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09 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Fri 17 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 17, 2026

April 17, 2026

Glory be to God! What an extraordinary situation now obtains, when no one, hearing a claim advanced, asks himself what the speaker’s real motive might be, and what selfish purpose he might not have hidden behind the mask of words. You find, for example, that an individual seeking to further his own petty and personal concerns, will block the advancement of an entire people. To turn his own water mill, he will let the farms and fields of all the others parch and wither. To maintain his own leadership, he will everlastingly direct the masses toward that prejudice and fanaticism which subvert the very base of civilization. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, The Secret of Divine Civilization. Available from www.bahai.org/r/405583594

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08 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Thurs 16 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 16, 2026

April 16, 2026

Set before thine eyes God’s unerring Balance and, as one standing in His Presence, weigh in that Balance thine actions every day, every moment of thy life. Bring thyself to account ere thou art summoned to a reckoning, on the Day when no man shall have strength to stand for fear of God, the Day when the hearts of the heedless ones shall be made to tremble. Bahá’u’lláh. The Summons of the Lord of Hosts. Available from www.bahai.org/r/832620951

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07 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Wed 15 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 15, 2026

April 15, 2026

“Know of a truth that your subjects are God’s trust amongst you. Watch ye, therefore, over them as ye watch over your own selves. Beware that ye allow not wolves to become the shepherds of the fold, or pride and conceit to deter you from turning unto the poor and the desolate. Arise thou, in My name, above the horizon of renunciation, and set, then, thy face towards the Kingdom, at the bidding of thy Lord, the Lord of strength and of might.” Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Available from www.bahai.org/r/129952421

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06 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Tues 14 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 14, 2026

April 14, 2026

If administrators of the law would take into consideration the spiritual consequences of their decisions, and follow the guidance of religion, “They would be Divine agents in the world of action, the representatives of God for those who are on earth, and they would defend, for the love of God, the interests of His servants as they would defend their own.” If a governor realizes his responsibility, and fears to defy the Divine Law, his judgments will be just. Above all, if he believes that the consequences of his actions will follow him beyond his earthly life, and that “as he sows so must he reap,” such a man will surely avoid injustice and tyranny. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Paris Talks. Available from www.bahai.org/r/864596543

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05 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Mon 13 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 13, 2026

April 13, 2026

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. 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. 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. It followeth, therefore, that 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? 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 anyone except himself. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/218079514

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04 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Sun 12 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 12, 2026

April 12, 2026

There is no paradise, in the estimation of the believers in the Divine Unity, more exalted than to obey God’s commandments, and there is no fire in the eyes of those who have known God and His signs, fiercer than to transgress His laws and to oppress another soul, even to the extent of a mustard seed. On the Day of Resurrection God will, in truth, judge all men, and we all verily plead for His grace. V, 19. The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb. Available from www.bahai.org/r/627124703

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03 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Sat 11 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 11, 2026

April 11, 2026

In formulating the principles and laws a part hath been devoted to penalties which form an effective instrument for the security and protection of men. However, dread of the penalties maketh people desist only outwardly from committing vile and contemptible deeds, while that which guardeth and restraineth man both outwardly and inwardly hath been and still is the fear of God. It is man’s true protector and his spiritual guardian. It behooveth him to cleave tenaciously unto that which will lead to the appearance of this supreme bounty. Well is it with him who giveth ear unto whatsoever My Pen of Glory hath proclaimed and observeth that whereunto he is bidden by the Ordainer, the Ancient of Days. Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/788704971

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02 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Fri 10 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 10, 2026

April 10, 2026

The perfume is intimately commingled and blended with the bud, and once the bud hath opened the sweet scent of it is spread abroad. The herb is not without its fruit, although it seemeth so, for in this garden of God every plant exerteth its own influence and hath its own properties, and every plant can even match the laughing, hundred-petalled rose in rejoicing the sense with its fragrance. Be thou assured of this. Although the pages of a book know nothing of the words and the meanings traced upon them, even so, because of their connection with these words, friends pass them reverently from hand to hand. This connection, furthermore, is purest bounty. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAB/sab-150.html

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01 Jalál / Glory 183 B.E. (Thu 09 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026

O My servants! Be as resigned and submissive as the earth, that from the soil of your being there may blossom the fragrant, the holy and multicolored hyacinths of My knowledge. Be ablaze as the fire, that ye may burn away the veils of heedlessness and set aglow, through the quickening energies of the love of God, the chilled and wayward heart. Be light and untrammeled as the breeze, that ye may obtain admittance into the precincts of My court, My inviolable Sanctuary. Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/gwb-152.html

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19 Bahá / Splendor 183 B.E. (Wed 08 April 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith April 8, 2026

April 8, 2026

Say: Naught is seen in My temple but the Temple of God, and in My beauty but His Beauty, and in My being but His Being, and in My self but His Self, and in My movement but His Movement, and in My acquiescence but His Acquiescence, and in My pen but His Pen, the Mighty, the All-Praised. There hath not been in My soul but the Truth, and in Myself naught could be seen but God. Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SLH/slh-4.html#pg23

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