O Pen of the Most High! Say: O people of the
world! We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period, and at its
close have designated for you Naw-Ruz as a feast. Thus hath the Day-Star of
Utterance shone forth above the horizon of the Book as decreed by Him Who is
the Lord of the beginning and the end. Let the days in excess of the months be
placed before the month of fasting. We have ordained that these, amid all
nights and days, shall be the manifestations of the letter Ha, and thus they
have not been bounded by the limits of the year and its months. It behoveth the
people of Baha, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves,
their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation
to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name…
(Baha'u'llah, ‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
