The Greatest Name

The Greatest Name "should be found upon thelips in the first awaking moment of early dawn.It should be fed upon by constant use in dailyinvocation, in trouble, under opposition, andshould be the last word breathed when the headrests upon the pillow at night. It is the name ofcomfort, protection, happiness, illumination, loveand unity. "I hope that thou mayest becomeinformed of the concealed mystery and reconditesymbol of the stone of the Most Great Name ...The use of the Greatest Name and dependenceupon it, cause the soul to strip itself of the husksof mortality and to step forth freed, reborn, andnew creature..."
'Abdu'l-Bahá"United States Supplement to Bahá'í NewsNo. 80 p. 2October 1964
"The Greatest Name is the Name of Bahá'u'lláh.Ya Baha'u'l-Abha is an invocation meaning: 'OThou Glory of Glories'! 'Allah-u-Abha' is a greetingwhich means: God the All-Glorious'. Both referto Bahá'u'lláh. By Greatest Name is meant thatBahá'u'lláh has appeared in God's Greatest Name,in other words, that He is the Supreme Manifestationof God."
From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to theNational Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand,December 26, 1941
(Compilations, Lights of Guidance, p. 266)