December 2025 - Bahai Readings

01 Masa’il / Questions 182 B.E. (Thurs 11 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 11, 2025

Dec. 11, 2025

Now, vengeance is reprehensible even according to reason, for it is of no benefit to the avenger. If a man strikes another, and the victim chooses to exact revenge by returning the blow, what advantage will he gain? Will this be a balm to his wound or a remedy for his pain? No, God forbid! In truth the two actions are the same: Both are injuries; the only difference is that one preceded the other. Therefore, if the victim forgives, or better still, if he acts in the opposite manner, this is praiseworthy. As for the body politic, it punishes the aggressor but not to exact revenge. The purpose of this punishment, rather, is to deter and dissuade, and to oppose iniquity and aggression, so as to prevent others from extending their hand likewise in oppression. But if the victim chooses to forgive and to show instead the greatest mercy, this is most approved in the sight of God. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions. Available from www.bahai.org/r/219294801

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19 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Wed 10 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 10, 2025

Dec. 10, 2025

God grant that, with a penetrating vision, thou mayest perceive, in all things, the sign of the revelation of Him Who is the Ancient King, and recognize how exalted and sanctified from the whole creation is that most holy and sacred Being. This, in truth, is the very root and essence of belief in the unity and singleness of God. “God was alone; there was none else besides Him.” He, now, is what He hath ever been. There is none other God but Him, the One, the Incomparable, the Almighty, the Most Exalted, the Most Great. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/832881584

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18 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Tues 9 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 9, 2025

Dec. 9, 2025

The ordinances of God have been sent down from the heaven of His most august Revelation. All must diligently observe them. Man’s supreme distinction, his real advancement, his final victory, have always depended, and will continue to depend, upon them. Whoso keepeth the commandments of God shall attain everlasting felicity. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/084732016

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17 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Mon 8 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 8, 2025

Dec. 8, 2025

From every standpoint the world of humanity is undergoing a reformation. The laws of former governments and civilizations are in process of revision; scientific ideas and theories are developing and advancing to meet a new range of phenomena; invention and discovery are penetrating hitherto unknown fields, revealing new wonders and hidden secrets of the material universe; industries have vastly wider scope and production; everywhere the world of mankind is in the throes of evolutionary activity indicating the passing of the old conditions and advent of the new age of reformation. Old trees yield no fruitage; old ideas and methods are obsolete and worthless now. Old standards of ethics, moral codes and methods of living in the past will not suffice for the present age of advancement and progress. Abdu’l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace. Available from www.bahai.org/r/126611454

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16 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Sun 7 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 7, 2025

Dec. 7, 2025

O my friend! In all circumstances one should seize upon every means which will promote security and tranquility among the peoples of the world. The Great Being saith: In this glorious Day whatever will purge you from corruption and will lead you towards peace and composure, is indeed the Straight Path. Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/120258508

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15 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Sat 6 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 6, 2025

Dec. 6, 2025

Divine civilization, however, so traineth every member of society that no one, with the exception of a negligible few, will undertake to commit a crime. There is thus a great difference between the prevention of crime through measures that are violent and retaliatory, and so training the people, and enlightening them, and spiritualizing them, that without any fear of punishment or vengeance to come, they will shun all criminal acts. They will, indeed, look upon the very commission of a crime as a great disgrace and in itself the harshest of punishments. They will become enamored of human perfections, and will consecrate their lives to whatever will bring light to the world and will further those qualities which are acceptable at the Holy Threshold of God. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá. Available from www.bahai.org/r/033246284

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14 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Fri 05 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 5, 2025

Dec. 5, 2025

O loved handmaidens of God! Consider not your present merits and capacities, rather fix your gaze on the favours and confirmations of the Blessed Beauty, because His everlasting grace will make of the insignificant plant a blessed tree, will turn the mirage into cool water and wine; will cause the forsaken atom to become the very essence of being, the puny one erudite in the school of knowledge. It enableth a thorny bush to give forth blossoms, and the dark earth to produce fragrant and rich hyacinths. It will transmute the stone into a ruby of great price, and fill the sea shells with brilliant pearls. It will assist a fledgling schoolchild to become a learned teacher and enable a frail embryo to reveal the reality of the verse: “Hallowed be the Lord, the Most Excellent of all creators.” 1 Verily, my Lord is powerful over things. 1. Qur’án 23:14. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, A Compilation on Women. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/CW/cw-99.html#pg37

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13 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Thu 04 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 4, 2025

Dec. 4, 2025

Say: It is in Our power, should We wish it, to cause all created things to expire in an instant, and, with the next, to endue them again with life. The knowledge thereof, however, is with God alone, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed. It is in Our power, should We wish it, to enable a speck of floating dust to generate, in less than the twinkling of an eye, suns of infinite, of unimaginable splendour, to cause a dewdrop to develop into vast and numberless oceans, to infuse into every letter such a force as to empower it to unfold all the knowledge of past and future ages. Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SLH/slh-4.html#pg39

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12 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Wed 03 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 3, 2025

Dec. 3, 2025

Unlock, O people, the gates of the hearts of men with the keys of the remembrance of Him Who is the Remembrance of God and the Source of wisdom amongst you. He hath chosen out of the whole world the hearts of His servants, and made them each a seat for the revelation of His glory. Wherefore, sanctify them from every defilement, that the things for which they were created may be engraven upon them. This indeed is a token of God’s bountiful favor. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-136.html#pg296

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11 Qawl / Speech 182 B.E. (Tue 02 December 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Dec. 2, 2025

Dec. 2, 2025

If the learned and worldly-wise men of this age were to allow mankind to inhale the fragrance of fellowship and love, every understanding heart would apprehend the meaning of true liberty, and discover the secret of undisturbed peace and absolute composure. Were the earth to attain this station and be illumined with its light it could then be truly said of it: ‘Thou shall see in it no hollows or rising hills.’ 1 1. Qur’án 20:106. Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/tb-12.html#pg162

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