In the Name of Him
Who hath been promised in the Books of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed!
The days of fasting have arrived wherein those servants who circle round Thy
throne and have attained Thy presence have fasted. Say: O God of names and
creator of heaven and earth! I beg of Thee by Thy Name, the All-Glorious, to
accept the fast of those who have fasted for love of Thee and for the sake of
Thy good-pleasure and have carried out what Thou hast bidden them in Thy Books
and Tablets. I beseech Thee by them to assist me in the promotion of Thy Cause
and to make me steadfast in Thy love, that my footsteps may not slip on account
of the clamour of Thy creatures. Verily, Thou art powerful over whatsoever Thou
willest. No God is there but Thee, the Quickener, the All-Powerful, the Most
Bountiful, the Ancient of Days.
- Baha’u’llah (Compilation: ‘The
Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting’, prepared by the Research
Department of the Universal House of Justice; The American Baha’i September
2000)
