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(Naw-Rúz, March 21, is the first day of the Bahá'í year.)
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Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast
ordained Naw-Rúz as a festival unto those
who have observed the fast for love of Thee and
abstained from all that is abhorrent unto Thee.
Grant, O my Lord, that the fire of Thy love and
the heat produced by the fast enjoined by Thee
may inflame them in Thy Cause, and make them
to be occupied with Thy praise and with remembrance
of Thee.
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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.
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Thou art He through Whom the ensign "Praise-worthy
art Thou in Thy works" hath been lifted
up, and the standard "Obeyed art Thou in thy
behest" hath been unfurled. Make known this
Thy station, O my God, unto Thy servants, that
they may be made aware that the excellence of all
things is dependent upon Thy bidding and Thy
word, and the virtue of every act is conditioned by
Thy leave and the good pleasure of Thy will, and
may recognize that the reins of men's doings are
within the grasp of Thine acceptance and Thy
commandment. Make this known unto them,
that nothing whatsoever may shut them out from
Thy Beauty, in these days whereon the Christ
exclaimeth: "All dominion is Thine, O Thou the
Begetter of the Spirit (Jesus)"; and Thy Friend
(Muhammad) crieth out: "Glory be to Thee, O
Thou the Best-Beloved, for that thou hast uncovered
thy Beauty, and written down for Thy
chosen ones what will cause them to attain unto
the seat of the revelation of Thy Most Great
Name, through which all the peoples have lamented except such as have detached themselves
from all else except Thee, and set themselves towards
Him Who is the Revealer of Thyself and the
Manifestation of Thine attributes."
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He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company,
O my Lord, have broken this day their fast, after
haviang observed it within the precincts of Thy
court, and in their eagerness to please Thee. Do
Thou ordain for Him, and for them, and for all
such as have entered Thy presence in those days all
the good Thou didst destine in Thy Book. Supply
them, then, with that which will profit them,
in both this life and in the life beyond.
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Thou, in truth, art the the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
- Bahá'u'lláh
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