Thursday, February 9, 2017

SOME BAHA'I WRITINGS

"The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.” -- Baha'u'llah


"O Son of Being! Make mention of Me on My earth. That in My heaven I may remember thee. Thus shall Mine eyes and thine be solaced." -- Baha'u'llah


"This is the Day whereon the All-Merciful hath come down in the clouds of Knowledge, clothed with manifest sovereignty."  --  Baha'u'llah


"The religion of God is for love and unity. Make it not the cause of enmity or dissension." -- Baha'u'llah

"So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth." -- Baha'u'llah

"Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures and enable mankind to benefit therefrom." -- Baha'u'llah

"O Son of Being! My love is My stronghold. He that entereth therein is safe and secure, and he that turneth away shall surely stray and perish." -- Baha'u'llah

"O God! Refresh and gladden my spirit. Purify my heart. Illumine my powers.
I lay all my affairs in Thy hand. Thou are my Guide and my Refuge.
I will no longer be sorrowful and grieved. I will be a happy and joyful being.
O God! I will no longer be full of anxiety, nor will I let trouble harass me.
I will not dwell on the unpleasant things of life." -- Abdul Baha

"If any differences arise amongst you, behold Me standing before your face and overlook the faults of one another for My name's sake and as a token of your love for My manifest and resplendent Cause." -- Baha'u'llah



"Is there any Remover of Difficulties save God? Say: Praised be God! He is God! All are His servants and all abide by His bidding." -- The Bab


"Say: God sufficeth all things above all things, and nothing in the heavens or in the earth but God sufficeth. Verily, He is in Himself the Knower, the Sustainer, the Omnipotent." -- The Bab





"As to the position of Christianity, let it be stated without any hesitation or equivocation that its divine origin is unconditionally acknowledged, that the Sonship and Divinity of Jesus Christ are fearlessly asserted, that the divine inspiration of the Gospel is fully recognized, that the reality of the mystery of the Immaculacy of the Virgin Mary is confessed, and the primacy of Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, is upheld and defended. The Founder of the Christian Faith is designated by Bahá’u’lláh as the “Spirit of God,” is proclaimed as the One Who “appeared out of the breath of the Holy Ghost,” and is even extolled as the “Essence of the Spirit.” His mother is described as “that veiled and immortal, that most beauteous, countenance,” and the station of her Son eulogized as a “station which hath been exalted above the imaginings of all that dwell on earth,” whilst Peter is recognized as one whom God has caused “the mysteries of wisdom and of utterance to flow out of his mouth.”

Shoghi Effendi, The Promised Day Is Come (Wilmette: US Baha’i Publishing Trust, 1980 revised edition) pp. 109-110. Available from http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/PDC/pdc-28.html#pg109