Splendour

Splendour: London

Orb of Wisdom

At 250th of a second, this photo is showing the Splendour of the humble water drop bringing this glass to life. “Thou hast surely quaffed from the ocean of Mine utterance and hast witnessed the effulgent splendour of the orb of My wisdom.” Bahá’u’lláh (Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas)


Splendour: Guam

Bestowals

“The potency of the Holy Spirit is everlasting, not temporary; for the sanctity of the Holy Spirit is its power and efficacy manifest in the spirits it quickens. We pray that all of us may become recipients of its bestowals, that we may be illumined by the lights of heaven, edified through the teachings of [...]


Splendour: North Carolina

Alisa Mappes ©

“Brighten our hearts, O my Lord, with the splendor of Thy knowledge, and illumine our sight with the light of such eyes as are fixed upon the horizon of Thy grace and the Day-Spring of Thy glory.” Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh


Splendour: Quito, Ecuador

Shahriar Erfanian ©

Magnificent mountains and crazy skies surround us in this little South American country.  What a blessing that the splendor and beauty of God’s creation is visible to us every day and everywhere we look. “May you each and all share in the Divine Bounties of the Kingdom of Heaven… May you receive the clear vision [...]


Splendour: Paris

Thierry Mongallez

The glass pyramid on top of the Louvre Museum. Quiet Splendour at Night.


Splendour: Boston

Leili Towfigh ©

Taken during a bracing twilight swim in a beautiful, serene pond. The splendor of the sun above, shining through the gloom. “On this plane, the self is not rejected but beloved; it is well-pleasing and not to be shunned. Although at the beginning, this plane is the realm of conflict, yet it endeth in attainment [...]


Splendour: Los Angeles

Bobby Azami ©

I was driving through skid row with my friend Jamal. It was an entirely different world…one that I have been use to seeing on my TV screen but feeling with only a fraction of emotion. We turned the corner and my heart sank when I saw her limping slowly at the end of the block. [...]


Splendour: Chicago

Sholeh Loehle

Every time I hear the water in the fountains at the House of Worship, a sense of peace comes over me.  It is as if every comforting thing in the world is centered around this spot. “I know not, O my God, what the Fire is which Thou didst kindle in Thy land. Earth can [...]


Splendour: Vancouver

Splendour

“The sun is the sun because of its ray and heat; it is the sun because of its bestowal; but if at any time its effulgence, splendor and radiance should cease to emanate, it would no longer be the sun. Consequently, it is inconceivable that the bounties of Divinity should cease, for the attributes of [...]


Splendour: Kent, England

Ramez Krishnan

“At last the king appeared, with sovereign power and shining diadem upon his head, and with splendor and glory walked slowly and majestically, and with perfect calmness, tranquility and composure, seated himself upon the throne.” This exerpt from a play seen by Baha’u’llah in his childhood, portrays how quickly the material splendor and glory of [...]


Splendour: New York

Amy Sabha

Nature is starting to show itself. colors, shapes, smells… this period of rejuvenation and new life is awe inspiring. No wonder this is the month of Splendour.


Splendour: Los Angeles

Ata Farhadi ©

Few manifestations of God’s splendour exist in the world of nature more boldly than our Sun, the light of which sustains all living beings on the planet. The splendour of that celestial orb is evident not only in its self, its body, but in its traces and evidences, it’s rays – which both announce it’s [...]


Splendour: Haifa, Israel

Burst

A burst of happiness spread across a person’s face gives me more light and warmth than the midday sun. ” The One true God may be compared unto the sun and the believer unto a mirror. No sooner is the mirror placed before the sun than it reflects its light.” Selections From the Writings of [...]


Splendour: Boulder, Colorado

Leila, Splendour

“… this valiant and forward marching community must display, in the months immediately ahead, such a spirit of devotion and of self-sacrifice as will outshine the brilliance and glory of their past and present achievements.” Shoghi Effendi