Murray River, Murbko, Australia
“I bear witness with my soul, my spirit, my entire being, that should They Who are the Daysprings of Thy most holy unity and the Manifestations of Thy transcendent oneness be able to soar so long as Thine own sovereignty endureth and Thine all-compelling authority can last, they will fail in the end to attain unto even the precincts of the court wherein Thou didst reveal the effulgence of but one of Thy most mighty Names.”
–Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh
Washington, DC, USA
“But the question may be asked: How shall we know God? We know Him by His attributes. We know Him by His signs. We know Him by His names. We know not what the reality of the sun is, but we know the sun by the ray, by the heat, by its efficacy and penetration. We recognize the sun by its bounty and effulgence, but as to what constitutes the reality of the solar energy, that is unknowable to us. The attributes characterizing the sun, however, are knowable. If we wish to come in touch with the reality of Divinity, we do so by recognizing its phenomena, its attributes and traces, which are widespread in the universe.”
-`Abdu’l-Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace
Naperville, IL, USA
“The physical sun has its rising and its setting. The earthly world has its day and its night. After each sunset there is a sunrise and the coming of a new dawn. The Sun of Reality, likewise, has its rising and setting. There is a day and a night in the world of spirituality. After each departure there is a return and the dawning light of a new day.”
-‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, The Promulgation of Universal Peace
Caernarfon, Wales
“Beneath the shadow of the wings of Thy mercy shelter me…”
-Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh
Gloucester, MA, USA
“Should your names fade from every mortal mind, and yet God be well pleased with you, ye will indeed be numbered among the treasures of His name, the Most Hidden.”
-Bahá’u’lláh, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts