Sunday, January 19, 2025

"Return then unto that which is better for thee in the realm on high."

 


O SON OF MAN!


Upon the tree of effulgent glory I have hung for thee the choicest fruits, wherefore hast thou turned away and contented thyself with that which is less good? Return then unto that which is better for thee in the realm on high.


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #21 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/227320942

Saturday, January 18, 2025

"Noble have I created thee ..."

 

O SON OF SPIRIT!


Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #22 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/536853978

Friday, January 17, 2025

"To the eternal I call thee ..."

 

© Chuck Egerton 2025





O SON OF THE SUPREME!



To the eternal I call thee, yet thou dost seek that which perisheth. What hath made thee turn away from Our desire and seek thine own?


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #23 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/543131747

Thursday, January 16, 2025

"Prostrate thyself before the countenance of thy God ..."

 
© Chuck Egerton 2025



O SON OF MAN!


Transgress not thy limits, nor claim that which beseemeth thee not. Prostrate thyself before the countenance of thy God, the Lord of might and power.


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #24 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/153701502

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

"Vaunt not thyself over the poor ..."

© Chuck Egerton 2025
 





O SON OF SPIRIT!



Vaunt not thyself over the poor, for I lead him on his way and behold thee in thy evil plight and confound thee forevermore.


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #25 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/585415953

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

"How couldst thou forget thine own faults ..."

 
photo by Margarete P.




O SON OF BEING!


How couldst thou forget thine own faults and busy thyself with the faults of others? Whoso doeth this is accursed of Me.


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #26 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/568477331

Monday, January 13, 2025

"Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner."

 
St. Croix photo by Trina Ridvan




O SON OF MAN!


Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner. Shouldst thou transgress this command, accursed wouldst thou be, and to this I bear witness.


(Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, #27 Arabic)
www.bahai.org/r/605082403