Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
“O inmates of earth and heaven! Behold ye My beauty, and My radiance, and My revelation, and My effulgence. By God, the True One! I am Trustworthiness and the revelation thereof, and the beauty thereof. I will recompense whosoever will cleave unto Me, and recognize My rank and station, and hold fast unto My hem. I am the most great ornament of the people of Bahá, and the vesture of glory unto all who are in the kingdom of creation. I am the supreme instrument for the prosperity of the world, and the horizon of assurance unto all beings.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
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Ames, USA
“These Suns of Truth are the universal Manifestations of God in the worlds of His attributes and names. Even as the visible sun that assisteth, as decreed by God, the true One, the Adored, in the development of all earthly things, such as the trees, the fruits, and colours thereof, the minerals of the earth, and all that may be witnessed in the world of creation, so do the divine Luminaries, by their loving care and educative influence, cause the trees of divine unity, the fruits of His oneness, the leaves of detachment, the blossoms of knowledge and certitude, and the myrtles of wisdom and utterance, to exist and be made manifest. Thus it is that through the rise of these Luminaries of God the world is made new, the waters of everlasting life stream forth, the billows of loving-kindness surge, the clouds of grace are gathered, and the breeze of bounty bloweth upon all created things. It is the warmth that these Luminaries of God generate, and the undying fires they kindle, which cause the light of the love of God to burn fiercely in the heart of humanity.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Book of Certitude
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Semaphore, Australia
“O SERVANT of Bahá! Be self-sacrificing in the path of God, and wing thy flight unto the heavens of the love of the Abhá Beauty, for any movement animated by love moveth from the periphery to the center, from space to the Daystar of the universe. Perchance thou deemest this to be difficult, but I tell thee that such cannot be the case, for when the motivating and guiding power is the divine force of magnetism it is possible, by its aid, to traverse time and space easily and swiftly. Glory be upon the people of Bahá.”
-‘Abdu’l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park, USA
“O Friends!
Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty that must die, and set not your affections on this mortal world of dust.”
-Baha’u’llah, The Hidden Words
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Haifa, Israel
“Y además hemos dicho: “Nuevamente digo: Escucha Mi Voz que llama desde Mi prisión, para que te dé a conocer las cosas que le han acontecido a Mi Belleza a manos de los que son las manifestaciones de Mi Gloria y percibas cuán grande ha sido Mi paciencia, a pesar de Mi poder, y cuán inmensa Mi indulgencia, a pesar de Mi fuerza. ¡Por Mi Vida! Si pudieras conocer las cosas que han descendido por Mi Pluma y descubrir los tesoros de Mi Causa y las perlas de Mis misterios que yacen ocultas en los mares de Mis nombres y en las copas de Mis palabras, en tu anhelo por Su glorioso y sublime Reino, sacrificarías tu vida en el sendero de Dios. Sabe que, aunque Mi cuerpo esté bajo las espadas de Mis enemigos y Mis miembros estén acosados por incalculables aflicciones, no obstante, Mi espíritu está lleno de un gozo con el que todas las alegrías de la tierra nunca se podrán comparar.”
-Baha’u’llah, Epistola al hijo del Lobo
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Grosvenordale, USA
“The source of all glory is acceptance of whatsoever the Lord hath bestowed, and contentment with that which God hath ordained.”
-Baha’u’llah, Tablets of Baha’u’llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Asl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom)
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Washington DC, USA
Happy Ridvan!
“Every day, ere the hour of dawn, the gardeners would pick the roses which lined the four avenues of the garden, and would pile them in the center of the floor of His blessed tent. So great would be the heap that when His companions gathered to drink their morning tea in His presence, they would be unable to see each other across it. All these roses Bahá’u’lláh would, with His own hands, entrust to those whom He dismissed from His presence every morning to be delivered, on His behalf, to His Arab and Persian friends in the city.”
-The Dawnbreakers (Nabil’s Narrative)