Grant The Light Of Unity Envelops Earth

God grant that the light of unity may envelop the whole earth, and that the seal, “the Kingdom is God’s,” may be stamped upon the brow of all its peoples.

~ Bahá’u’lláh

Source: Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. © Bahá’í International Community. Used with permission. Image courtesy of NASA. Image use does not imply NASA’s endorsement. Source link: www.bahai.org/r/988293275. Designed by Bahá’í Writings As Art in 2010 and again in 2024.

Universal Beings Have Spiritual, Material Relationships

There must assuredly exist both spiritual and material relationships among the countless universal beings. And although our present methods and sciences cannot detect these relationships among the universal beings, their existence is nonetheless clear and indisputable. ~ `Abdu’l-Bahá

Source: Some Answered Questions. © Bahá’í International Community. Used in accordance with BIC terms. Digital composition © Glenn Franco Simmons/Bahá’í Writings As Art. Source link to Bahá’í Reference Library: www.bahai.org/r/407256965.

`Abdu’l-Bahá Says Stars Exert Spiritual Influence

As to spiritual influences, although it might seem strange that these stars should exert a spiritual influence upon the human world, yet were you to reflect deeply upon this matter you would not be greatly surprised by it.

~ `Abdu’l-Bahá

Source: Some Answered Questions. (Bahá’í Authoritative Texts online edition. www.bahai.org/r/802753808.)  Bahá’í International Community. Digital composition © Glenn Franco Simmons/Bahá’í Writings As Art.

'Worlds of God are countless in number'

AS to thy question concerning the worlds of God. Know thou of a truth that the worlds of God are countless in their number, and infinite in their range. None can reckon or comprehend them except God, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise. Consider thy state when asleep. Verily, I say, this phenomenon is the most mysterious of the signs of God amongst men, were they to ponder it in their hearts.

~ Bahá’u’lláh

Source: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh (online). Proprietary AI-created image © Glenn Franco Simmons.

'Plant Naught But The Rose Of Love'

O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. ... ~ Bahá’u’lláh

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All Humans Are As Flowers Of One Garden

Ye are all the waves of one sea, the rays of one sun, the flowers of one garden, the lions of one thicket, the birds of one meadow, and the fragrant blossoms of one rose garden: wherefore ye are even as a single soul, and this letter is in reality written to each one of you.

~ `Abdu’l-Bahá

Source: “Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks.” Excerpt © Bahá’í International Community. Digitally created artwork. © Glenn Franco Simmons/Bahá’í Writings As Art. This AI artwork has not yet been reviewed by a a Spiritual Assembly; thus, it is not available for sale. For other artwork, please visit my website, Glenn Thomas Franco Simmons.

 

'O God, Guide Me' Prayer Illustrated

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O God, guide me, protect me, make of me a shining lamp

and a brilliant star. Thou art the Mighty and the Powerful.

~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

'Bestow Upon Me A Pure Heart'

He is God! O God, my God! Bestow upon me a pure heart, like unto a pearl.

~ ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Bahá’í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá," p. 37. © U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1991 edition. Photo of Tineke rose by © Glenn Franco Simmons. Please share, if so inclined.

Blessed Is The Spot Prayer Illustrated With Redwoods

Blessed is the spot, and the house, and the place, and the city, and the heart, and the mountain, and the refuge, and the cave, and the valley, and the land, and the sea, and the island, and the meadow where mention of God hath been made, and His praise glorified. ~ Bahá’u’lláh

Source: Bahá’í Prayers. © Bahá’í International Community. AI painting © Glenn Franco Simmons.