Tag: "Ayyám-i-Há"

tag name:	Ayyám-i-Há	type:	Calendar; Terminology
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Ayyam-i-Ha
variations or mis-spellings:	Intercalary days
related tags:	– Badí‘ calendar; Charity and relief work; Fasting; Letter Há
notes:	"O Pen of the Most High! Say: O people of the world! We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period, and at its close have designated for you Naw-Rúz as a feast. Thus hath the Daystar of Utterance shone forth above the horizon of the Book as decreed by Him Who is the Lord of the beginning and the end. Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month of fasting. We have ordained that these, amid all nights and days, shall be the manifestations of the letter Há, and thus they have not been bounded by the limits of the year and its months. It behooveth the people of Bahá, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name; and when they end—these days of giving that precede the season of restraint—let them enter upon the Fast. Thus hath it been ordained by Him Who is the Lord of all mankind ..." – Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶16 "27. Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month of fasting. ¶16 The Badí‘ calendar is based on the solar year of 365 days, 5 hours, and 50 odd minutes. The year consists of 19 months of 19 days each (i.e. 361 days), with the addition of four extra days (five in a leap year). The Báb did not specifically define the place for the intercalary days in the new calendar. The Kitáb-i-Aqdas resolves this question by assigning the “excess” days a fixed position in the calendar immediately preceding the month of ‘Alá’, the period of fasting. For further details see the section on the Bahá’í calendar in The Bahá’í World, volume XVIII. 28. We have ordained that these … shall be the manifestations of the letter Há ¶16 Known as the Ayyám-i-Há (the Days of Há), the Intercalary Days have the distinction of being associated with “the letter Há.” The abjad numerical value of this Arabic letter is five, which corresponds to the potential number of intercalary days. The letter “Há” has been given several spiritual meanings in the Holy Writings, among which is as a symbol of the Essence of God. 29. these days of giving that precede the season of restraint. ¶16 Bahá’u’lláh enjoined upon His followers to devote these days to feasting, rejoicing and charity. In a letter written on Shoghi Effendi’s behalf it is explained that “the intercalary days are specially set aside for hospitality, the giving of gifts, etc.” " – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, notes 27 until 29 "All the days have been honoured, O my God, by the arrival of the days upon which Thou hast conferred the name of Há, each of which Thou hast made a herald and a messenger announcing unto the people the advent of the days on which Thou didst enjoin Thy creation and Thy people to observe the Fast. Thus may every soul prepare himself to behold these days and appoint a place for them in his heart and purify it by Thy Name, the Lord, for their appearance." – from 'Bahá'u'lláh, Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh
bahaidata.org:	Q699   ·   Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.)
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayyám-i-Há; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Ayyám-i-Há

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