26 April | p.m

Perhaps I shall come when you are yet asleep, for the coming of the Son of man is like the coming of a thief.

- Cf. 1 Thess. 5:2;2 Pet. 3:10

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night... But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day… Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

- KJB, Thessalonians 5:2

The True One is come evident as the shining sun; O pity that He should have come into the city of the blind!

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 161

26 April | a.m

Ere long God will shine from the face of the Glory of the most Glorious with the name of Bahá on the day of absolute in the plain of Akka.

- A 1300 years old Islamic prophecy, quoted in Dala'il'u'l-Irfan

When the Day-Star of Bahá will shine resplendent above the horizon of eternity it is incumbent upon you to present yourselves before His Throne.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 164

Wert thou now to exert thyself, the truth of this Cause would be made apparent unto mankind, and the people would be delivered from this grievous and oppressive darkness. Who else but Bahá can speak forth before the face of men, and who else but He can have the power to pronounce that which He was bidden by God, the Lord of Hosts?

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 120

25 April | p.m

I am not the first Buddha who came upon earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise.... He shall reveal to you the same eternal truths which I have taught you. He will preach to you His religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal, in the spirit and in the letter.

- Buddha, Baghavad Gita, quoted by A.Q Faizi in An Explanation of the Greatest Name, p. 4

Go thou straight on and persevere in His service. Say: O people! The Day, promised unto you in all the Scriptures, is now come. Fear ye God, and withhold not yourselves from recognizing the One Who is the Object of your creation. Hasten ye unto Him. Better is this for you than the world and all that is therein. Would that ye could perceive it!

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 314

25 April | a.m

But when one blast shall be blown on the trumpet, And the earth and the mountains shall be upheaved, and shall both be crushed into dust at a single crushing, On that day the woe that must come suddenly shall suddenly come, And the angels shall be on its sides, and over them on that day eight shall bear up the throne of thy Lord. On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.
- Qur’an, 69:13-17

The inevitable hath come to pass; witness how they have cast it behind their backs! This is the Day whereon every man will fly from himself, how much more from his kindred, could ye but perceive it. Say: By God! The blast hath been blown on the trumpet, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before us! The Herald hath cried out, and the Summoner raised His voice saying: "The Kingdom is God's, the Most Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 43

24 April | p.m

…whenever the world declineth in virtue and righteousness; and vice and injustice mount the throne, then come I, the Lord, and revisit My world in visible form, and mingle as a man with men, and by my influence and teachings do I destroy the evil and injustice, and re-establish virtue and righteousness. Many times have I thus appeared; many times hereafter shall I come again.

- Krishna, quoted in Thief in the Night, p. 60

Take heed lest ye hesitate in recognizing this resplendent Beauty when once He hath appeared in the plenitude of His sovereign might and majesty. He, verily, is the True One, and all else besides Him is as naught before a single one of His servants, and paleth into nothingness when brought face to face with the revelation of His splendours. Hasten, then, to attain the living waters of His grace, and be not of the negligent. As to him who hesitateth, though it be for less than a moment, God shall verily bring his works to naught and return him to the seat of wrath; wretched indeed is the abode of them that tarry!

- Baha'u'llah, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 54

24 April | a.m

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when He, the Spirit of the Comforter, who is sent by the Father, is come, He will guide you into all truth.

- King James Bible, John 16:12

Say, Lo! The Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the Kingdom is fulfilled! This is the Word which the Son concealed, when to those around Him He said: 'Ye cannot bear it now.' And when the appointed time was fulfilled and the Hour had struck, the Word shone forth above the horizon of the Will of God. Beware, O followers of the Son, that ye cast it not behind your backs. Take ye fast hold of it. Better is this for you than all that ye possess.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 11

23 April | p.m

O thou that bringest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain! O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem! Lift up thy voice with strength; be not afraid. Say unto the cities of Judah: Behold your God! Behold, the Lord God will come with power and His Arm shall rule for Him!

- Isaiah xl, 9-10, quoted by Baha'u'llah in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 144

Verily the Lord will rear from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem; and the habitation of the shepherds shall mourn and the top of Carmel shall withdraw.

- Amos i,2, quoted by Baha'u'llah in Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 144

The time foreordained unto the peoples and kindreds of the earth is now come. The promises of God, as recorded in the holy Scriptures, have all been fulfilled. Out of Zion hath gone forth the Law of God, and Jerusalem, and the hills and land thereof, are filled with the glory of His Revelation.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 12

23 April | a.m

The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord ... [when] the ransomed of the Lord [the Jews] shall return. -Isaiah 35 (KJV) Sharon shall be a fold of flocks and the valley of Achor [Acre] a place for the herds to lie down in for my people that have sought me. - Isaiah 65 (KJV)

Call out to Zion, O Carmel, and announce the joyful tidings: He that was hidden from mortal eyes is come! His all-conquering sovereignty is manifest; His all-encompassing splendor is revealed. Beware lest thou hesitate or halt. Hasten forth and circumambulate the City of God that hath descended from heaven… - Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 15

18 February | p.m

…but when I shall come in my glory ye shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortality to immortality; and then shall ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father.

- LDS (Mormon), The Book of Mormon

Oh, would that the world could believe Me! Were all the things that lie enshrined within the heart of Bahá, and which the Lord, His God, the Lord of all names, hath taught Him, to be unveiled to mankind, every man on earth would be dumbfounded.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 176

18 February | a.m

O people of the earth! By the righteousness of the One true God, I am the Maid of Heaven begotten by the Spirit of Bahá, abiding within the Mansion hewn out of a mass of ruby, tender and vibrant; and in this mighty Paradise naught have I ever witnessed save that which proclaimeth the Remembrance of God by extolling the virtues of this Arabian Youth.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 54

In the year sixty [1260 A.H.] He Who heralded the light of Divine Guidance … arose to announce a fresh revelation of the Divine Spirit, and was followed, twenty years later, by Him through Whose coming the world was made the recipient of this promised glory, this wondrous favor. Behold how the generality of mankind hath been endued with the capacity to hearken unto God's most exalted Word - the Word upon which must depend the gathering together and spiritual resurrection of all men....

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 96

17 February | p.m

In that day also he (the Promised One) shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea , and from mountain to mountain. Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvelous things.

- Micah 7:12

O thou who art reputed for thy learning! Bid men to do that which is praiseworthy, and be not of such as tarry. Observe thou with a keen eye. The Sun of Truth shineth resplendently, at the bidding of the Lord of the kingdom of utterance, and the King of the heaven of knowledge, above the horizon of the prison-city of ‘Akká. Repudiation hath not veiled it, and ten thousand hosts arrayed against it were powerless to withhold it from shining. Thou canst excuse thyself no longer. Either thou must recognize it, or - God forbid - arise and deny all the Prophets!

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 119

16 February | p.m

Perhaps I shall come when you are yet asleep, for the coming of the Son of man is like the coming of a thief.

- Cf. 1 Thess. 5:2;2 Pet. 3:10

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night... But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day… Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

- KJB, Thessalonians 5:2

The True One is come evident as the shining sun; O pity that He should have come into the city of the blind!

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 161

17 February | a.m

When a thousand two hundred and some years have passed from the inception of the religion of the Arabian (Muhammad) and the overthrow of the kingdom of Iran and the degradation of the followers of My religion, a descendant of the Iranian kings (Baha'u'llah) will be raised up as a Prophet.

- ZOROASTER, Dinkird

It behoveth us, therefore, to make the utmost endeavor, that, by God's invisible assistance, these dark veils, these clouds of Heaven-sent trials, may not hinder us from beholding the beauty of His shining Countenance, and that we may recognize Him only by His own Self.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 27

16 February | a.m

Ere long God will shine from the face of the Glory of the most Glorious with the name of Bahá on the day of absolute in the plain of Akka.

- A 1300 years old Islamic prophecy, quoted in Dala'il'u'l-Irfan

When the Day-Star of Bahá will shine resplendent above the horizon of eternity it is incumbent upon you to present yourselves before His Throne.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 164

Wert thou now to exert thyself, the truth of this Cause would be made apparent unto mankind, and the people would be delivered from this grievous and oppressive darkness. Who else but Bahá can speak forth before the face of men, and who else but He can have the power to pronounce that which He was bidden by God, the Lord of Hosts?

- Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, p. 120

15 February | p.m

I am not the first Buddha who came upon earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time another Buddha will arise.... He shall reveal to you the same eternal truths which I have taught you. He will preach to you His religion, glorious in its origin, glorious at the climax and glorious at the goal, in the spirit and in the letter.

- Buddha, Baghavad Gita, quoted by A.Q Faizi in An Explanation of the Greatest Name, p. 4

Go thou straight on and persevere in His service. Say: O people! The Day, promised unto you in all the Scriptures, is now come. Fear ye God, and withhold not yourselves from recognizing the One Who is the Object of your creation. Hasten ye unto Him. Better is this for you than the world and all that is therein. Would that ye could perceive it!

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 314

15 February | a.m

But when one blast shall be blown on the trumpet, And the earth and the mountains shall be upheaved, and shall both be crushed into dust at a single crushing, On that day the woe that must come suddenly shall suddenly come, And the angels shall be on its sides, and over them on that day eight shall bear up the throne of thy Lord. On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

- Qur’an, 69:13-17

The inevitable hath come to pass; witness how they have cast it behind their backs! This is the Day whereon every man will fly from himself, how much more from his kindred, could ye but perceive it. Say: By God! The blast hath been blown on the trumpet, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before us! The Herald hath cried out, and the Summoner raised His voice saying: "The Kingdom is God's, the Most Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 43

14 February | p.m

…whenever the world declineth in virtue and righteousness; and vice and injustice mount the throne, then come I, the Lord, and revisit My world in visible form, and mingle as a man with men, and by my influence and teachings do I destroy the evil and injustice, and re-establish virtue and righteousness. Many times have I thus appeared; many times hereafter shall I come again.

- Krishna, quoted in Thief in the Night, p. 60

Take heed lest ye hesitate in recognizing this resplendent Beauty when once He hath appeared in the plenitude of His sovereign might and majesty. He, verily, is the True One, and all else besides Him is as naught before a single one of His servants, and paleth into nothingness when brought face to face with the revelation of His splendours. Hasten, then, to attain the living waters of His grace, and be not of the negligent. As to him who hesitateth, though it be for less than a moment, God shall verily bring his works to naught and return him to the seat of wrath; wretched indeed is the abode of them that tarry!

- Baha'u'llah, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, p. 54

14 February | a.m

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when He, the Spirit of the Comforter, who is sent by the Father, is come, He will guide you into all truth.

- King James Bible, John 16:12

Say, Lo! The Father is come, and that which ye were promised in the Kingdom is fulfilled! This is the Word which the Son concealed, when to those around Him He said: 'Ye cannot bear it now.' And when the appointed time was fulfilled and the Hour had struck, the Word shone forth above the horizon of the Will of God. Beware, O followers of the Son, that ye cast it not behind your backs. Take ye fast hold of it. Better is this for you than all that ye possess.

- Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 11

18 Dec | p.m

…but when I shall come in my glory ye shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye from mortality to immortality; and then shall ye be blessed in the kingdom of my Father.

- LDS (Mormon), The Book of Mormon

Oh, would that the world could believe Me! Were all the things that lie enshrined within the heart of Bahá, and which the Lord, His God, the Lord of all names, hath taught Him, to be unveiled to mankind, every man on earth would be dumbfounded.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 176

18 Dec | a.m

O people of the earth! By the righteousness of the One true God, I am the Maid of Heaven begotten by the Spirit of Bahá, abiding within the Mansion hewn out of a mass of ruby, tender and vibrant; and in this mighty Paradise naught have I ever witnessed save that which proclaimeth the Remembrance of God by extolling the virtues of this Arabian Youth.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 54

In the year sixty [1260 A.H.] He Who heralded the light of Divine Guidance … arose to announce a fresh revelation of the Divine Spirit, and was followed, twenty years later, by Him through Whose coming the world was made the recipient of this promised glory, this wondrous favor. Behold how the generality of mankind hath been endued with the capacity to hearken unto God's most exalted Word - the Word upon which must depend the gathering together and spiritual resurrection of all men....

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 96