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My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named the
Ayyám-i-Há (the Days of Há, Intercalary days) in Thy Book have begun, O
Thou Who art the King of names, and the fast which Thy most exalted Pen
hath enjoined unto all who are in the kingdom of Thy creation to observe
is approaching. I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by these days and by all such
as have during that period clung to the cord of Thy commandments, and laid
hold on the handle of Thy precepts, to grant that unto every soul may be
assigned a place within the precincts of Thy court, and a seat at the
revelation of the splendors of the light of Thy countenance.

These, O my Lord, are Thy servants whom no corrupt inclination hath kept
back from what Thou didst send down in Thy Book. They have bowed
themselves before Thy Cause, and received Thy Book with such resolve as is
born of Thee, and observed what Thou hadst prescribed unto them, and
chosen to follow that which had been sent down by Thee.

Thou seest, O my Lord, how they have recognized and confessed whatsoever
Thou hast revealed in Thy Scriptures. Give them to drink, O my Lord, from
the hands of Thy graciousness the waters of Thine eternity. Write down,
then, for them the recompense ordained for him that hath immersed himself
in the ocean of Thy presence, and attained unto the choice wine of Thy
meeting.

I implore Thee, O Thou the King of kings and the Pitier of the
downtrodden, to ordain for them the good of this world and of the world to
come. Write down for them, moreover, what none of Thy creatures hath
discovered, and number them with those who have circled round Thee, and
who move about Thy throne in every world of Thy worlds.

Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.







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.

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.

Thou art He through Whom the ensign "Praiseworthy 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."

He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have broken this day
their fast, after having 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.

Thou, in truth, art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.






O Thou the Lord of the visible and the invisible, and the Enlightener of
all creation! I beseech Thee, by Thy sovereignty which is hid from the
eyes of men, to reveal in all directions the signs of Thy manifold
blessings and the tokens of Thy loving-kindness, that I may arise with
exultation and rapture and extol Thy wondrous virtues, O Thou the Most
Merciful, and stir up by Thy name all created things, and so kindle the
fire of Thy glorification amidst Thy creatures, that all the world may be
filled with the brightness of the light of Thy glory, and all existence be
inflamed with the fire of Thy Cause.

Roll not up, O my Lord, what hath been spread out in Thy name, and
extinguish not the lamp which Thine own fire hath lit. Withhold not, O my

My God, my Fire and my Light! The days which Thou hast named the

Ayyám-i-Há (the Days of Há, Intercalary days) in Thy Book have begun, O

Thou Who art the King of names, and the fast which Thy most exalted Pen

hath enjoined unto all who are in the kingdom of Thy creation to observe

is approaching. I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by these days and by all such

as have during that period clung to the cord of Thy commandments, and laid

hold on the handle of Thy precepts, to grant that unto every soul may be

assigned a place within the precincts of Thy court, and a seat at the

revelation of the splendors of the light of Thy countenance.

These, O my Lord, are Thy servants whom no corrupt inclination hath kept

back from what Thou didst send down in Thy Book. They have bowed

themselves before Thy Cause, and received Thy Book with such resolve as is

born of Thee, and observed what Thou hadst prescribed unto them, and

chosen to follow that which had been sent down by Thee.

Thou seest, O my Lord, how they have recognized and confessed whatsoever

Thou hast revealed in Thy Scriptures. Give them to drink, O my Lord, from

the hands of Thy graciousness the waters of Thine eternity. Write down,

then, for them the recompense ordained for him that hath immersed himself

in the ocean of Thy presence, and attained unto the choice wine of Thy

meeting.

I implore Thee, O Thou the King of kings and the Pitier of the

downtrodden, to ordain for them the good of this world and of the world to

come. Write down for them, moreover, what none of Thy creatures hath

discovered, and number them with those who have circled round Thee, and

who move about Thy throne in every world of Thy worlds.

Thou, truly, art the Almighty, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed.

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.

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.

Thou art He through Whom the ensign "Praiseworthy 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."

He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have broken this day

their fast, after having 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.

Thou, in truth, art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.

O Thou the Lord of the visible and the invisible, and the Enlightener of

all creation! I beseech Thee, by Thy sovereignty which is hid from the

eyes of men, to reveal in all directions the signs of Thy manifold

blessings and the tokens of Thy loving-kindness, that I may arise with

exultation and rapture and extol Thy wondrous virtues, O Thou the Most

Merciful, and stir up by Thy name all created things, and so kindle the

fire of Thy glorification amidst Thy creatures, that all the world may be

filled with the brightness of the light of Thy glory, and all existence be

inflamed with the fire of Thy Cause.

Roll not up, O my Lord, what hath been spread out in Thy name, and

extinguish not the lamp which Thine own fire hath lit. Withhold not, O my