Fasting prayer query
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2007 4:59 am
Some of the prayers for the Fast seem to contain references make them appropriate only at a certain historical time. I wonder how modern Baha'is feel about this, since these are the prayers Baha'is use during the Fast.
For example, take this verse: "He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have broken this day their fast..." Prayer XLVI
When I say this prayer during the Fast, it feels like I'm saying something untrue.
And take this verse, which comes from a prayer for the Fast:
"Thou knowest how they have disgraced Thy Cause and dishonored Thee among Thy creatures, how they have joined Thine enemies, that they may undermine Thy Revelation and injure Thee. Lay hold on them with the power of Thy wrath and might, O my God, and expose their shameful acts and their wickedness, that whatever is hid in their breasts may be revealed unto the people that dwell within Thy land..." CLXXVIII
Won't it be inappropriate to say this prayer during the Golden Age?
For example, take this verse: "He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have broken this day their fast..." Prayer XLVI
When I say this prayer during the Fast, it feels like I'm saying something untrue.
And take this verse, which comes from a prayer for the Fast:
"Thou knowest how they have disgraced Thy Cause and dishonored Thee among Thy creatures, how they have joined Thine enemies, that they may undermine Thy Revelation and injure Thee. Lay hold on them with the power of Thy wrath and might, O my God, and expose their shameful acts and their wickedness, that whatever is hid in their breasts may be revealed unto the people that dwell within Thy land..." CLXXVIII
Won't it be inappropriate to say this prayer during the Golden Age?