Morning
O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Say: Verily I am the ‘Gate of God’ and I give
you to drink, by the leave of God, the sovereign Truth, of the crystal-pure
waters of His Revelation which are gushing out from the incorruptible Fountain
situate upon the Holy Mount. And those who earnestly strive after the One True
God, let them then strive to attain this Gate. [Qur’án 83:25–26] Verily God is
potent over all things...
O peoples of the earth! Give ear unto God’s holy Voice proclaimed by this Arabian Youth Whom the Almighty hath graciously chosen for His Own Self. He is indeed none other than the True One, Whom God hath entrusted with this Mission from the midst of the Burning Bush. O Qurratu’l-‘Ayn! Unravel what Thou pleasest from the secrets of the All-Glorious, for the ocean is surging high [Qur’án 52:6] at the behest of the incomparable Lord.
- The Báb (Fom the Qayyumu’l-Asma, ‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
Evening
Amongst the people is he who seateth himself amid the sandals by the door whilst coveting in his heart the seat of honour. Say: What manner of man art thou, O vain and heedless one, who wouldst appear as other than thou art? And among the people is he who layeth claim to inner knowledge, and still deeper knowledge concealed within this knowledge. Say: Thou speakest false! By God! What thou dost possess is naught but husks which We have left to thee as bones are left to dogs.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
