…when the name of anyone, whether living or dead, is
mentioned in His [Baha’u’llah’s] presence, that soul hath verily attained to
the mention of the pre-existent King. Blessed are they that attain thereto!
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
September 24
…when the name of anyone, whether living or dead, is
mentioned in His [Baha’u’llah’s] presence, that soul hath verily attained to
the mention of the pre-existent King. Blessed are they that attain thereto! 
September 23
Ponder upon the people unto whom the Gospel was given. Their
religious leaders were considered as the true Guides of the Gospel, yet when
they shut themselves out from Muhammad, the Apostle of God, they turned into
guides of error, notwithstanding that all their lives they had faithfully
observed the precepts of their religion in order to attain unto Paradise; then
when God made Paradise known unto them, they would not enter therein. Those
unto whom the Qur’án is given have wrought likewise. They performed their acts
of devotion for the sake of God, hoping that He might enable them to join the
righteous in Paradise. However, when the gates of Paradise were flung open to
their faces, they declined to enter. They suffered themselves to enter into the
fire, though they had been seeking refuge therefrom in God.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb’)
September 22
Behold how in this Dispensation the worthless and foolish
have fondly imagined that by such instruments as massacre, plunder and
banishment they can extinguish the Lamp which the Hand of Divine power hath
lit, or eclipse the Day Star of everlasting splendor. How utterly unaware they
seem to be of the truth that such adversity is the oil that feedeth the flame
of this Lamp! Such is God’s transforming power. He changeth whatsoever He
willeth; He verily hath power over all things....
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from
the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
September 21
Verily no God is there but God; His is the kingdom of heaven
and earth and He is the Clement, the All-Knowing. God testifieth that there is
no God but Him, and He Who speaketh at the bidding of His Lord is but the First
to worship Him. He is the peerless Creator Who hath created the heavens and the
earth and whatsoever lieth between them, and all do His bidding. He is the One
Whose grace hath encompassed all that are in the heavens, on earth or
elsewhere, and everyone abideth by His behest.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the
Writings of the Báb’)
September 20
O thou who hast set thy face towards the Realm on High and
hast quaffed My sealed wine from the hand of bounteousness! Know thou that the
term ‘Infallibility’ hath numerous meanings and divers stations. In one sense
it is applicable to the One Whom God hath made immune from error. Similarly it
is applied to every soul whom God hath guarded against sin, transgression,
rebellion, impiety, disbelief and the like. However, the Most Great
Infallibility is confined to the One Whose station is immeasurably exalted
beyond ordinances or prohibitions and is sanctified from errors and omissions.
Indeed He is a Light which is not followed by darkness and a Truth not
overtaken by error. Were He to pronounce water to be wine or heaven to be earth
or light to be fire, He speaketh the truth and no doubt would there be about
it; and unto no one is given the right to question His authority or to say why
or wherefore. Whosoever raiseth objections will be numbered with the froward in
the Book of God, the Lord of the worlds. ‘Verily He shall not be asked of His
doings but all others shall be asked of their doings.’ He is come from the invisible heaven, bearing
the banner ‘He doeth whatsoever He willeth’ and is accompanied by hosts of
power and authority while it is the duty of all besides Him to strictly observe
whatever laws and ordinances have been enjoined upon them, and should anyone
deviate therefrom, even to the extent of a hair’s breadth, his work would be
brought to naught.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 19
Say, this is the Day when the Speaker on Sinai hath mounted
the throne of Revelation and the people have stood before the Lord of the
worlds. This is the Day wherein the earth hath told out her tidings and hath
laid bare her treasures; when the oceans have brought forth their pearls and
the divine Lote-Tree its fruit; when the Sun hath shed its radiance and the
Moons have diffused their lights, and the Heavens have revealed their stars,
and the Hour its signs, and the Resurrection its dreadful majesty; when the
pens have unloosed their outpourings and the spirits have laid bare their
mysteries. Blessed is the man who recognizeth Him and attaineth His presence,
and woe betide such as deny Him and turn aside from Him.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets
of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 18
Say, by the righteousness of God! The All-Merciful is come
invested with power and sovereignty. Through His power the foundations of
religions have quaked and the Nightingale of Utterance hath warbled its melody
upon the highest branch of true understanding. Verily, He Who was hidden in the
knowledge of God and is mentioned in the Holy Scriptures hath appeared.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 17
They [“the people of tyranny”] have rejected the bounty of
God and His proofs and have repudiated the testimony of God and His signs. They
have gone astray and have caused the people to go astray, yet perceive it not.
They worship vain imaginings but know it not. They have taken idle fancies for
their lords and have neglected God, yet understand not. They have abandoned the
most great Ocean and are hastening towards the pool, but comprehend not. They
follow their own idle fancies while turning aside from God, the Help in Peril,
the Self-Subsisting.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 16
Verily, the birds abiding within the domains of My Kingdom
and the doves dwelling in the rose-garden of My wisdom utter such melodies and
warblings as are inscrutable to all but God, the Lord of the kingdoms of earth
and heaven; and were these melodies to be revealed even to an extent smaller
than a needle’s eye, the people of tyranny would utter such calumnies as none
among former generations hath ever uttered, and would commit such deeds as no
one in past ages and centuries hath ever committed.
-Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of
Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 15
Were We to unveil the pearls of testimony which lie hid
within the shells of the ocean of knowledge and assurance or to let the
beauties of divine mystery which are hidden within the chambers of utterance in
the Paradise of true understanding, step out of their habitation, then from
every direction violent commotion would arise among the leaders of religion and
thou wouldst witness the people of God held fast in the teeth of such wolves as
have denied God both in the beginning and in the end. Therefore We restrained the
Pen for a considerable lapse of time in accordance with divine wisdom and for
the sake of protecting the faithful from those who have bartered away heavenly
blessings for disbelief and have chosen for their people the abode of
perdition.(cf. Qur’an 14:33)
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 14
Know thou that though My body be beneath the swords of My
foes, and My limbs be beset with incalculable afflictions, yet My spirit is
filled with a gladness with which all the joys of the earth can never compare.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple];
‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
September 13
By My life! Couldst thou but know the things sent down by My
Pen, and discover the treasures of My Cause, and the pearls of My mysteries
which lie hid in the seas of My names and in the goblets of My words, thou
wouldst, in thy love for My name, and in thy longing for My glorious and
sublime Kingdom, lay down thy life in My path.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar
Alexander II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of
Hosts’)
September 12
Hearken unto My voice that calleth from My prison, that it
may acquaint thee with the things that have befallen My Beauty, at the hands of
them that are the manifestations of My glory, and that thou mayest perceive how
great hath been My patience, notwithstanding My might, and how immense My
forbearance, notwithstanding My power.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Czar Alexander
II, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
September 11
Blessed are they that occupy themselves in the House of
Worship with the remembrance of Him Who is the Lord of the righteous! Blessed
are they that arise in the service of this House! Blessed are they that have
raised up this House!
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by the Universal House of Justice in
a message dated 1, September 2017 ‘To the Friends Gathered in Battambang,
Cambodia, for the Dedication of the House of Worship)
September 10
Viewed in the light of their [Manifestations of God] second
station—the station of distinction, differentiation, temporal limitations,
characteristics and standards,—they manifest absolute servitude, utter
destitution and complete self-effacement. Even as He saith: “I am the servant
of God. [Qur’án 19:31] I am but a man like you.” [Qur’án 18:110]
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan)
September 9
It hath been forbidden you to smoke opium. We, truly, have
prohibited this practice through a most binding interdiction in the Book.
Should anyone partake thereof, assuredly he is not of Me. Fear God, O ye endued
with understanding!
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 8
Say: This is the infallible Balance which the Hand of God is
holding, in which all who are in the heavens and all who are on the earth are
weighed, and their fate determined, if ye be of them that believe and recognize
this truth. Say: This is the Most Great Testimony, by which the validity of
every proof throughout the ages hath been established, would that ye might be
assured thereof. Say: Through it the poor have been enriched, the learned
enlightened, and the seekers enabled to ascend unto the presence of God. Beware
lest ye make it a cause of dissension amongst you. Be ye as firmly settled as
the immovable mountain in the Cause of your Lord, the Mighty, the Loving.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 7
Immerse yourselves in the ocean of My words, that ye may
unravel its secrets, and discover all the pearls of wisdom that lie hid in its
depths. Take heed that ye do not vacillate in your determination to embrace the
truth of this Cause—a Cause through which the potentialities of the might of
God have been revealed, and His sovereignty established. With faces beaming
with joy, hasten ye unto Him. This is the changeless Faith of God, eternal in
the past, eternal in the future. Let him that seeketh, attain it; and as to him
that hath refused to seek it—verily, God is Self-Sufficient, above any need of
His creatures.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 6
When the time set for this Revelation was fulfilled, and He
Who is the Day Star of the world appeared in ‘Iráq, He bade His followers
observe that which would sanctify them from all earthly defilements. Some
preferred to follow the desires of a corrupt inclination, while others walked
in the way of righteousness and truth, and were rightly guided.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
September 5
…were they [Manifestations of God] to say: “We are the
servants of God,” this also is a manifest and indisputable fact. For they have
been made manifest in the uttermost state of servitude, a servitude the like of
which no man can possibly attain. Thus in moments in which these Essences of
being were deeply immersed beneath the oceans of ancient and everlasting
holiness, or when they soared to the loftiest summits of divine mysteries, they
claimed their utterance to be the Voice of divinity, the Call of God Himself.
Were the eye of discernment to be opened, it would recognize that in this very
state, they have considered themselves utterly effaced and non-existent in the
face of Him Who is the All-Pervading, the Incorruptible. Methinks, they have
regarded themselves as utter nothingness, and deemed their mention in that
Court an act of blasphemy. For the slightest whispering of self, within such a
Court, is an evidence of self-assertion and independent existence. In the eyes
of them that have attained unto that Court, such a suggestion is itself a grievous
transgression. How much more grievous would it be, were aught else to be
mentioned in that Presence, were man’s heart, his tongue, his mind, or his
soul, to be busied with anyone but the Well-Beloved, were his eyes to behold
any countenance other than His beauty, were his ear to be inclined to any
melody but His voice, and were his feet to tread any way but His way.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
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