- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
March 16
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
O my beloved! Immeasurably exalted is the celestial Melody
above the strivings of human ear to hear or mind to grasp its mystery! How can
the helpless ant step into the court of the All-Glorious?
- Baha’u’llah (‘The
Kitab-i-Iqan’)
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
Let each morn be better than its eve, each morrow richer
than its yesterday. Man’s merit lies in service and virtue and not in the
pageantry of wealth and riches.
- Baha’u’llah (Lawh-i-Hikmat, The Baha’i Year
Book 1924-1925; Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas)
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
Suffer not yourselves to be wrapt in the dense veils of your
selfish desires, inasmuch as I have perfected in every one of you My creation,
so that the excellence of My handiwork may be fully revealed unto men.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
March 2
Sanctify your souls from whatsoever is not of God, and taste
ye the sweetness of rest within the pale of His vast and mighty Revelation, and
beneath the shadow of His supreme and infallible authority.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
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’)
February 28
O ye that are the exponents of generosity and the
manifestations thereof! Be generous unto them whom ye find in manifest poverty.
O ye that are possessed of riches! Take heed lest outward appearance deter you
from benevolent deeds in the path of God, the Lord of all mankind.
- Baha’u’llah (The Compilation of
Compilation, vol. 1, Huqúqu'lláh)
February 27
Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an
answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
February 26
My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named
the Ayyam-i-Ha (the Days of Ha, Intercalary days) in Thy Book have begun, O
Thou Who art the King of names, and the fast which Thy most exalted Pen hath
enjoined unto all who are in the kingdom of Thy creation to observe is
approaching. I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by these days and by all such as have
during that period clung to the cord of Thy commandments, and laid hold on the
handle of Thy precepts, to grant that unto every soul may be assigned a place
within the precincts of Thy court, and a seat at the revelation of the
splendors of the light of Thy countenance.
-Baha'u'llah (‘Prayers and
Meditations by Baha'u'llah’)
February 25
Blessed is he who loves the world simply for the sake of the
Face of his Generous Lord. With perfect compassion and mercy have we aided and
directed the people of the world to that whereby their souls shall be profited.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Star of the West’, vol. 6, no. 1, March 21, 1915)
February 24
The signs of God shine as manifest and resplendent as the
sun amidst the works of His creatures. Whatsoever proceedeth from Him is apart,
and will always remain distinguished, from the inventions of men. From the
Source of His knowledge countless Luminaries of learning and wisdom have risen,
and out of the Paradise of His Pen the breath of the All-Merciful hath
continually been wafted to the hearts and souls of men. Happy are they that
have recognized this truth.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of
Baha’u’llah’)
February 23
If, in the Day when all the peoples of the earth will be
gathered together, any man should, whilst standing in the presence of God, be
asked: “Wherefore hast thou disbelieved in My Beauty and turned away from My
Self,” and if such a man should reply and say: “Inasmuch as all men have erred,
and none hath been found willing to turn his face to the Truth, I, too,
following their example, have grievously failed to recognize the Beauty of the
Eternal,” such a plea will, assuredly, be rejected. For the faith of no man can
be conditioned by any one except himself.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the
Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
February 22
…every man hath been, and will continue to be, able of
himself to appreciate the Beauty of God, the Glorified. Had he not been endowed
with such a capacity, how could he be called to account for his failure?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
February 21
…the moment the word expressing My attribute “The
Omniscient” issueth forth from My mouth, every created thing will, according to
its capacity and limitations, be invested with the power to unfold the
knowledge of the most marvelous sciences, and will be empowered to manifest
them in the course of time at the bidding of Him Who is the Almighty, the
All-Knowing. Know thou of a certainty that the Revelation of every other Name
is accompanied by a similar manifestation of Divine power. Every single letter
proceeding out of the mouth of God is indeed a mother letter, and every word
uttered by Him Who is the Well Spring of Divine Revelation is a mother word,
and His Tablet a Mother Tablet. Well is it with them that apprehend this truth.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
February 20
We have also heard that thou hast entrusted the reins of
counsel into the hands of the representatives of the people. Thou, indeed, hast done well, for thereby the
foundations of the edifice of thine affairs will be strengthened, and the
hearts of all that are beneath thy shadow, whether high or low, will be tranquillized. It behoveth them, however, to be trustworthy
among His servants, and to regard themselves as the representatives of all that
dwell on earth. This is what counselleth
them, in this Tablet, He Who is the Ruler, the All-Wise. And if any one of them directeth himself
towards the Assembly, let him turn his eyes unto the Supreme Horizon, and
say: “O my God! I ask Thee, by Thy most glorious Name, to aid
me in that which will cause the affairs of Thy servants to prosper, and Thy
cities to flourish. Thou, indeed, hast
power over all things!” Blessed is he
that entereth the Assembly for the sake of God, and judgeth between men with
pure justice. He, indeed, is of the
blissful.
- Baha'u'llah (Tablet to Queen Victoria, Suriy-i-Haykal [Tablet of
Temple]; ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts’)
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