Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

The 2nd month of Baha'i Calendar Jalal/Glory starts at sunset on April 8. As usual I pulled together a few quotes from religious writings for the Manifestations of God (prophets) which use the word glory.

Buddha tells us:
By day it is the sun which shines, at night the moon shines forth. A warrior shines in his armour, and a brahmin shines in meditation. But at all times, by day and by night, the Buddha shines in his glory.
(Buddhist, Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha 1 (tr. J. Richards))

If a person is awake, aware, mindful, pure, considerate, self-restrained, and lives according to duty, that person's glory will increase
(Buddhist, Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha 2 (tr. J. Richards))

From the Torah
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)

Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.
(Kesuvim (Writings), Divrei HaYomim (Chronicles))

Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, ascribe unto the LORD glory and strength.
(Kesuvim (Writings), Divrei HaYomim (Chronicles))

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
(Nev'im (Prophets), Chabakkuk (Habakkuk))

From the New Testament in the Bible
Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place
(King James Bible, 1 Chronicles)

And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
(King James Bible, 1 Chronicles)

From the Quran
He shall say - Glory be unto Thee! it is not for me to say that which I know to be not the truth; had I said that, verily thou wouldest have known it: Thou knowest what is in me, but I know not what is in Thee; for Thou well knowest things unseen!
(The Qur'an (Rodwell tr), Sura 5 - The Table)

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
By the Sun and his noonday brightness!
By the Moon when she followeth him!
By the Day when it revealeth his glory!
By the Night when it enshroudeth him!
By the Heaven and Him who built it!
By the Earth and Him who spread it forth!
And breathed into it its wickedness and its piety,
Blessed now is he who hath kept it pure,
(Sura 91 The Sun)

From Baha’u’llah
In the Book of Isaiah it is written: "Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of His majesty."
(Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 13)

Brighten our hearts, O my Lord, with the splendor of Thy knowledge, and illumine our sight with the light of such eyes as are fixed upon the horizon of Thy grace and the Day-Spring of Thy glory.
(Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 37)

From Baha’u’llah’s son Abdu’l-Baha
Therefore, let your faces be more radiant with hope and heavenly determination to serve the Cause of God, to spread the pure fragrances of the divine rose garden of unity, to awaken spiritual susceptibilities in the hearts of mankind, to kindle anew the spirit of humanity with divine fires and to reflect the glory of heaven to this gloomy world of materialism.
(Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 7)

Then the world will be the paradise of Abha, the standard of the Most Great Peace will be borne aloft, and the oneness of the world of humanity in all its beauty, glory and significance will become apparent
(Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 39)

The more the world of humanity develops, the more the effulgences or emanations of Divinity will become revealed, just as the stone, when it becomes polished and pure as a mirror, will reflect in fuller degree the glory and splendor of the sun.
(Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 59)

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