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04 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Mon 19 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025

The limited minds of the philosophers of old, such as Ptolemy and others, held that the realm of life and existence was confined to this terrestrial globe, and imagined that this infinite space was contained within the nine celestial spheres, all of which were void and empty. Witness how limited were their thoughts and how deficient their reasoning! The reincarnationists likewise imagine the spiritual worlds to be confined to those realms that the human mind can conceive. Some of them, such as the Druze and the Nuṣayrís, even imagine existence to be confined to this material world. What an ignorant supposition this is! For in this universe of God’s, which appears in the utmost perfection, beauty, and grandeur, the luminous bodies of the material universe are infinite. Pause to infer, then, how infinite and unbounded the spiritual realms of God, which are the very foundation, must be! “Take ye good heed, O people of insight!”159 <https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/some-answered-…> Note: 159 Qur’án 59:2. ‘Abdu’l Bahá, Some Answered Questions. Available from www.bahai.org/r/710894979

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03 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Sun 18 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 18, 2025

May 18, 2025

Far be it, then, from Thy glory that anyone should gaze on Thy wondrous beauty with any eye save Thine own eye, or hear the melodies proclaiming Thine almighty sovereignty with any ear except Thine own ear. Too high art Thou exalted for the eye of any creature to behold Thy beauty, or for the understanding of any heart to scale the heights of Thine immeasurable knowledge. For should the birds of the hearts of them that are nigh unto Thee be ever enabled to soar as long as Thine own overpowering sovereignty can endure, or to ascend as long as the empire of Thy Divine holiness can last, they shall, in no wise, be able to transcend the limitations which a contingent world hath imposed upon them, nor pass beyond its confines. How, then, can he whose very creation is restricted by such limitations, attain unto Him Who is the Lord of the Kingdom of all created things, or ascend into the heaven of Him Who ruleth the realms of loftiness and grandeur? Bahá'u'lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/067813484

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02 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Sat 17 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025

O thou who rejoicest in the glad-tidings of God! In every age and century, the Dayspring of the world is made manifest, shining with a particular splendour and revealed through a mighty sign. In the time of the Friend of God,83 <https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-w…> the horizon of existence was illumined with the lights of friendship. During the era of Him Who conversed with God,84 <https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-w…> the dawning-place of creation was brightened by the Light that glowed upon Sinai. In the days of the Spirit of God,85 <https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-w…> the realm of being was perfumed by the sweet savours of holiness. With the dawning of the Day-Star of Medina,86 <https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-w…> the horizon of the world was flooded with the light of love and grandeur. When the veil of concealment was rent asunder from the beauty of the Primal Point, the Morn of divine guidance was adorned with the resplendent rays of the most joyful tidings. And with this Most Great Revelation and the dawning of the Day-Star of the Ancient Beauty, the horizons of the world have been encompassed, blessed, and made evident and complete by all the divine bounties, effulgences, names, and attributes combined. For the Most Great Ocean possesseth and embraceth all the perfections that are to be found in every sea, gulf, river, spring, and stream. Note: 83 Abraham. Note: 84 Moses. Note: 85 Jesus. Note: 86 Muḥammad. ‘Abdu’l Bahá, Light of the World. Available from www.bahai.org/r/079104079

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01 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Fri 16 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 16, 2025

May 16, 2025

The teacher, when teaching, must be himself fully enkindled, so that his utterance, like unto a flame of fire, may exert influence and consume the veil of self and passion. He must also be utterly humble and lowly so that others may be edified, and be totally self-effaced and evanescent so that he may teach with the melody of the Concourse on high—otherwise his teaching will have no effect. ‘Abdu’l Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l Bahá. Available from www.bahai.org/r/079774010

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19 Jamál / Beauty 182 B.E. (Thurs 15 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025

You must attach the greatest importance to the education of children, for this is the foundation of the Law of God and the bedrock of the edifice of His Faith. ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Available from www.bahai.org/r/708320940

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18 Jamál / Beauty 182 B.E. (Wed 14 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 14, 2025

May 14, 2025

Consort with all the peoples, kindreds and religions of the world with the utmost truthfulness, uprightness, faithfulness, kindliness, good-will and friendliness, that all the world of being may be filled with the holy ecstasy of the grace of Bahá, that ignorance, enmity, hate and rancor may vanish from the world and the darkness of estrangement amidst the peoples and kindreds of the world may give way to the Light of Unity. Should other peoples and nations be unfaithful to you show your fidelity unto them, should they be unjust toward you show justice towards them, should they keep aloof from you attract them to yourselves, should they show their enmity be friendly towards them, should they poison your lives, sweeten their souls, should they inflict a wound upon you, be a salve to their sores. Such are the attributes of the sincere! Such are the attributes of the truthful. ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l Bahá. Available from www.bahai.org/r/194201115

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17 Jamál / Beauty 182 B.E. (Tues 13 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 13, 2025

May 13, 2025

Souls are inclined toward estrangement. Steps should first be taken to do away with this estrangement, for only then will the Word take effect. If a believer showeth kindness to one of the neglectful, and, with great love, gradually leadeth him to an understanding of the validity of the Holy Cause, so that he may come to know the fundamentals of God’s Faith and the implications thereof—such a one will certainly be transformed, excepting only those seldom-encountered individuals who are even as ashes, whose hearts are “hard as rocks, or harder still.”[1] 1. Qur’án 2:69 ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l Bahá. Available from www.bahai.org/r/884523413

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16 Jamál / Beauty 182 B.E. (Mon 12 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

Teach ye your children so that they may peruse the divine verses every morn and eve. God hath prescribed unto every father to educate his children, both boys and girls, in the sciences and in morals, and in crafts and professions. Thus have We instructed you in Our Most Holy Book, revealed by Us from Our all-hallowed Realm. Well is it with him who cleaveth fast to this with a power from Our own Self; he verily is a man related to this Station. Make ye an effort that there may issue forth from you that which befitteth the days of your God, the King before Whom all heads bow down. Bahá’u’lláh, Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/540900318

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15 Jamál / Beauty 182 B.E. (Sun 11 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 11, 2025

May 11, 2025

It is seemly that the servant should, after each prayer, supplicate God to bestow mercy and forgiveness upon his parents. Thereupon God’s call will be raised: “Thousand upon thousand of what thou hast asked for thy parents shall be thy recompense!” Blessed is he who remembereth his parents when communing with God. There is, verily, no God but Him, the Mighty, the Well-Beloved. VIII, 16. The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb. (Haifa: Bahai World Centre, 1982 lightweight edition) P. 94. Available from www.bahai.org/r/688608201

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14 Jamál / Beauty 182 B.E. (Sat 10 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 10, 2025

May 10, 2025

If in this day a soul shall act according to the precepts and the counsels of God, he will serve as a divine physician to mankind, and like the trump of Isráfíl,[1] he will call the dead of this contingent world to life; for the confirmations of the Abhá Realm are never interrupted, and such a virtuous soul hath, to befriend him, the unfailing help of the Company on high. Thus shall a sorry gnat become an eagle in the fullness of his strength, and a feeble sparrow change to a royal falcon in the heights of ancient glory. Wherefore, look not on the degree of your capacity, ask not if you are worthy of the task: rest ye your hopes on the help and loving-kindness, the favors and bestowals of Bahá’u’lláh—may my soul be offered up for His friends! Urge on the steed of high endeavor over the field of sacrifice, and carry away from this wide arena the prize of divine grace. Note 1. Believed to be the angel appointed to sound the trumpet on the Day of Resurrection to raise the dead at the bidding of the Lord. ‘Abdu’l Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l Bahá. Available from www.bahai.org/r/388135743

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