NAW-RÚZ: "Praised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast..." |
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2 | 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. |
3 | 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 tha 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
my 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
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5 | 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 |