Morning
The thing that must come hath come suddenly; behold how they flee from it! The inevitable hath come to pass; witness how they have cast it behind their backs! This is the Day whereon every man will fly from himself, how much more from his kindred, could ye but perceive it. Say: By God! The blast hath been blown on the trumpet, and lo, mankind hath swooned away before us! The Herald hath cried out, and the Summoner raised His voice saying: “The Kingdom is God’s, the Most Powerful, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah’)
Evening
QUESTION: Concerning observance of the Fast by people
engaged in hard labour during the month of fasting.
ANSWER: Such people are excused from fasting; however, in order to show respect to the law of God and for the exalted station of the Fast, it is most commendable and fitting to eat with frugality and in private.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Questions and Answers’; ‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
