Celebrating the two hundredth Anniversaries of The Birth of Baha'u'llah and The Bab |
Chanting The Greatest Name: To the Blessed Beauty "It hath been ordained that every believer in God, the Lord of Judgement, shall, each day, having washed his hands and then his face, seat himself and, turning unto God, repeat "Alláh-u-Abhá" ninety-five times. Such was the decree of the Maker of the Heavens when, with majesty and power, He established Himself upon the thrones of His Names. Perform ye, likewise, ablutions for the Obligatory Prayer; this is the command of God, the Incomparable, the Unrestrained." Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Paragraph 18 "The Greatest Name is the Name of Bahá’u’lláh. “Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá” is an invocation meaning: “O Thou Glory of Glories!” “Alláh-u-Abhá” is a greeting which means: “God the All-Glorious.” Both refer to Bahá’u’lláh. By Greatest Name is meant that Bahá’u’lláh has appeared in God’s Greatest Name, in other words, that He is the supreme Manifestation of God." Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Notes: Note 33 Ablutions performed, I turn toward the Qiblih Baha'u'llah's tomb at Bahji. Alláh-u-Abhá! Intoned in morning's silence, Baha'u'llah's name on his lover's lips Facing the Point of Adoration, I chant The Greatest Name, Ninety-five times Alláh-u-Abhá! With each intonation I move one bead across the prayer string. Poet's Note: ▼ |