Chant
Chant the Words of God and, pondering over their meaning, transform them into actions!
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Deepening #51
Verily pure hearts are as clear and brilliant mirrors which imprint the one on the other, and hearts discover the secrets of hearts. Therefore, they (hearts) chant the verses of longing and recite the odes of glorification and praise. Consequently, the recourse is to pages of hearts, not pages filled with written lines.
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá v1, p. 120
Learn well this Tablet, O Ahmad. Chant it during thy days and withhold not thyself therefrom. For verily, God hath ordained for the one who chants it, the reward of a hundred martyrs and a service in both worlds. These favors have We bestowed upon thee as a bounty on Our part and a mercy from Our presence, that thou mayest be of those who are grateful.
- Bahá’u’lláh, Tablet of Ahmad, Bahá’í Prayers, p. 211
To teach one's children to chant the holy verses in the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar
- Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 160
Quote of the Day
Idal 17 Ala 182 B.E.
In the Holy Writings of former religions we read how Moses heard the voice of God through the Burning Bush or how the Dove descended upon Christ or how Muhammad received His Revelation through the Angel Gabriel. All these are different symbols of the same entity, the Holy Spirit, which acts as an intermediary between God and His Manifestations.
Adib Taherzadeh – The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh v 3, p. 144