- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
September 14
September 13
…
We have truly revealed the signs, demonstrated the
irrefutable testimonies and have summoned all men unto the straight Path. Among
the people there are those who have turned away and repudiated the truth,
others have pronounced judgement against Us without any proof or evidence. The
first to turn away from Us have been the world’s spiritual leaders in this
age—they that call upon Us in the daytime and in the night season and mention
My Name while resting on their lofty thrones. However, when I revealed Myself
unto men they rose against Me in such wise that even the stones groaned and
lamented bitterly.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 12
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after
the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
September 11
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by
Baha’u’llah’)
September 10
The Day Star of Truth that shineth in its meridian splendor
beareth Us witness! They who are the people of God have no ambition except to
revive the world, to ennoble its life, and regenerate its peoples. Truthfulness
and good-will have, at all times, marked their relations with all men. Their
outward conduct is but a reflection of their inward life, and their inward life
a mirror of their outward conduct. No veil hideth or obscureth the verities on
which their Faith is established. Before the eyes of all men these verities
have been laid bare, and can be unmistakably recognized. Their very acts attest
the truth of these words.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
September 9
When a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in
the path leading unto the knowledge of the Ancient of Days he… should forgive
the sinful, and never despise his low estate, for none knoweth what his own end
shall be. How often hath a sinner attained, at the hour of death, to the
essence of faith, and, quaffing the immortal draught, hath taken his flight
unto the Concourse on high! And how often hath a devout believer, at the hour
of his soul’s ascension, been so changed as to fall into the nethermost fire!
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
September 8
By My life! The Day is come which from all eternity was
concealed in the treasuries of the might of your Lord. Rejoice in this blessed,
this glorious and sublime Day. For He verily is Mine own Appearance amongst
you, and whoso maketh the slightest distinction between Him and Me hath indeed
strayed far from the straight path of truth. He it is Who hath caused the
Mystic Dove to warble upon the twigs of the Tree of glory, saying: “By the one
true God! The Best-Beloved of the worlds is come!”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of
Remembrance’)
September 7
We verily behold, at this hour and from His realm, all the
denizens of earth and heaven, and summon them to this Beauty that hath solaced
the eyes of the inmates of Paradise and the dwellers of the tabernacle of
holiness, them that have fixed their gaze on this Scene of resplendent glory
and whom the veils of human limitations have failed to debar from beholding the
countenance of God, the Almighty, the Most Wondrous. He it is Who proclaimeth
within all things: “Verily, I am your Lord, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
From time immemorial I was a Treasure hidden in a station unknown to all save
Mine own Self, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. Cast away all that ye possess
and soar on the wings of detachment into this atmosphere wherein waft the
breezes of the mercy of your Lord, the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Generous.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
September 6
Verily God hath testified, in Himself and by Himself, and in
His inmost Essence, that there is none other God but Him and that He Who is
come through the power of truth is the Manifestation of His most excellent
names and the Dawning-Place of His most exalted attributes. Through Him the
voice of the mystic Morn rang out from the horizon of eternity and the Most
Great Spirit spoke forth before the Divine Lote-Tree, saying: “This, verily, is
He Who hath been intended in the Cities of Names and mentioned in the Tablets
revealed from the empyrean of the Will of your Lord, the Ruler of earth and
heaven. He, indeed, is the most great Instrument amidst the nations, Who hath
come to regenerate the whole world.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
September 5
Every single letter proceeding from Our mouth is endowed
with such regenerative power as to enable it to bring into existence a new
creation—a creation the magnitude of which is inscrutable to all save God. He
verily hath knowledge of all things.
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in
‘The Advent of Divine Justice’)
September 4
O Son of Dust! Turn not away thine eyes from the matchless
wine of the immortal Beloved, and open them not to foul and mortal dregs. Take
from the hands of the divine Cup-bearer the chalice of immortal life, that all
wisdom may be thine, and that thou mayest hearken unto the mystic voice calling
from the realm of the invisible. Cry aloud, ye that are of low aim! Wherefore
have ye turned away from My holy and immortal wine unto evanescent water?
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Hidden Words’)
September 3
Twenty years have passed, O kings, during which We have,
each day, tasted the agony of a fresh tribulation. No one of them that were
before Us hath endured the things We have endured. Would that ye could perceive
it! They that rose up against Us have put us to death, have shed our blood,
have plundered our property, and violated our honour. Though aware of most of
our afflictions, ye, nevertheless, have failed to stay the hand of the
aggressor. For is it not your clear duty to restrain the tyranny of the oppressor,
and to deal equitably with your subjects, that your high sense of justice may
be fully demonstrated to all mankind?
God hath committed into your hands the reins of the
government of the people, that ye may rule with justice over them, safeguard the
rights of the downtrodden, and punish the wrongdoers. If ye neglect the duty
prescribed unto you by God in His Book, your names shall be numbered with those
of the unjust in His sight. Grievous, indeed, will be your error. Cleave ye to
that which your imaginations have devised, and cast behind your backs the
commandments of God, the Most Exalted, the Inaccessible, the All-Compelling,
the Almighty? Cast away the things ye possess, and cling to that which God hath
bidden you observe. Seek ye His grace, for he that seeketh it treadeth His
straight Path.
- Baha’u’llah (Súriy-i-Mulúk [Tablet to Kings], ‘Summons of the
Lord of Hosts’)
September 2
O Minister of the King of Paris! [1] Hast thou forgotten the
pronouncement recorded in the Gospel according to John concerning the Word and
those who are its Manifestations? And hast thou ignored the counsels of the
Spirit [Jesus] concerning the Manifestations of the Word, and been numbered
with the heedless? If not, wherefore
then didst thou conspire with the Minister of Persia to inflict upon Us that
which hath caused the hearts of men of insight and understanding to melt, the
tears of the denizens of the Realm of eternity to flow, and the souls of them
who are nigh unto God to mourn? And all this thou didst commit without seeking
to examine Our Cause or to discern its truth. For is it not thy clear duty to
investigate this Cause, to inform thyself of the things that have befallen Us,
to judge with equity, and to cleave unto justice?
Thy days shall pass away, thy ministry shall come to an end,
and thy possessions shall vanish and be no more. Then, in the presence of the
almighty King, thou shalt be called to answer for that which thy hands have
wrought.
- Baha’u’llah (Súriy-i-Mulúk [Tablet to Kings], ‘Summons of the Lord of
Hosts’)
[1] The French Ambassador in Constantinople
September 1
“This is the Day whereon the unseen world crieth out, ‘Great
is thy blessedness, O earth, for thou hast been made the footstool of thy God,
and been chosen as the seat of His mighty throne.’” “Say, O men! This is a
matchless Day. Matchless must, likewise, be the tongue that celebrateth the
praise of the Desire of all nations, and matchless the deed that aspireth to be
acceptable in His sight. The whole human race hath longed for this Day, that
perchance it may fulfill that which well beseemeth its station and is worthy of
its destiny.”
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The Advent of Divine
Justice’)
August 31
What! Believe ye in your hearts that ye possess the power to
extinguish the radiance of the Sun, or to eclipse its splendor? Nay, by My
life! Ye will never and can never achieve your purpose, though ye summon to
your aid all that is in the heavens and all that is on the earth. Walk ye in
the fear of God, and render not your works vain. Incline your ears to His
words, and be not of them that are shut out as by a veil from Him. Say: God is
My witness! I have wished nothing whatever for Myself. What I have wished is
the victory of God and the triumph of His Cause. He is Himself a sufficient
witness between you and Me. Were ye to cleanse your eyes, ye would readily
perceive how My deeds testify to the truth of My words, how My words are a
guide to My deeds.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writing of Baha’u’llah’)
August 30
When a true seeker determineth to take the step of search in
the path leading unto the knowledge of the Ancient of Days he… should… regard
backbiting as grievous error, and keep himself aloof from its dominion,
inasmuch as backbiting quencheth the light of the heart, and extinguisheth the
life of the soul.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writing of Baha’u’llah’)
August 29
Say: There is no place of refuge for you, no asylum to which
ye can flee, no one to defend or to protect you in this Day from the fury of
the wrath of God and from His vehement power, unless and until ye seek the
shadow of His Revelation. This, indeed, is His Revelation which hath been
manifested unto you in the person of this Youth. Glorified, then, be God for so
effulgent, so precious, so wondrous a vision.
Detach yourselves from all else but Me, and turn your faces
towards My face, for better is this for you than the things ye possess. The
Tongue of God testifieth to the truth of My words, through Mine own Word that
speaketh the truth, and embraceth and comprehendeth all things.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writing of Baha’u’llah’)
August 28
Say: Think ye that your allegiance to His Cause can ever
profit Him, or your repudiation of its truth cause Him any loss? No, by My
Self, the All-Subduing, the Inaccessible, the Most High! Tear ye asunder the
veils of names and cleave ye their kingdom. By My Beauty! He Who is the Monarch
of all names is come, He at Whose bidding every single name hath, from the
beginning that hath no beginning, been created, He Who shall continue to create
them as He pleaseth. He, verily, is the All-Powerful, the All-Wise.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writing of Baha’u’llah’)
August 27
Beware that ye divest not yourselves of the raiment of
Divine guidance. Drink ye your fill from the Cup which the Youths of Heaven
have raised above your heads. Thus biddeth you He Who hath more mercy upon you
than your own selves, He Who asketh not any recompense or thanks from you. His
reward is from Him Who hath, through the power of truth, sent Him down unto
you, and singled Him out and proclaimed Him as His own Testimony unto the whole
of creation. He it is Who hath empowered Him to manifest all His signs. Repeat
the gaze, that ye may perceive the things whereunto the Tongue of the Ancient
of Days hath summoned you, that haply ye may be of them that have apprehended
the truth. Heard it ye ever reported by your fathers of old, or by the generations
that preceded them, even unto the first Adam, that any one coming in the clouds
of revelation, being invested with manifest and transcendent sovereignty,
having on his right hand the Kingdom of God and on his left all the power and
glory of His everlasting dominion, any one preceded by the hosts of God, the
Almighty, the All-Compelling, the Most Powerful, and uttering continually
verses whose import the minds of the most learned and wisest of men are
powerless to fathom, should yet be the bearer of a message that is not of God?
Be discerning, then, and speak ye the truth, the very truth, if ye claim to be
honest and high-minded.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writing of
Baha’u’llah’)
August 26
God the true One is My Witness! This is the Day whereon it
is incumbent upon everyone that seeth to behold, and every ear that hearkeneth
to hear, and every heart that understandeth to perceive, and every tongue that
speaketh to proclaim unto all who are in heaven and on earth, this holy, this
exalted, and all-highest Name.
- Baha’u’llah (Quoted by Shoghi Effendi in ‘The
Advent of Divine Justice’)
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