Nov 04 2008
Qudrat – Power
Today is election day in the United States, but it is also the first day of the Month of Qudrat, which means “Power” in the Baha’i calendar. Qudrat always starts on the evening of the 3rd, and continues till nightfall on the 4th, but election day is just coincidentally the same day this year.
I don’t believe this says anything about the election, but it makes me reflect on power, God’s, and ours. Today the citizens of the United States are exercising the power of the vote, and conferring imminent power on their next elected leader. I pray that we do this task prayerfully, and with the thought in mind of the best use of power. From the Writings of Baha’u'llah, Prophet-Founder of the Baha’i Faith:
The utterance of God is a lamp, whose light are these words: Ye are the fruits of one tree, and the leaves of one branch. Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship. He Who is the Day-Star of Truth beareth Me witness! So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth. The One true God, He Who knoweth all things, Himself testifieth to the truth of these words.
–Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, page 14
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