Thursday, May 3, 2012

"Bahá’u’lláh has revoiced and reestablished the quintessence of the teachings of all the Prophets, setting aside the accessories and purifying religion from human interpretation."

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"Therefore, there is need of turning back to the original foundation. The fundamental principles of the Prophets are correct and true....

"Is the idea tenable that the Creator has no comprehension of what is manifested in creation?"

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"I was once conversing with a famous philosopher of the materialistic school in Alexandria. He was strongly opinionated upon the point...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Joyous Twelveth Day of Ridván

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"By Him Who is the Great Announcement! The All-Merciful is come invested with undoubted sovereignty. The Balance hath been appointed, ...

"Let not a man glory in this, that he can kill his fellow creatures; nay, rather, let him glory in this, that he can love them."

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"Consider the mysteries revealed during the last half century, all due to the effulgence of the Sun of Reality, which has been so gl...
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

`Abdu'l-Bahá Dedicates North American Bahá’í Temple, 1912

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"The power which has gathered you here today notwithstanding the cold and windy weather is, indeed, mighty and wonderful. It is the po...

'Abdu'l-Bahá speaks to Fourth Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Chicago 1912

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"According to the words of the Old Testament God has said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” This indicates that man...
Monday, April 30, 2012

"Praise be to God! This American democracy manifests capacity, showing forth readiness to become the standard-bearer of the Most Great Peace."

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(continued from yesterday) "... These are the institutions of God and the foundations of His temple, the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár*. The...