Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

The 18th month of Baha'i Calendar Mulk/Dominion starts on February 6 at sundown. The months of the Baha’i (Badi) Calendar are named after attributes or qualities of God. Though out all the writings of the Manifestations of God (Prophets) these qualities and/or terms are used through out.. Have you given thought in how the word dominion has been used in the major religions?

Buddha tells us in (Dhammapada), The Sayings of Buddha:
“Better than sovereignty over the earth,
better than going to heaven,
better than dominion over all the worlds
is the reward of reaching the stream.”
Buddhist, Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards)

From the Torah Shebiksav:
“His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.”

“And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”
Kesuvim (Writings), Daniel

From the King James Bible:
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
King James Bible, 2 Corinthians

And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
King James Bible, Daniel

O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
King James Bible, Isaiah

Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.
King James Bible, Psalms

Muhammed tell us in the Qur’an:
“Say, 'Who provides you from the heaven and the earth? who has dominion over hearing and sight? and who brings forth the living from the dead, and brings forth the dead from the living? and who governs the affair?”
The Qur'an (E.H. Palmer tr), Sura 10

“His will be the dominion the day the trumpet will be blown.”
The Qur'an (Yusuf Ali tr), Surah 6

From The Bab (the forerunner of Baha’u’llah):
THROUGHOUT eternity Thou hast been, O my Lord, and wilt ever remain the One true God, while all else save Thee are needy and poor. Having clung tenaciously to Thy Cord, O my God, I have detached myself from all mankind, and having set my face towards the habitation of Thy tender mercy, I have turned away from all created things. Graciously inspire me, O my God, through Thy grace and bounty, Thy glory and majesty, and Thy dominion and grandeur, for no one mighty and all-knowing can I find beside Thee. Protect me, O my God, through the potency of Thy transcendent and all-sufficing glory and by the hosts of the heavens and the earth, inasmuch as in no one can I wholly place my trust but in Thee and no refuge is there but Thee.
The Bab, Selections from the Writings of the Bab

Baha’u’llah, the latest manifestation of God tells us:
Through Him the light of unity hath shone forth above the horizon of the world, and the law of oneness hath been revealed amidst the nations, who, with radiant faces, have turned towards the Supreme Horizon, and acknowledged that which the Tongue of Utterance hath spoken in the kingdom of His knowledge: "Earth and heaven, glory and dominion, are God's, the Omnipotent, the Almighty, the Lord of grace abounding!"
Baha'u'llah, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

From 'Abdu'l-Baha:
In the estimation of God all men are equal; there is no distinction or preferment for any soul in the dominion of His justice and equity.
Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section

The stars and suns swinging through infinite space, all earthly forms of life and existence whether mineral, vegetable or animal come under the dominion and control of natural law
Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity

In reality His Holiness Christ was glorified with an eternal sovereignty and everlasting dominion, spiritual and not temporal.
Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity

One thousand years ago, two hundred thousand years ago, one million years ago the bounty of God was flowing, the radiance of God was shining, the dominion of God was existing.
Abdu'l-Baha, Foundations of World Unity

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