November 22, 2010

God’s “most beauteous names,” and “most noble and sublime attributes” – as Revealed to humanity through His Manifestations

In the Long Healing prayer Baha’u’llah makes us aware of such “names” and “attributes” of God. ‘Abdu’l-Baha explains that the Manifestation of God is a “Perfect Man” Who like a “polished mirror reflecting the Sun of Truth, manifesting the attributes of God. The Lord Christ said, 'He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father' -- God manifested in man.” (‘Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, p. 25) So, by studying the Lives and Teachings of the Manifestations of God we grow in our understanding and appreciation of such names and attributes of God. This appears to be part of our on-going, never-ending, process of spiritual transformation on this plane of existence. Let’s wish each other good-luck in this journey!

• The “Healer”, the “Sufficer”, the “Helper”, the “All-Forgiving”, the “All-Merciful”
• The “Exalted One”, the “Faithful One”, the “Glorious One”
• The “Sovereign”, the “Upraiser”, the “Judge”
• The “Peerless One”, the “Eternal One”, the “Single One
• The “Most Praised One”, the “Holy One”, the “Helping One”
• The “Omniscient”, the “Most Wise”, the “Most Great One”
• The “Clement One”, the “Majestic One”, the “Ordaining One”
• The “O Beloved One”, the “Cherished One”, the “Enraptured One”
• The “Mightiest One”, the “Sustaining One”, the “Potent One”
• The “Ruling One”, the “Self-Subsisting”, the “All-Knowing One”
• The “Spirit”, the “Light”, The “Most Manifest One”
• He Who is “Frequented by all” , “Known to all” , “Hidden from all”
• The “O Concealed One”, the “Triumphant One”, the “Bestowing One”
• The “Almighty”, The “Succoring One”, the “Concealing One”
• The “Fashioner”, the “Satisfier”, the “Uprooter”
• The “Rising One”, the “Gathering One”, the “Exalting One”
• The “Perfecting One”, the “Unfettered One”, the “Bountiful One”
• The “Beneficent One”, the “Withholding One”, the “Creating One”
• The “Most Sublime One”, the “Beauteous One”, the “Bounteous One”
• The “Just One”, the “Gracious One”, the “Generous One”
• The “All-Compelling”, the “Ever-Abiding”, the “Most Knowing One”
• The “Magnificent One”, the “Ancient of Days”, the “Magnanimous One”
• The “Well-guarded One”, the “Lord of Joy”, the “Desired One”
• He Who is “Kind to all”, “Compassionate with all”, the “Benevolent One”
• The “Haven for all”, the “Shelter to all”, the “All-Preserving One”
• The “Succorer of all”, “Invoked by all”, the “Quickening One”
• The “Unfolder”, the “Ravager”, the “Most Clement One”
• “my Soul”, “my Beloved”, “my Faith”
• The “Quencher of thirsts”, the “Transcendent Lord”, the “Most Precious One”
• The “Greatest Remembrance”, the “Noblest Name”, the “Most Ancient Way”
• The “Most Lauded”, the “Most Holy”, the “Sanctified One”
• The “Unfastener”, the “Counselor”, the “Deliverer”
• The “Friend”, the “Physician”, the “Captivating One”
• “Glory”, “Beauty”, the “Bountiful One”
• The “ Most Trusted”, the” Best Lover”, the “Lord of the Dawn”
• The “Enkindler”, the “Brightener”, the “Bringer of Delight”
• The “Lord of Bounty”, the “Most Compassionate”, the “Most Merciful One
• The “Constant One”, the “Life-giving One”, the “Source of all Being”
• He “Who penetratest all things”, the “All-Seeing God”, the “Lord of Utterance”
• The “Manifest yet Hidden”, the “Unseen yet Renowned”, the “Onlooker sought by all”
• He “Who slayest the Lovers”, the “God of Grace to the wicked”
• The “Sufficer”, the “Healer”, the “Abider”, the “Ever-Abiding”, the “Abiding One”
• The “Powerful, the All-Sufficing, the Healing, the Protector, the Giving, the Compassionate, the All-Generous, the All-Merciful”
(Adapted from the Long Healing prayer revealed by Baha’u’llah, Baha’i prayer book. Pp. 88-89)