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Tag "Fasting"

tag name: Fasting type: Practices; Religion, general
web link: Fasting
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen-Day_Fast; bahai9.com/wiki/Fast; www.bahaiquotes.com/subject/fast; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/compilations/importance-obligatory-prayer-fasting
related tags: * Religion (general); Devotion; Fasting prayers
referring tags: Age of maturity (children); Ayyám-i-Há; Fasting prayers; Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting)

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  1. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2018/2024). — 209 selections, last updated August 2024.
  2. Bahá'í: A Look into the World's Newest Religion, and Why Followers Find it Appealing, by Anthony Hill (2022-03-18). — TV news report summarizing Baha'i history and practice, and breaking the fast with some Baha'is in F...
  3. Bahá'í: Religion and Diet, by Paul Fieldhouse (2003). — Short overview of fasting, feast, and diet.
  4. Bahá'í Fast: A compilation, Author unknown, comp. (2018). — Description and purposes of the Fast; how to fast; additional insights.
  5. Bahá'í Fast, The: Warwick Leaflets, by Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2012). — A summary of the laws and principles of the Fast.
  6. Bible Stories and Themes in the Bahá'í Writings and Guidance, Anonymous, comp. (2021). — Baha'i interpretation of Biblical stories and topics.
  7. Dawn Fasting Prayer, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1982). — Essay from ‘Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum's book The Desire of the World.
  8. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica, Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
  9. Fast, Bahá'í (March 2-20), by Christopher Buck (2011-09).
  10. Fasting: A Time of Spiritual House Cleaning, by Badi Shams (2022-02-02). — It may look strange to connect fasting with unity, but most conflicts and problems are caused by the...
  11. Fasting, by John Walbridge (1996).
  12. Fasting: The mercy and grace of God, by William P. Collins (1998). — Brief overview of the purpose and backround of fasting.
  13. Fasting among Zoroastrians, Manicheans, and Bahá'ís, by Jamsheed K. Choksy (1999). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  14. Fasting and the Bahá'í Fast: Warwick Leaflets, by Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1993/2001).
  15. Fasting period ends Sunday, by Ted Slavin (2011-03-19). — The Fast helps us remember the goals of eradicating poverty and achieving gender equality.
  16. Food, Justice, and the Baha'i Faith, by Paul Fieldhouse (2005). — PhD Dissertation tests the claim that "food," both literal and metaphorical, provides a practical wa...
  17. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series, by Hooper Dunbar (2011-04). — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
  18. It's not a great weight-loss plan, but fasting is good for the soul, by Ted Slavin (2011). — Humorous look at the Fast and questions from non-Baha'is, and an overview of the laws of fasting.
  19. Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Further Application of, by Universal House of Justice (1999-12-28). — Announcement to the Baha'i world that all elements of the laws dealing with obligatory prayer and fa...
  20. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
  21. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File, by Bahá'u'lláh, , Abdu'l-Bahá, , Shoghi Effendi, , Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  22. Miracles and Metaphors, by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání, Juan Cole, trans. (1981). — Collection of essays on metaphysical topics and Baha'i answers to old religious controversies: are t...
  23. Miracles in Religion: A Study of the miraculous in religion in context of the Baha'i Faith, by Anil Sarwal (1996-11). — Guide to spirituality, offers insights on the purpose of religion, experiences of Himalayan masters,...
  24. Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of, by Bahá'u'lláh, , Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (2000-09-27).
  25. Observing the Fast When You Are Not to Abstain from Food, by Duane L. Herrmann (1989). — What meaning can the Fast have if one is not able to observe it? The spiritual and symbolic natures ...
  26. Oracion Obligatoria y el Ayuno, La Importancia de la, by Bahá'u'lláh, , Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (2000-05).
  27. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1945). — Essay about various prayers and meditations of Baha'u'llah.
  28. Prière révélée par Bahá'u'lláh le premier jour du Jeûne, by Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, trans, Pierre Daoust, trans. (2020). — Provisional French translation by Daoust from an English rendering by Masumian of Baha'u'llah's pray...
  29. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism, by Denis MacEoin (1994). — On practices of prayer, invocations, talismans, jewelry, fasting, purity, birth, death, marriage, fe...
  30. Songs of the Spirit: A Collection of Poems Written during the Fast 2003 and 2004, by Dawn Staudt (2004).
  31. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature, Adib Masumian, trans. (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
  32. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A, by Stephen Lambden (2023). — Translation of and commentary on the Shi'i "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadan, and...
  33. Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká, by Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2019). — Talks from 1904-1907.
  34. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The, by Bijan Samali (1996). — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
  35. Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh, National Youth Committee, comp. (1985). — Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Baha'i youth.

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  1. 1999-12-28 — In a message from the Universal House of Justice addressed to the Baha'is of the world, some laws of...
 
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