September 2025 - Bahai Readings

14 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Sat 20 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 20, 2025

Sept. 20, 2025

This Youth regarded the scene with great amazement. When the royal audience was ended, the curtain was drawn, and, after some twenty minutes, a man emerged from behind the tent carrying a box under his arm. “What is this box,” I asked him, “and what was the nature of this display?” “All this lavish display and these elaborate devices,” he replied, “the king, the princes, and the ministers, their pomp and glory, their might and power, everything you saw, are now contained within this box.” I swear by My Lord Who, through a single word of His Mouth, hath brought into being all created things! Ever since that day, all the trappings of the world have seemed in the eyes of this Youth akin to that same spectacle. They have never been, nor will they ever be, of any weight and consequence, be it to the extent of a grain of mustard seed. How greatly I marvelled that men should pride themselves upon such vanities, whilst those possessed of insight, ere they witness any evidence of human glory, perceive with certainty the inevitability of its waning. “Never have I looked upon any thing save that I have seen extinction before it; and God, verily, is a sufficient witness!” Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá’í Sacred Writings. Available from www.bahai.org/r/243033750

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13 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Fri 19 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 19, 2025

Sept. 19, 2025

O Quintessence of Passion! Put away all covetousness and seek contentment; for the covetous hath ever been deprived, and the contented hath ever been loved and praised. Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words – From the Persian. Available from www.bahai.org/r/089879189

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12 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Thurs 18 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 18, 2025

Sept. 18, 2025

Become as true brethren in the one and indivisible religion of God, free from distinction, for verily God desireth that your hearts should become mirrors unto your brethren in the Faith, so that ye find yourselves reflected in them, and they in you. This is the true Path of God, the Almighty, and He is indeed watchful over your actions. Chapter XLVI. The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb. Available from www.bahai.org/r/068815951

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11 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Wed 17 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 17, 2025

Sept. 17, 2025

They who recite the verses of the All-Merciful in the most melodious of tones will perceive in them that with which the sovereignty of earth and heaven can never be compared. From them they will inhale the divine fragrance of My worlds—worlds which today none can discern save those who have been endowed with vision through this sublime, this beauteous Revelation. Say: These verses draw hearts that are pure unto those spiritual worlds that can neither be expressed in words nor intimated by allusion. Blessed be those who hearken. Bahá'u'lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Available from www.bahai.org/r/128748070

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10 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Tues 16 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 16, 2025

Sept. 16, 2025

In short, it behooves us all to be lovers of truth. Let us seek her in every season and in every country, being careful never to attach ourselves to personalities. Let us see the light wherever it shines, and may we be enabled to recognize the light of truth no matter where it may arise. Let us inhale the perfume of the rose from the midst of thorns which surround it; let us drink the running water from every pure spring. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks. Available from www.bahai.org/r/378940843

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09 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Mon 15 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 15, 2025

Sept. 15, 2025

It is incumbent upon thee to summon the people, under all conditions, to whatever will cause them to show forth spiritual characteristics and goodly deeds, so that all may become aware of that which is the cause of human upliftment, and may, with the utmost endeavor, direct themselves towards the most sublime Station and the Pinnacle of Glory. The fear of God hath ever been the prime factor in the education of His creatures. Well is it with them that have attained thereunto! Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Available from www.bahai.org/r/900726044

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08 'Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Sun 14 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 14, 2025

Sept. 14, 2025

Science is the first emanation from God toward man. All created beings embody the potentiality of material perfection, but the power of intellectual investigation and scientific acquisition is a higher virtue specialized to man alone. Other beings and organisms are deprived of this potentiality and attainment. God has created or deposited this love of reality in man. The development and progress of a nation is according to the measure and degree of that nation’s scientific attainments. Through this means its greatness is continually increased, and day by day the welfare and prosperity of its people are assured. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace. Available from www.bahai.org/r/457413907

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07 ‘Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Sat 13 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 13, 2025

Sept. 13, 2025

The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light is these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Daystar of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The one true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words. Baha’u’llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/487380847

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06 ‘Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Fri 12 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 12, 2025

Sept. 12, 2025

Today there is no greater glory for man than that of service in the cause of the “Most Great Peace”. Peace is light whereas war is darkness. Peace is life; war is death. Peace is guidance; war is error. Peace is the foundation of God; war is satanic institution. Peace is the illumination of the world of humanity; war is the destroyer of human foundations. When we consider outcomes in the world of existence we find that peace and fellowship are factors of upbuilding and betterment whereas war and strife are the causes of destruction and disintegration. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Foundations of World Unity. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU/fwu-5.html#pg20

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05 ‘Izzat / Might 182 B.E. (Thu 11 September 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith Sept. 11, 2025

Sept. 11, 2025

Every word is endowed with a spirit, therefore the speaker or expounder should carefully deliver his words at the appropriate time and place, for the impression which each word maketh is clearly evident and perceptible. The Great Being saith: One word may be likened unto fire, another unto light, and the influence which both exert is manifest in the world. Therefore an enlightened man of wisdom should primarily speak with words as mild as milk, that the children of men may be nurtured and edified thereby and may attain the ultimate goal of human existence which is the station of true understanding and nobility. 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#pg172

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