Bahá’í Quotes

God - Unknowable

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. Upon it must depend the acceptance of every goodly deed.  Fasten your eyes upon it, that haply the whisperings of the rebellious may not cause you to slip.

- Bahá’u’lláh, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 86-87

All superior kingdoms are incomprehensible to the inferior; how therefore could it be possible that the creature, man, should understand the almighty Creator of all?  That which we imagine, is not the Reality of God; He, the Unknowable, the Unthinkable, is far beyond the highest conception of man.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 24-25

He doeth as He doeth, and what recourse have we? He carrieth out His Will, He ordaineth what He pleaseth. Then better for thee to bow down thy head in submission, and put thy trust in the All-Merciful Lord.

- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 51

Quote of the Day

Idal 5 Qawl 182 B.E.

I swear by Thy glory, O Thou Who art the Beloved of my soul and the Fountain of my life! I am persuaded of my powerlessness to describe and extol Thee in a manner that becometh the greatness of Thy glory and the excellence of Thy majesty.

Bahá’u’lláh – Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh, p. 149