Special Post – 10 Years

On Naw-Ruz of 2010, the Nineteen Months team posted the first set of photos from around the world. It is hard to believe that we have been posting continuously for 10 years! We have never missed a month of photos, and have had articles and works of art about a wide variety of topics. It has evolved, too. We had a literary magazine, Vahid, for several years, and continuing partnership with the Baha’i Publishing Trust of the USA where we published a calendar for the first time in 175 B.E. (2018-2019). We just published our third calendar, which is currently for sale.

We are so grateful to our photographers and authors who have contributed over the years. Their insights and images have provided joy and contemplation to thousands of readers and we could not have this website without them.

“In the Bahá’í calendar the first month of the year and the first day of each month are given the name “Bahá.” The day of Bahá of the month of Bahá is thus the Bahá’í New Year, Naw-Rúz, which was ordained by the Báb as a festival and is here confirmed by Bahá’u’lláh.”

-The Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Washington D.C., USA

Lucia Tyson ©

“The third station is that of the divine appearance and heavenly splendor: it is the Word of God, the Eternal Bounty, the Holy Spirit. It has neither beginning nor end, for these things are related to the world of contingencies and not to the divine world. For God the end is the same thing as the beginning. So the reckoning of days, weeks, months and years, of yesterday and today, is connected with the terrestrial globe; but in the sun there is no such thing—there is neither yesterday, today nor tomorrow, neither months nor years: all are equal. In the same way the Word of God is purified from all these conditions and is exempt from the boundaries, the laws and the limits of the world of contingency. Therefore, the reality of prophethood, which is the Word of God and the perfect state of manifestation, did not have any beginning and will not have any end; its rising is different from all others and is like that of the sun.”

-‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Some Answered Questions

Haifa, Israel

Chad Mauger ©

“Whensoever I raise mine eyes to the heavens and witness their loftiness, I recognize naught therein but the wondrous heights of Thy supreme power and sovereign authority. And whensoever I turn my gaze towards Thine earth and observe the potentialities wherewith it hath been endowed, I perceive naught but the peerless signs of Thine immutable nature and abiding constancy. And whensoever, O my God, I behold the sea and its waves, methinks I hear the billowing ocean of Thy wealth and power. In the sun I discern naught but the marvellous splendour of the light of Thy hallowed countenance and presence, and in the wind I sense naught save the stirring breezes of Thy nearness and reunion. In the trees I behold only the revelation of the fruits of Thy wisdom and knowledge, and in their leaves I read but the pages of the books enshrining the mysteries of all that hath been through Thy command or will be through Thy power.”

-Bahá’u’lláh, Days of Remembrance

Philadelphia, USA

John Etheridge ©

“Though the course He has traced for you seems, at times, lost in the threatening shadows with which a stricken humanity is now enveloped, yet the unfailing light He has caused to shine continually upon you is of such brightness that no earthly dusk can ever eclipse its splendor.”

-Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice

Ladysmith, Canada

Shelley Sims ©

“Ye live, all of you, within the heart of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and with every breath do I turn my face toward the Threshold of Oneness and call down blessings upon you, each and all.”

-‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Chicago, USA

Sholeh Samadani Munion ©

“O people of the earth! By the righteousness of the One true God, I am the Maid of Heaven begotten by the Spirit of Bahá, abiding within the Mansion hewn out of a mass of ruby, tender and vibrant; and in this mighty Paradise naught have I ever witnessed save that which proclaimeth the Remembrance of God by extolling the virtues of this Arabian Youth.”

-The Báb, Selections from the Writings of the Báb

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Tamila Zeinalova ©

“Lo, the gates of Paradise were unlocked, and the hallowed Youth came forth bearing a serpent plain. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth, come with crystal waters.

Upon His face was a veil woven by the fingers of might and power. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth, come with a mighty name.

Upon His brow there shone a beauteous crown, which cast its splendour upon all who are in heaven and all who are on earth. Rejoice! This is the immortal Youth, come with a mighty cause.”

-Declaration of the Báb, Tablet of the Immortal Youth