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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
The Bahá'í month of Bahá carries the meaning of Splendour. The Nineteen-Day Feast at the start of this month is celebrated with the readings below, followed by stories that genuinely resonate with this attribute.
Authoritative Bahá'í readings for the devotional portion of the Nineteen-Day Feast
Bahá'u'lláh — Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh · source
“All-praise to Thee, O Lord, my God! I beseech Thee by Thy Most Great Name, by which Thou hast stirred up Thy creation and called all who are in heaven and all who are on earth, to enable Thy servants to walk in the ways of Thy good-pleasure.”
Bahá'u'lláh — Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Ishráqát (Splendours) · source
“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 st…”
Bahá'u'lláh — The Kitáb-i-Aqdas · source
“Happy the one who entereth upon the first day of the month of Bahá, the day which God hath consecrated to this Great Name. And blessed be he who evidenceth on this day the bounties that God hath bestowed upon him; he verily, is of those who…”
Muḥammad-‘Alí-i-Isfahání
Bahá'í Chronicles editors· 4 min
Bahá’u’lláh’s departure for the Garden of Ridván
Various· 5 min
"...thousands of worlds of incomparable splendor were unveiled to my eyes…” - a spiritual…
Various· 5 min
Two accounts of being in the presence of Baha’u’llah during Ridván – recalled by…
Various· 1 min
Baha'u'llah - The King of Kings
Various· 8 min
The Journey from Tihrán to Baghdád, Winter 1853
Lady Blomfield· 2 min
I Slept in the Room of Ásíyih Khánum
Lady Blomfield· 2 min
The Adrianople Revelation: Tablets to the Kings
Shoghi Effendi· 3 min
The Garden of Najíb Páshá: First Day of Riḍván
J. E. Esslemont· 2 min
The Family Arrives in the Garden: Ninth Day of Riḍván
J. E. Esslemont· 2 min
The Caravan to Constantinople: Twelfth Day of Riḍván
J. E. Esslemont· 2 min
The Súriy-i-Mulúk: A General Address to the Kings
Adib Taherzadeh· 3 min
The Walking Pilgrim and the Tablet of the Nightingale
Adib Taherzadeh· 2 min
The Tablet of the Holy Mariner
Adib Taherzadeh· 3 min
Cast Behind Thy Back: Bahá'u'lláh's Second Tablet to Napoleon III
Adib Taherzadeh· 3 min