfection
Monday March 18th, 2024

Then know that for the dominion
of the reality of Christ
there is no beginning and there is no end.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, p.659)

When we look at the existing world,
we see that ignorance is imperfection
and knowledge is perfection;
therefore, we say that the sanctified Essence of God is wisdom.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p.148)


Day 19 ʻAláʼ/Loftiness & Fidál/Grace
Tuesday March 19th, 2024

It was an indication of the loftiness of thy nature,
the grandeur of thy aspiration,
the sincerity of thy aim
and the confirmation of the bounty
of His Highness the Single One.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Abbas, p.624)

O ye steadfast loved ones!
The grace of God is beating down upon mankind,
even as the rains in spring,
and the rays of the manifest Light
have made this earth to be the envy of heaven.
(‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p.277)


Year 181 B. E. – Ḥubb/Love– Month 1 – ʻBahá/Splendour

Naw-Rúz
Day 1 Bahá/Splendour & Idál/Justice
Wednesday March 20th, 2024

The light He hath shed
upon all things is none
but the splendour of His Own Self.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.111)

I beg Thee by Thyself, O my God,
my Lord and my Master,
to intercede in my behalf.
I have fled from Thy justice unto Thy mercy.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.204)


Day 2 Jalál/Glory & Istijlál/Majesty
Thursday March 21st, 2024

Glory be unto Thee,
O my God, indeed no mind or vision,
however keen or discriminating,
can ever grasp the nature of the most insignificant of Thy signs.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.203)

By Thy glory and majesty,
I have failed to befittingly recognize Thee
and to worship Thee,
while Thou dost make Thyself known unto me
and callest me to remembrance as beseemeth Thy station.
(The Báb, Selections From the Writings of the Báb, p.205)


Day 3 Jamál/Beauty & Istiqlál/Independence
Friday March 22nd, 2024

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.156-157)

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.217)


“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