Since Thou hast adorned them, O my Lord, with the ornament
of the fast prescribed by Thee, do Thou adorn them also with the ornament of
Thine acceptance, through Thy grace and bountiful favor. For the doings of men
are all dependent upon Thy good-pleasure, and are conditioned by Thy behest.
Shouldst Thou regard him who hath broken the fast as one who hath observed it,
such a man would be reckoned among them who from eternity had been keeping the
fast. And shouldst Thou decree that he who hath observed the fast hath broken
it, that person would be numbered with such as have caused the Robe of Thy
Revelation to be stained with dust, and been far removed from the crystal waters
of this living Fountain.
(Baha’u’llah, Prayers and Meditations of Baha’u’llah’)
