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Thankful Thursday: Welcome Light

Istijlál (Majesty), 1 Núr (Light) 177 B.E. Thursday, June 4, 2020
Feast of Light

The radiance of a new day
scatters the its effulgence rays
across the mirror of my soul,
and my spirit shouts:
"Welcome Light!"

The brightness of a new month
awakens my mind
to the joy of God's Most Great Name
intoned in the crisp morning air
and my mind shouts:
"Welcome Núr!"

Word by word I consume
the splendour of religion renewed
through the revelation of Baha'u'llah,
and I shout my gratitude:
“Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá!”1

Day 4 Entry for "The Bard's Hall Contest" 

Footnotes
1  “O Thou Glory of Glories!”