12 April | p.m

If it be your wish, O people, to know God and to discover the greatness of His might, look, then, upon Me with Mine own eyes, and not with the eyes of any one besides Me.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 272

From all eternity I have indeed recognized Thee and unto all eternity will ever do so through Thine Own Self and not through any one else besides Thee.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 3

12 April | a.m

Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 86

Whoso hath failed to recognize Him will have condemned himself to the misery of remoteness, a remoteness which is naught but utter nothingness and the essence of the nethermost fire. Such will be his fate, though to outward seeming he may occupy the earth's loftiest seats and be established upon its most exalted throne.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 70

11 April | p.m

Thou hast gained admittance into the Paradise of God's Remembrance, through thy recognition of Him Who is the Embodiment of that Remembrance amongst men.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 303

…only in the remembrance of God can the heart find rest.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 95

11 April | a.m

The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws…It behoveth every one who reacheth this most sublime station, this summit of transcendent glory, to observe every ordinance of Him Who is the Desire of the world. These twin duties are inseparable. Neither is acceptable without the other.

- Baha'u'llah, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 17

This blessed verse means that the foundation of success and salvation is the knowledge of God, and that the results of the knowledge of God are the good actions which are the fruits of faith.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 238

10 April | p.m

Know then that "life" hath a twofold meaning. The first pertaineth to the appearance of man in an elemental body, and is as manifest to thine eminence and to others as the midday sun. This life cometh to an end with physical death, which is a God-ordained and inescapable reality. That life, however, which is mentioned in the Books of the Prophets and the Chosen Ones of God is the life of knowledge; that is to say, the servant's recognition of the sign of the splendours wherewith He Who is the Source of all splendour hath Himself invested him, and his certitude of attaining unto the presence of God through the Manifestations of His Cause.

- Baha'u'llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries

As to those that have tasted of the fruit of man's earthly existence, which is the recognition of the one true God, exalted be His glory, their life hereafter is such as We are unable to describe. The knowledge thereof is with God, alone, the Lord of all worlds.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 343

10 April | a.m

Having created the world and all that liveth and moveth therein, He, through the direct operation of His unconstrained and sovereign Will, chose to confer upon man the unique distinction and capacity to know Him and to love Him - a capacity that must needs be regarded as the generating impulse and the primary purpose underlying the whole of creation.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 65

I am he, O my God… who recognizeth with downcast countenance the splendors of the light of Thy transcendent glory. I have believed in Thee after Thou didst enable me to know Thy Self, Whom Thou hast revealed to men's eyes through the power of Thy sovereignty and might. Unto Him I have turned, wholly detached from all things, and cleaving steadfastly unto the cord of Thy gifts and favors.

- Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 80

9 April | p.m

Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged his belief in God and in His signs, and recognized that "He shall not be asked of His doings." Such a recognition hath been made by God the ornament of every belief, and its very foundation.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 86

...By faith is meant, first, conscious knowledge, and second, the practice of good deeds.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 383

9 April | a.m

The spirit that animateth the human heart is the knowledge of God, and its truest adorning is the recognition of the truth that "He doeth whatsoever He willeth, and ordaineth that which He pleaseth." Its raiment is the fear of God, and its perfection steadfastness in His Faith. Thus God instructeth whosoever seeketh Him. He, verily, loveth the one that turneth towards Him. There is none other God but Him, the Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 290

[The Lord] hath chosen thee to love Him and selected thee from among His beings to know Him and distinguished thee particularly with the gift of dazzling light through which the faces of the righteous will shine

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 159

8 April | p.m

First and foremost among these favors, which the Almighty hath conferred upon man, is the gift of understanding. His purpose in conferring such a gift is none other except to enable His creature to know and recognize the one true God - exalted be His glory. This gift giveth man the power to discern the truth in all things, leadeth him to that which is right, and helpeth him to discover the secrets of creation.

 

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 194

8 April | a.m

The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and to attain His Presence.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 70

Although a person of good deeds is acceptable at the Threshold of the Almighty, yet it is first "to know," and then "to do."

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 382

4 February | a.m

Say: The first and foremost testimony establishing His truth is His own Self. Next to this testimony is His Revelation. For whoso faileth to recognize either the one or the other He hath established the words He hath revealed as proof of His reality and truth. This is, verily, an evidence of His tender mercy unto men. He hath endowed every soul with the capacity to recognize the signs of God. How could He, otherwise, have fulfilled His testimony unto men, if ye be of them that ponder His Cause in their hearts. He will never deal unjustly with any one, neither will He task a soul beyond its power. He, verily, is the Compassionate, the All-Merciful.

 

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 105

3 February | p.m

If it be your wish, O people, to know God and to discover the greatness of His might, look, then, upon Me with Mine own eyes, and not with the eyes of any one besides Me.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 272

From all eternity I have indeed recognized Thee and unto all eternity will ever do so through Thine Own Self and not through any one else besides Thee.

- The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb, p. 3

3 February | a.m

Leprosy may be interpreted as any veil that interveneth between man and the recognition of the Lord, his God. Whoso alloweth himself to be shut out from Him is indeed a leper, who shall not be remembered in the Kingdom of God, the Mighty, the All-Praised. We bear witness that through the power of the Word of God every leper was cleansed, every sickness was healed, every human infirmity was banished. He it is Who purified the world. Blessed is the man who, with a face beaming with light, hath turned towards Him.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 86

Whoso hath failed to recognize Him will have condemned himself to the misery of remoteness, a remoteness which is naught but utter nothingness and the essence of the nethermost fire. Such will be his fate, though to outward seeming he may occupy the earth's loftiest seats and be established upon its most exalted throne.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 70

2 February | p.m

Thou hast gained admittance into the Paradise of God's Remembrance, through thy recognition of Him Who is the Embodiment of that Remembrance amongst men.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 303

…only in the remembrance of God can the heart find rest.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 95

2 February | a.m

The first duty prescribed by God for His servants is the recognition of Him Who is the Dayspring of His Revelation and the Fountain of His laws…It behoveth every one who reacheth this most sublime station, this summit of transcendent glory, to observe every ordinance of Him Who is the Desire of the world. These twin duties are inseparable. Neither is acceptable without the other.

- Baha'u'llah, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 17

This blessed verse means that the foundation of success and salvation is the knowledge of God, and that the results of the knowledge of God are the good actions which are the fruits of faith.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 238

1 February | p.m

Know then that "life" hath a twofold meaning. The first pertaineth to the appearance of man in an elemental body, and is as manifest to thine eminence and to others as the midday sun. This life cometh to an end with physical death, which is a God-ordained and inescapable reality. That life, however, which is mentioned in the Books of the Prophets and the Chosen Ones of God is the life of knowledge; that is to say, the servant's recognition of the sign of the splendours wherewith He Who is the Source of all splendour hath Himself invested him, and his certitude of attaining unto the presence of God through the Manifestations of His Cause.

- Baha'u'llah, Gems of Divine Mysteries

This blessed verse means that the foundation of success and salvation is the knowledge of God, and that the results of the knowledge of God are the good actions which are the fruits of faith.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 238

1 February | a.m

Having created the world and all that liveth and moveth therein, He, through the direct operation of His unconstrained and sovereign Will, chose to confer upon man the unique distinction and capacity to know Him and to love Him - a capacity that must needs be regarded as the generating impulse and the primary purpose underlying the whole of creation.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 65

I am he, O my God… who recognizeth with downcast countenance the splendors of the light of Thy transcendent glory. I have believed in Thee after Thou didst enable me to know Thy Self, Whom Thou hast revealed to men's eyes through the power of Thy sovereignty and might. Unto Him I have turned, wholly detached from all things, and cleaving steadfastly unto the cord of Thy gifts and favors.

- Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 80

31 January | p.m

Blessed is the man that hath acknowledged his belief in God and in His signs, and recognized that "He shall not be asked of His doings." Such a recognition hath been made by God the ornament of every belief, and its very foundation.

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 86

...By faith is meant, first, conscious knowledge, and second, the practice of good deeds.

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu’l-Bahá Section, p. 383

31 January | a.m

The spirit that animateth the human heart is the knowledge of God, and its truest adorning is the recognition of the truth that "He doeth whatsoever He willeth, and ordaineth that which He pleaseth." Its raiment is the fear of God, and its perfection steadfastness in His Faith. Thus God instructeth whosoever seeketh Him. He, verily, loveth the one that turneth towards Him. There is none other God but Him, the Forgiving, the Most Bountiful.
- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 290

[The Lord] hath chosen thee to love Him and selected thee from among His beings to know Him and distinguished thee particularly with the gift of dazzling light through which the faces of the righteous will shine

- Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 159