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10 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Sun 25 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 25, 2025

May 25, 2025

O OPPRESSORS ON EARTH! Withdraw your hands from tyranny, for I have pledged Myself not to forgive any man’s injustice. This is My covenant which I have irrevocably decreed in the preserved tablet and sealed with My seal. Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/HW/hw-138.html

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09 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Sat 24 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 24, 2025

May 24, 2025

I AM the Mystic Fane which the Hand of Omnipotence hath reared. I am the Lamp which the Finger of God hath lit within its niche and caused to shine with deathless splendour. I am the Flame of that supernal Light that glowed upon Sinai in the gladsome Spot, and lay concealed in the midst of the Burning Bush. The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb. Available from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/tb/SWB/swb-66.html

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08 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur (Declaration of the Báb) 182 B.E. (Fri 23 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 23, 2025

May 23, 2025

O Pen of Glory! Intone the anthems of grandeur, for We have inhaled the fragrance of reunion at the approach of that Day whereon the kingdom of names was adorned with the ornament of Our Name, the Exalted, the Most High. No sooner was this Day mentioned before the Throne than the Maids of Heaven chanted a wondrous melody, the Nightingale pealed out its heavenly song, and the All-Merciful gave voice to that which enraptured the souls of the Messengers of God, His chosen ones, and those who enjoy near access to Him. Bahá'u'lláh, Days of Remembrance. Available from www.bahai.org/r/792350465

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07 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Thurs 22 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025

65. O Son of Man! My majesty is My gift to thee, and My grandeur the token of My mercy unto thee. That which beseemeth Me none shall understand, nor can anyone recount. Verily, I have preserved it in My hidden storehouses and in the treasuries of My command, as a sign of My loving-kindness unto My servants and My mercy unto My people. Bahá’u’lláh, The Hidden Words. Available from www.bahai.org/r/439014978

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06 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Wed 21 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025

Thou hast made mention of the people of Tár.9 <https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaull…> We have set Our face toward the servants of God therein and advise them first to consider that which the Point of the Bayán hath revealed concerning this Revelation whereby all names and titles have been shaken, the idols of vain imaginings have crumbled and the Tongue of Grandeur hath, from the realm of glory, proclaimed: By the righteousness of God! The Hidden Treasure, the Impenetrable Mystery, hath been uncovered to men’s eyes, causing all things, whether of the past or of the future, to rejoice. He hath said, and His word is the truth: “Of all the tributes I have paid to Him Who is to come after Me, the greatest is this, My written confession, that no words of Mine can adequately describe Him, nor can any reference to Him in My Book, the Bayán, do justice to His Cause.” Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh. Available from www.bahai.org/r/084433597

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05 ‘Aẓamat / Grandeur 182 B.E. (Tues 20 May 2025)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025

Whensoever holy souls, drawing on the powers of heaven, shall arise with such qualities of the spirit, and march in unison, rank on rank, every one of those souls will be even as one thousand, and the surging waves of that mighty ocean will be even as the battalions of the Concourse on high. What a blessing that will be—when all shall come together, even as once separate torrents, rivers and streams, running brooks and single drops, when collected together in one place will form a mighty sea. And to such a degree will the inherent unity of all prevail, that the traditions, rules, customs and distinctions in the fanciful life of these populations will be effaced and vanish away like isolated drops, once the great sea of oneness doth leap and surge and roll. I swear by the Ancient Beauty, that at such a time overwhelming grace will so encircle all, and the sea of grandeur will so overflow its shores, that the narrowest strip of water will grow wide as an endless sea, and every merest drop will be even as the shoreless deep. ‘Abdu’l Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá. Available from www.bahai.org/r/762550727

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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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