- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi
in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
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“Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.” (Bahá’u’lláh, ‘The Kitáb-i-Aqdas’)
November 16
…while in ‘Iráq, We wished to come together with the divines
of Persia. No sooner did they hear of this, than they fled and said: ‘He indeed
is a manifest sorcerer!’ This is the word that proceeded aforetime out of the
mouths of such as were like them. These [divines] objected to what they said,
and yet, they themselves repeat, in this day, what was said before them, and
understand not. By My life! They are even as ashes in the sight of thy Lord. If
He be willing, tempestuous gales will blow over them, and make them as dust.
Thy Lord, verily, doth what He pleaseth.
November 15
…We beseech God, exalted be His glory, to enable thee
[Nasiri’d-Din Shah] to aid His Faith and turn towards His justice, that thou
mayest judge between the people even as thou wouldst judge between thine own
kindred, and mayest choose for them that which thou choosest for thine own
self. He, verily, is the All-Powerful,
the Most Exalted, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet
to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the
Lord of Hosts’)
November 14
We bear witness unto that whereunto God hath Himself borne
witness ere the creation of the heavens and of the earth, that there is none
other God but Him, the Almighty, the All-Bounteous. We testify that He is One
in His Essence, One in His attributes. He hath none to equal Him in the whole
universe, nor any partner in all creation. He hath sent forth His Messengers,
and sent down His Books, that they may announce unto His creatures the Straight
Path.
- Baha’u’llah (Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
November 13
November 12
November 11
O concourse of divines! Fear God from this day onwards in
the views ye advance, for He Who is Our Remembrance in your midst, and Who
cometh from Us, is, in very truth, the Judge and Witness. Turn away from that
which ye lay hold of, and which the Book of God, the True One, hath not
sanctioned, for on the Day of Resurrection ye shall, upon the Bridge, be, in
very truth, held answerable for the position ye occupied.
- The Báb (From the
Qayyúm-i-Asmá, quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day Is Come’)
November 10
We pray God… to graciously aid the King to do His will and
pleasure, and to confirm him in that which shall draw him nigh unto the
Dayspring of God’s most excellent names, so that he may not give countenance to
the injustice he witnesseth, may look upon his subjects with the eye of
loving-kindness, and shield them from oppression.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to
Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord
of Hosts’)
November 9
For twelve years We tarried in Baghdád. Much as We desired
that a large gathering of divines and fair-minded men be convened, so that
truth might be distinguished from falsehood, and be fully demonstrated, no
action was taken.
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Promised Day
Is Come’)
November 8
We cherish the hope that one of the kings of the earth will,
for the sake of God, arise for the triumph of this wronged, this oppressed
people. Such a king will be eternally extolled and glorified. God hath
prescribed unto this people the duty of aiding whosoever will aid them, of serving
his best interests, and of demonstrating to him their abiding loyalty. They who
follow Me must strive, under all circumstances, to promote the welfare of
whosoever will arise for the triumph of My Cause, and must at all times prove
their devotion and fidelity unto him. Happy is the man that hearkeneth and
observeth My counsel. Woe unto him that faileth to fulfil My wish.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
November 7
What mankind needeth in this day is obedience unto them that
are in authority, and a faithful adherence to the cord of wisdom. The
instruments which are essential to the immediate protection, the security and
assurance of the human race have been entrusted to the hands, and lie in the
grasp, of the governors of human society. This is the wish of God and His
decree....
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
November 6
Give a hearing ear, O people, to that which I, in truth, say
unto you. The one true God, exalted be His glory, hath ever regarded, and will
continue to regard, the hearts of men as His own, His exclusive possession. All
else, whether pertaining to land or sea, whether riches or glory, He hath
bequeathed unto the Kings and rulers of the earth. From the beginning that hath
no beginning the ensign proclaiming the words “He doeth whatsoever He willeth”
hath been unfurled in all its splendor before His Manifestation.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
November 5
We… beseech God, exalted be He, to gather all mankind around
the Gulf of the Most Great Ocean, an ocean every drop of which proclaimeth that
He is the Harbinger of joy unto the world and the Quickener of all its
peoples. Praise be to God, the Lord of
the Day of Reckoning!
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal
[Tablet of Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
November 4
How lofty is the station which man, if he but choose to
fulfill his high destiny, can attain! To what depths of degradation he can
sink, depths which the meanest of creatures have never reached! Seize, O
friends, the chance which this Day offereth you, and deprive not yourselves of
the liberal effusions of His grace. I beseech God that He may graciously enable
every one of you to adorn himself, in this blessed Day, with the ornament of
pure and holy deeds. He, verily, doeth whatsoever He willeth.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
November 3
November 2
… I now reveal for thee this Tablet… that thou mayest hear…
the sweet melodies of the nearness of the heavenly Paradise… Perchance thou
mayest become pure spirit; attain, without taking a single step, the loftiest
stations of mystic ascent; and explore, without leaving thine outward
habitation, the furthermost reaches of the worlds of inner significance.
Thereupon wouldst thou, with a divine rapture, experience true spiritual
attraction, lay down thy life in the path of the Friend, and sacrifice thy soul
in the wilderness of His love. This indeed is the meaning of stillness in
flight and flight in stillness, of fluidity in solidity and solidity in
fluidity.
- Baha’u’llah (‘From the Tablet of ‘Letter Bá to the Letter Há’; ‘The
Call of the Divine Beloved’)
November 1
We beseech God to extend wide His shadow, that the true
believers may hasten thereunto and that His sincere lovers may seek shelter
therein. May He bestow upon men blossoms
from the bowers of His grace and stars from the horizon of His providence.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of Temple];
‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
October 31
This is the night [Birth of Baha’u’llah’] round which have
circled the Nights of Power, [ Cf. Qur’án, súrih 97] wherein the angels and the
Spirit have come down bearing cups filled at the streams of Paradise, the night
wherein Heaven itself was adorned with the ornament of God, the Almighty, the
All-Gracious, the Most Bountiful, wherein every created thing was brought to
life, and all the peoples of the earth were surrounded by His grace. All joy to
the concourse of the Spirit for this manifest and resplendent bounty!
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablet of the Birth, ‘Days of Remembrance’)
October 30
O concourse of the seen and the unseen! Rejoice with
exceeding gladness in your hearts and souls, for the night hath come for the
harvesting of the ages and the gathering up of past cycles, the night wherein
all days and nights were called into being and the time preordained for this
Revelation was fulfilled at the behest of Him Who is the Lord of might and
power. All joy to the Concourse on high at the appearance of so glorious, so
wondrous a Spirit!
This is the night [Birth of Baha’u’llah] wherein the doors
of Paradise were flung open and the gates of Hell were shut fast, the night
wherein the paradise of the All-Merciful was unveiled in the midmost heart of
creation, the breezes of God were wafted from the retreats of forgiveness, and
the Last Hour ushered in through the power of truth, could ye but know it. All
joy to this night through which all days have been suffused with light, though
none can apprehend this save those that are endued with certitude and
discernment!
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablet of the Birth, ‘Days of Remembrance’)
October 29
…dumbfounded, the Pen of the Most High cried out: “O Thou
Who art exalted above all names! I adjure Thee by Thy might that encompasseth
the heavens and the earth to exempt me from mentioning Thee, for I myself have
been called into being by virtue of Thy creative power. How, then, can I depict
that which all created things are powerless to describe? And yet, I swear by
Thy glory, were I to proclaim that wherewith Thou hast inspired me, the entire
creation would pass away from joy and ecstasy, how much more then would it be
overwhelmed before the billows of the ocean of Thine utterance in this most
luminous, most exalted and transcendent Spot! Absolve, O Lord, this faltering
Pen from magnifying so august a station, and deal mercifully with me, O my
Possessor and my King. Overlook then my trespasses in Thy presence. Thou,
verily, art the Lord of bounty, the All-Powerful, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most
Generous.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
October 28
O night of the All-Bountiful! [Birth of the Báb] In thee do
We verily behold the Mother Book. Is it a Book, in truth, or rather a child
begotten? Nay, by Myself! Such words pertain to the realm of names, whilst God
hath sanctified this Book above all names. Through it the Hidden Secret and the
Treasured Mystery have been revealed. Nay, by My life! All that hath been
mentioned pertaineth to the realm of attributes, whereas the Mother Book
standeth supreme above this. Through it have appeared the manifestations of
“There is no God but God” over them all. Nay, while such things have been
proclaimed to all people, in the estimation of thy Lord naught but His ear is
capable of hearing them. Blessed are those that are well assured!
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
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