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(The Intercalary Days, February 26 to March 1, inclusive,
should be days of preparation for the Fast, days
of hospitality, charity and the giving of presents.)
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My God, my Fire and my Light! The days
which Thou hast named the Ayyám-i-Há
[1]
in Thy Book have begun, O Thou Who art
the King of names, and the fast which Thy most
exalted Pen hath enjoined unto all who are in the
kingdom of Thy creation to observe is approaching.
I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by these days and
by all such as have during that period clung to the
cord of Thy commandments, and laid hold on
the handle of Thy precepts, to grant that unto
every soul may be assigned a place within the precincts
of Thy court, and a seat at the revelation of
the splendors of the light of Thy countenance.
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These, O my Lord, are Thy servants whom no
corrupt inclination hath kept back from what
Thou didst send down in Thy Book. They have
bowed themselves before Thy Cause, and received
Thy Book with such resolve as is born of
Thee, and observed what Thou hadst prescribed
unto them, and chosen to follow that which had
been sent down by Thee.
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Thou seest, O my Lord, how they have recognized
and confessed whatsoever Thou hast revealed
in Thy Scriptures. Give them to drink, O
my Lord, from the hands of Thy graciousness the
waters of Thine eternity. Write down, then, for
them the recompense ordained for him that hath
immersed himself in the ocean of Thy presence,
and attained unto the choice wine of Thy meeting.
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I implore Thee, O Thou the King of kings and
the Pitier of the downtrodden, to ordain for them
the good of this world and of the world to come.
Write down for them, moreover, what none of
Thy creatures hath discovered, and number them
with those who have circled round Thee, and who
move about Thy throne in every world of Thy
worlds.
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Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the All-Knowing,
the All-Informed.
- Bahá'u'lláh
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas states: "We have commanded you
to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity [15
years]; this is ordained by God, your Lord and the
Lord of your forefathers.... The traveler, the ailing,
those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound
by the fast.... Abstain from food and drink, from
sunrise to sundown, and beware lest desire deprive
you of this grace that is appointed in the Book."
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The period of the Fast is March 2 through
March 20.
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Notes
1. [The Days of Há, Intercalary Days.]
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