Pomfret, USA
“Purge Thou mine ear, O my Lord, that I may hearken unto the verses sent down unto Thee, and illuminate my heart with the light of Thy knowledge, and loose my tongue that it may make mention of Thee and sing Thy praise. By Thy might, O my God! My soul is wedded to none beside Thee, and my heart seeketh none except Thine own Self.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, LXXXIV
“This is that Pen through but a movement of which the sun of might and grandeur, and the moon of loftiness and sanctity, and the stars of grace and favour, were called into existence. This is that Pen through which were created the all-highest Paradise and all that abide therein, and the celestial garden and all that pertaineth thereto, could ye but comprehend. Say: Through but a single stroke have been manifested the knowledge of all that was and shall be, and the creation of all things past and future. Open then your eyes that ye may bear witness to this truth.
-Bahá’u’lláh, Súriy-i-Qalam (Súrih of the Pen)
Washington, D.C, USA
“Praise be unto God, incomparable in majesty, power and beauty, peerless in glory, might and grandeur; too high is He for human imaginations to comprehend Him or for any peer or equal to be ascribed unto Him. He hath clearly set forth His straight Path in words and utterances of highest eloquence. Verily He is the All-Possessing, the Most Exalted. When He purposed to call the new creation into being, He sent forth the Manifest and Luminous Point from the horizon of His Will; it passed through every sign and manifested itself in every form until it reached the zenith, as bidden by God, the Lord of all men.“
-Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Baha’u’llah
Uruguay
“Nuestro propósito al exponer estas verdades ha sido demostrar la soberanía de Aquel Que es el Rey de reyes. Sé justo: ¿Es superior esta soberanía, que ha manifestado tan vasta influencia, predominio y tremenda majestad con la expresión de una sola Palabra, o lo es el dominio mundano de estos reyes de la Tierra, quienes no obstante su solicitud para con sus súbditos y su ayuda a los pobres, sólo cuentan con aparente y fugaz lealtad, en tanto que no inspiran afecto ni respeto en los corazones de los hombres?”
-Baha’u’llah, Kitab-I-Iqan Libro de la Certeza
Wilmette, USA
“O friends! How blessed, how favoured, how fortunate are ye to have been born in such a cycle and dispensation and to live in such an age and century, to have come upon such a wellspring and bowed down before such a threshold, to have taken shelter beneath the shade of such a tree and partaken of such a fruit.”
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Light of the World
Darwin, Australia
“Nothing whatsoever can, in this Day, inflict a greater harm upon this Cause than dissension and strife, contention, estrangement and apathy, among the loved ones of God. Flee them, through the power of God and His sovereign aid, and strive ye to knit together the hearts of men, in His Name, the Unifier, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Ames, USA
“Behold, then, what a diadem of bounty adorneth your heads and what a kingly mantle attireth your beings. Consider what eyes of bounty watch over you and what glances of mercy are cast upon you. Wherefore, be not saddened by the cruelty of the peoples of the world or grieved by relentless trials. For all these befall you in the path of the Ancient Beauty; all these ye suffer for the sake of the Most Great Name.”
-‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Light of the World
Vancouver, Canada
“Not unlike the individual who passes through the unsettled yet promising period of adolescence, during which latent powers and capacities come to light, humankind as a whole is in the midst of an unprecedented transition. Behind so much of the turbulence and commotion of contemporary life are the fits and starts of a humanity struggling to come of age.”
-The Universal House of Justice, 2 March 2013 To the Bahá’ís of Iran