“Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.” (Bahá’u’lláh, ‘The Kitáb-i-Aqdas’)

December 19

If the wayfarer’s goal be the dwelling of the Praiseworthy One (Mahmúd), [An attribute of God and one of the titles of Muhammad] this is the station of primal reason which is known as the Prophet and the Most Great Pillar. [Maqám-i-Mahmúd—Praiseworthy Station—is the rank of Prophets endowed with constancy] Here reason signifieth the divine, universal mind, whose sovereignty enlighteneth all created things … (Baha’u’llah, ‘The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys’)