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"The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
The Bahá'í month of Kalimát carries the meaning of Words. 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 — Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise) · source
“O ye the embodiments of justice and equity and the manifestations of uprightness and of heavenly bounties! In tears and lamenting, this Wronged One calleth aloud and saith: O God, my God! Adorn the heads of Thy loved ones with the crown of detachment and attire their temples with the raiment of righteousness.”
Bahá'u'lláh — Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise) · source
“Religion is verily the chief instrument for the establishment of order in the world and of tranquility amongst its peoples. The weakening of the pillars of religion hath strengthened the foolish and emboldened them and made them more arrogant.”
Bahá'u'lláh — Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, LXXIV · source
“Every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is endowed with such potency as can instil new life into every human frame, if ye be of them that comprehend this truth.”
‘Abdu’l-Bahá had such an easy way of leading into a meaningful conversation
Various· 1 min
Aqa Mirza Muhammad-Taqi Abhari (Ibn-i-Abhar)
Bahá'í Chronicles editors· 6 min
Ḥájí Mullá Mihdí-i-Yazdí aka Haji Mulla Mihdi-i-‘Atri
Bahá'í Chronicles editors· 4 min
From 'Akká to Bombay: Jamál Effendi's Mission to India
Bahá'í Chronicles editors· 3 min
Muḥammad-‘Alí-i-Isfahání
Bahá'í Chronicles editors· 4 min
Mullá Husayn Bushrú’í
Bahá'í Chronicles editors· 2 min
Before He left London in 1913 at the close of His second visit, He gave a talk
Various· 1 min
The story of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude)
Various· 13 min
Dear Elizabeth Cheney tiny, plump, copper haired was one of the first to answer
Various· 2 min
During the few years of his adult life, Mirza Mihdi had acted as an amanuensis
Various· 1 min
Howard Ives wrote, ‘In all of my many opportunities of meeting, of listening to
Various· 1 min
Ibn-i-Asdaq often accompanied his father on his teaching tours throughout Persia
Various· 1 min
In the days when steamships, such as the Mauritania and Franconia
Various· 2 min
In the very early days Loulie Mathews came into the Faith while
Various· 3 min
It was a short time after Grace told me this story that she went on
Various· 1 min
Mable Ives, after she married Howard Colby Ives (my father) became
Various· 4 min
Memorial of Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-'Alí (the Angel of Carmel)
'Abdu'l-Bahá· 4 min
Memorial of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Furúghí
'Abdu'l-Bahá· 3 min
The Walking Pilgrim and the Tablet of the Nightingale
Adib Taherzadeh· 2 min
The Tablet of Aḥmad: Revealed for a Believer in Distress
Ali-Akbar Furutan· 2 min
The Strong Rope: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Mrs. Cline of Los Angeles
Star of the West Editors· 1 min
The Tablets of the Divine Plan Unveiled
Star of the West Editors· 2 min
The Tablets of the Divine Plan: First Publication in the Star
Star of the West Editors· 3 min