30 Appendix 10: The Bayanic Calendar

Month #1: Arabic Name: Bahá’; English Name: Splendor; Elemental Phase: Fire; Thematic Phase: Glorification; Spiritual Function: The Point; essence of all months; attributed to “He Whom God Shall Make Manifest”; Naw-Rúz = Day of “There is no God but God”
Month #2: Arabic Name: Jalál; English Name: Glory; Elemental Phase: Fire; Thematic Phase: Glorification; Spiritual Function: Kindles the fire of hearts; glory of divine majesty
Month #3: Arabic Name: Jamál; English Name: Beauty; Elemental Phase: Fire; Thematic Phase: Glorification; Spiritual Function: Radiates divine beauty; fuels yearning and love
Month #4: Arabic Name: ’Aẓamat; English Name: Grandeur; Elemental Phase: Air; Thematic Phase: Praise; Spiritual Function: Spirits are created and sustained through grandeur
Month #5: Arabic Name: Núr; English Name: Light; Elemental Phase: Air; Thematic Phase: Praise; Spiritual Function: Light of divine guidance permeates all realities
Month #6: Arabic Name: Raḥmat; English Name: Mercy; Elemental Phase: Air; Thematic Phase: Praise; Spiritual Function: Mercy as the sustaining breath of spiritual life
Month #7: Arabic Name: Kalimát; English Name: Words; Elemental Phase: Air; Thematic Phase: Praise; Spiritual Function: Divine Word as sustaining truth
Month #8: Arabic Name: Kamál; English Name: Perfection; Elemental Phase: Water; Thematic Phase: Oneness; Spiritual Function: Dies to imperfection, lives in affirmation of truth
Month #9: Arabic Name: Asmá’; English Name: Names; Elemental Phase: Water; Thematic Phase: Oneness; Spiritual Function: Realization of divine Names beyond negation
Month #10: Arabic Name: ’Izzat; English Name: Might; Elemental Phase: Water; Thematic Phase: Oneness; Spiritual Function: Strength comes through detachment from ego
Month #11: Arabic Name: Mashíyyat; English Name: Will; Elemental Phase: Water; Thematic Phase: Oneness; Spiritual Function: Submission to the divine Will negates self-will
Month #12: Arabic Name: ’Ilm; English Name: Knowledge; Elemental Phase: Water; Thematic Phase: Oneness; Spiritual Function: True knowledge arises through divine affirmation
Month #13: Arabic Name: Qudrat; English Name: Power; Elemental Phase: Water; Thematic Phase: Oneness; Spiritual Function: Divine power is manifest through surrender
Month #14: Arabic Name: Qawl; English Name: Speech; Elemental Phase: Dust; Thematic Phase: Magnification; Spiritual Function: Exalted speech gives life to souls purified from falsehood
Month #15: Arabic Name: Masá’il; English Name: Questions; Elemental Phase: Dust; Thematic Phase: Magnification; Spiritual Function: Questioning as a means of spiritual revival
Month #16: Arabic Name: Sharaf; English Name: Honor; Elemental Phase: Dust; Thematic Phase: Magnification; Spiritual Function: Honor gained by steadfastness in God’s love
Month #17: Arabic Name: Sultán; English Name: Sovereignty; Elemental Phase: Dust; Thematic Phase: Magnification; Spiritual Function: Life granted by renouncing all but divine sovereignty
Month #18: Arabic Name: Mulk; English Name: Dominion; Elemental Phase: Dust; Thematic Phase: Magnification; Spiritual Function: All divine elements are gathered into earthly dominion
Ayyám-i-Há: English Name: The Days of Ha; Thematic Phase: Intercalary; Spiritual Function: Days outside the calendar cycle; devoted to hospitality, charity, and spiritual preparation before the Fast.
Month #19: Arabic Name: ‘Alá’; English Name: Loftiness; Elemental Phase: Dust; Thematic Phase: Magnification; Spiritual Function: Final culmination; fruit of divine creation realized

Here are the days of the week¹:

Arabic Name: Jalál; English Meaning: Glory; Julian Counterpart: Saturday
Arabic Name: Jamál; English Meaning: Beauty; Julian Counterpart: Sunday
Arabic Name: Kamál; English Meaning: Perfection; Julian Counterpart: Monday
Arabic Name: Fidál; English Meaning: Grace; Julian Counterpart: Tuesday
Arabic Name: ’Idál; English Meaning: Justice; Julian Counterpart: Wednesday
Arabic Name: Istijlál; English Meaning: Majesty; Julian Counterpart: Thursday
Arabic Name: Istiqlál; English Meaning: Independence; Julian Counterpart: Friday

Names of the Years:

The following list identifies the words and symbolic letters that correspond to the numbers 1 through 19 within the mathematical and theological systems set forth in the writings of the Báb:

Alif: The first of all things and the station of the Point.
Bá’: The first letter of the Basmalah and the beginning of the written Book.
Ab: The station of the singular third-person form and the beginning of derivation.
Dál: The throne of the Will and the fourth pillar of the Temple.
Báb: The letter Há (5) and the manifest aspect of the human temple.
Váv: The inner side of the human temple and the number of the word “He” (Huva).
Abad: The number of the “reeds” in the thicket of the Divine Realm and the Seven Acts of God.
Jád: The second letter of the name of the Point and the numerical value of the letter Há in the rank of air.
Bahá: The first month of the year and the name of the Unseen.
Hubb: The letter Yá’ (10) and the rank of manifestation within the first decade.
Bahháj: The age of maturity for marriage and the number of the word Huwa (He).
Javáb: The number of the letters of the testimony “La ilaha illa’Llah” and the pillars of the Manifest Name.
Ahad: The Name of Oneness and the number of the station of the Unseen.
Vahháb: The number of the “Hand of God” and the total of the Letters of the Face.
Vidád: The number of the “wall” (bi-súr) mentioned in the mysteries of the Surih of Unity.
Badí’: A station of completion and the rank of the first manifestation of the name al-Jawád.
Bahí: The spirit of geometry and the name whose beginning is Bahá’.
Abhá: The number of the word Hayy (The Living) and the count of the Letters of the Living circling the Point.
Váhid: The number of all things (Kullu Shay’) in its first degree and the name of the Unity.

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