Morning
Say: We have caused the rivers of Divine utterance to proceed out of Our throne, that the tender herbs of wisdom and understanding may spring forth from the soil of your hearts. Will ye not be thankful? They who disdain to worship their Lord shall be of those who are cast off. And oft as Our verses are rehearsed unto them, they persist in proud disdain, and in their gross violation of His law, and know it not. As for them who have disbelieved in Him, they shall be in the shadow of a black smoke. “The Hour” hath come upon them, while they are disporting themselves. They have been seized by their forelock, and yet know it not.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings
of Baha’u’llah’)
Evening
O ‘Alí-Akbar! Acquaint the people with the holy verses of
thy Lord and make known unto them His straight Path, His mighty Announcement.
Say: O people, if ye judge fairly and equitably, ye will
testify to the truth of whatsoever hath streamed forth from the Most Exalted
Pen. If ye be of the people of the Bayán, the Persian Bayán will guide you
aright and will prove a sufficient testimony unto you; and if ye be of the
people of the Qur’án, ponder ye upon the Revelation on Sinai and the Voice from
the Bush which came unto the Son of ‘Imrán [Moses].
Gracious God! It was intended that at the time of the manifestation of the One true God the faculty of recognizing Him would have been developed and matured and would have reached its culmination. However, it is now clearly demonstrated that in the disbelievers this faculty hath remained undeveloped and hath, indeed, degenerated.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
