- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
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“Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.” (Bahá’u’lláh, ‘The Kitáb-i-Aqdas’)
March 20
In truth the station of this Revelation transcendeth the
station of whatever hath been manifested in the past or will be made manifest
in the future.
March 19
…I beseech Thee by Thy Name which no scroll can bear, which
no heart can imagine and no tongue can utter—a Name which will remain concealed
so long as Thine own Essence is hidden, and will be glorified so long as Thine
own Being is extolled—to unfurl, ere the present year draw to a close, the
ensigns of Thine undisputed ascendancy and triumph, that the whole creation may
be enriched by Thy wealth, and may be exalted through the ennobling influence
of Thy transcendent sovereignty, and that all may arise and promote Thy Cause.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
March 18
By the glory of Thy might, O my God! Wert Thou to set me
king over Thy realms, and to establish me upon the throne of Thy sovereignty,
and to deliver, through Thy power, the reins of the entire creation into my
hands, and wert Thou to cause me, though it be for less than a moment, to be
occupied with these things and be oblivious of the wondrous memories associated
with Thy most mighty, most perfect, and most exalted Name, my soul would still
remain unsatisfied, and the pangs of my heart unstilled. Nay, I would, in that
very state, recognize myself as the poorest of the poor, and the most wretched
of wretches.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
March 17
Say, were He Whom God shall make manifest to pronounce a
pious and truthful follower of the Bayán as false, it is incumbent upon you to
submit to His decree, as this hath been affirmed by God in the Bayán; verily
God is able to convert light into fire whenever He pleaseth; surely He is
potent over all things. And were He to declare a person whom ye regard alien to
the truth as being akin thereto, err not by questioning His decision in your
fancies, for He Who is the Sovereign Truth createth things through the power of
His behest. Verily God transmuteth fire into light as He willeth, and indeed
potent is He over all things.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the
Báb)
March 16
In the beginning of His Book He saith: “Alif. Lám. Mím.
[letters ‘a’, ‘l’ and ‘m’] No doubt is there about this Book: It is a guidance
unto the God-fearing.” In the disconnected letters of the Qur’án the mysteries
of the divine Essence are enshrined, and within their shells the pearls of His
Unity are treasured. For lack of space We do not dwell upon them at this
moment. Outwardly they signify Muhammad Himself, Whom God addresseth saying: “O
Muhammad, there is no doubt nor uncertainty about this Book which hath been
sent down from the heaven of divine Unity. In it is guidance unto them that
fear God.” Consider, how He hath appointed and decreed this self-same Book, the
Qur’án, as a guidance unto all that are in heaven and on earth. He, the divine
Being, and unknowable Essence, hath, Himself, testified that this Book is,
beyond all doubt and uncertainty, the guide of all mankind until the Day of
Resurrection.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
March 15
With unswerving vision, with pure heart, and sanctified
spirit, consider attentively what God hath established as the testimony of
guidance for His people in His Book, [the Qur’an] which is recognized as
authentic by both the high and lowly. To this testimony we both, as well as all
the peoples of the world, must cling, that through its light we may know and
distinguish between truth and falsehood, guidance and error. Inasmuch as
Muhammad hath confined His testimonies to His Book and to His Family, and
whereas the latter hath passed away, there remaineth His Book only as His one
testimony amongst the people.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
March 14
March 13
Say: God is indeed the Maker of all things. He giveth
sustenance in plenty to whomsoever He willeth. He is the Creator, the Source of
all beings, the Fashioner, the Almighty, the Maker, the All-Wise. He is the
Bearer of the most excellent titles throughout the heavens and the earth and
whatever lieth between them. All do His bidding, and all the dwellers of earth
and heaven celebrate His praise, and unto Him shall all return.
- The Báb (‘Selections from the Writings of the Báb)
March 12
Ages rolled away, until they attained their consummation in
this, the Lord of days, the Day whereon the Day Star of the Bayán manifested
itself above the horizon of mercy, the Day in which the Beauty of the
All-Glorious shone forth in the exalted person of ‘Alí-Muḥammad, the Báb. No
sooner did He reveal Himself, than all the people rose up against Him. By some
He was denounced as one that hath uttered slanders against God, the Almighty,
the Ancient of Days. Others regarded Him as a man smitten with madness, an
allegation which I, Myself, have heard from the lips of one of the divines.
Still others disputed His claim to be the Mouthpiece of God, and stigmatized
Him as one who had stolen and used as his the words of the Almighty, who had
perverted their meaning, and mingled them with his own. The Eye of Grandeur
weepeth sore for the things which their mouths have uttered, while they
continue to rejoice upon their seats.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
March 11
Consider these days in which He Who is the Ancient Beauty
hath come in the Most Great Name, that He may quicken the world and unite its
peoples. They, however, rose up against
Him with sharpened swords, and committed that which caused the Faithful Spirit
to lament, until in the end they imprisoned Him in the most desolate of cities,
and broke the grasp of the faithful upon the hem of His robe. Were anyone to tell them: “The World Reformer
is come”, they would answer and say: “Indeed it is proven that He is a fomenter of discord!”, and this
notwithstanding that they have never associated with Him, and have perceived
that He did not seek, for one moment, to protect Himself. At all times He was at the mercy of the
wicked doers. At one time they cast Him
into prison, at another they banished Him, and at yet another hurried Him from
land to land. Thus have they pronounced
judgement against Us, and God, truly, is aware of what I say.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Queen Victoria, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of
the Lord of Hosts’)
March 10
O Befriended Stranger! The candle of thine heart is lighted
by the hand of My power, quench it not with the contrary winds of self and
passion. The healer of all thine ills is remembrance of Me, forget it not. Make
My love thy treasure and cherish it even as thy very sight and life.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah’)
March 9
God…is My witness, O people! I am come to you with a
Revelation from the Lord, your God, the Lord of your fathers of old. Look not,
O people, at the things ye possess. Look rather at the things God hath sent
down unto you. This, surely, will be better for you than the whole of creation,
could ye but perceive it. Repeat the gaze, O people, and consider the testimony
of God and His proof which are in your possession, and compare them unto the
Revelation sent down unto you in this Day, that the truth, the infallible truth,
may be indubitably manifested unto you. Follow not, O people, the steps of the
Evil One; follow ye the Faith of the All-Merciful, and be ye of them that truly
believe. What would it profit man, if he were to fail to recognize the
Revelation of God? Nothing whatever. To this Mine own Self, the Omnipotent, the
Omniscient, the All-Wise, will testify.
- The Báb (Quoted by Baha’u’llah,
‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
March 8
O Son of Earth! Wouldst thou have Me, seek none other than
Me; and wouldst thou gaze upon My beauty, close thine eyes to the world and all
that is therein; for My will and the will of another than Me, even as fire and
water, cannot dwell together in one heart.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Hidden Words of
Baha’u’llah’)
March 7
That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy
and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all
its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith. This can in no wise be
achieved except through the power of a skilled, an all-powerful and inspired
Physician. This, verily, is the truth, and all else naught but error. Each time that Most Mighty Instrument hath
come, and that Light shone forth from the Ancient Dayspring, He was withheld by
ignorant physicians who, even as clouds, interposed themselves between Him and
the world. It failed, therefore, to
recover, and its sickness hath persisted until this day. They indeed were powerless to protect it, or
to effect a cure, whilst He Who hath been the Manifestation of Power amongst
men was withheld from achieving His purpose, by reason of what the hands of the
ignorant physicians have wrought.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Queen Victoria,
Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
March 6
March 5
Know thou that religion is as heaven; and fasting and
obligatory prayer are its sun and its moon. We entreat God, exalted and
glorified be He, to graciously aid everyone who acteth according to His will
and good-pleasure.
- Baha’u’llah (Compilation ‘The Importance of Obligatory
Prayer and Fasting’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House
of Justice)
March 4
Give ear, O My servant, unto that which is being sent down
unto thee from the Throne of thy Lord, the Inaccessible, the Most Great. There
is none other God but Him. He hath called into being His creatures, that they
may know Him, Who is the Compassionate, the All-Merciful. Unto the cities of
all nations He hath sent His Messengers, Whom He hath commissioned to announce
unto men tidings of the Paradise of His good pleasure, and to draw them nigh
unto the Haven of abiding security, the Seat of eternal holiness and
transcendent glory.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
March 3
March 2
March 1
Tear asunder, in My Name, the veils that have grievously
blinded your vision, and, through the power born of your belief in the unity of
God, scatter the idols of vain imitation. Enter, then, the holy paradise of the
good-pleasure of the All-Merciful.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings
of Baha’u’llah’)
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