Naw-Rúz: Selections from “Days of Remembrance,” writings of Lord Bahá’u’lláh (vegetarian) for Bahá’i Holy Days, Part 2 of 2

Naw-Rúz (New Year) 3. He is the Most Holy, the Most Mighty, the Most Exalted.

“Praise be unto Thee, O Thou Who are the Lord of the world and the Ruler of the nations! I testify that Thou have from eternity been sanctified above the mention of all created things and exalted beyond the loftiest descriptions of Thy creatures. […] Exalted, immeasurably exalted, are Thou above the mention of every soul and the understanding of every heart! Exalted, immeasurably exalted, are Thou above the description of anyone save Thyself and beyond every conception of Thy creatures! […]

Blessed be the one who comprehends Thine enduring reality and the evanescence of all else but Thee, and who acknowledges Thy sovereign authority and the powerlessness of all save Thyself. […] O my God, Thou have, out of the wonders of Thy grace and munificence and as a token of Thy bounty and Thy favor, enjoined upon all to make mention of Thee and to praise Thee, and have accepted their glorification of Thee out of Thy grace and generosity. Wherefore does Thine own Self call on Thy Self and Thy very Essence invoke Thine Essence on behalf of Thy lovers who have borne every hardship in Thy path and every adversity out of love for Thee and contentment with Thy good-pleasure, in this blessed day which Thou have made to be a festival for the inmates of Thy kingdom and for those who have kept the Fast by Thy command and obeyed Thy resistless decree.

Exalted be this blessed and glorious day which Thou have designated by that beloved Name which is both hidden and manifest, and which, when it shone forth above the horizon of eternity, the Divine Lote-Tree called out, saying: ‘By God! The Lord of creation has come, Whom no name can describe.’ Whereupon Paradise was set astir and proclaimed with joy and fervor: ‘O concourse of the world! He has come, round Whom circle the Daysprings of the All-Merciful, the Manifestations of the All-Praised, and the Dawning-Places of inspiration.’[…]”

“O Lord of all being and Educator of all things visible and invisible! Grant us ears that are pure, hearts that are sanctified, and eyes that see, so that we may discover the sweetness of Thine enthralling utterance, may fix our gaze upon Thy supreme horizon, and may come to know whatever has been sent down through Thy bounty…”