Guest Author - Sandy Mullins

The 13th month of the Baha段 Calendar called 嘆udrat (Power) starts November 4th at sundown. The Baha段 (Badi) Calendar months 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 throughout.

The power of God and faith are glorious things.

Let us take a look at how the previous manifestations of God have used the word Power:

From Buddha, we have these words:
More than any earthly power,
More than all the joys of heaven,
More than rule o'er all the world,
Is the Entrance to the Stream
The Eightfold Path, Buddha

If a man does not seek children, wealth or power either for himself or for someone else, if he does not seek his own advantage by unprincipled means, he is a virtuous man, a wise man and a righteous man .
Dhammapada - Sayings of the Buddha 1

From the Hebrew Writings, we have these words:
Thou, O king, king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory; and wheresoever the children of men, the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven dwell, hath He given them into thy hand, and hath made thee to rule over them all; thou art the head of gold.
Kesuvim (Writings), Daniel 2,37-38

He that hath made the earth by His power, that hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding; At the sound of His giving a multitude of waters in the heavens, when He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; when He maketh lightnings with the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of His treasuries;
Nev'im (Prophets), Jeremiah 10,12-13

From The New Testament we hear:
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
King James Bible, Mark 13:24

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
King James Bible, Matthew 6:10-14

Then, with Muhammed in the Qu池an:
Verily, the likeness of this world's life is like water which we send down from the sky, and the plants of the earth, from which men and cattle eat, are mingled therewith; until when the earth puts on its gilding and is adorned, the people thereof think that they have power over it.
The Qur'an, Sura 10 - Jonah, Peace be on Him

In the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
Verily, we sent it down on the Night of Power! And what shall make thee know what the Night of Power is?- the Night of Power is better than a thousand months!
The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord with every bidding.
Peace it is until rising of the dawn!
The Qur'an, Sura 97 - Power

Baha置値lah, the latest manifestation of God tells us:
Glory be to Him Who, through the power of truth, hath sent down the Manifestation of His own Self and entrusted Him with His message unto all mankind.
Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 102

Magnified be Thy name, O Thou Who hast power over all that are in the heavens and all that are on earth, Whose dominion embraceth whatsoever is in the heaven of Thy Revelation and the kingdom of Thy creation.
Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 133

Abdu値-Baha the son of Baha置値lah we hear:
Unity is the expression of the loving power of God and reflects the reality of divinity.
Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 217

Throughout the universe the divine power is effulgent in endless images and pictures. The world of creation, the world of humanity may be likened to the earth itself and the divine power to the sun. This Sun has shone upon all mankind. In the endless variety of its reflections the divine will is manifested. Consider how all are recipients of the bounty of the same Sun. At most the difference between them is that of degree, for the effulgence is one effulgence, the one light emanating from the Sun. This will express the oneness of the world of humanity. The body-politic or the social unity of the human world may be likened to an ocean and each member, each individual a wave upon that same ocean.
Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 217

Finally from Baha置値lah:
Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy oneness, acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might, and confessing the greatness of Thy majesty and glory. I ask Thee, by Thy name through which the heaven was cleft asunder, and the earth was rent in twain, and the mountains were crushed, not to withhold from me the breezes of Thy mercy which have been wafted in Thy days, nor to suffer me to be far removed from the shores of Thy nearness and bounty.
Baha'u'llah, Prayers and Meditations by Baha'u'llah, p. 24

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