In De Kitáb-i-Aqdas… • Vasten • Bahá’í-gebeden

Introduction - The Kitáb-i-Aqdas states: “We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity [15 years]; this is ordained by God, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.... The…

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This is, O my God, the first of the days on which Thou hast bidden Thy loved ones to observe the Fast. I ask of Thee by Thy Self and by him who hath fasted out of love for Thee and for Thy…

Bahá’u’lláh • 233 words

In the Name of Him Who hath been promised in the Books of God, the All-Knowing, the All-Informed! The days of fasting have arrived wherein those servants who circle round Thy throne and…

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I beseech Thee, O my God, by Thy mighty Sign, and by the revelation of Thy grace amongst men, to cast me not away from the gate of the city of Thy presence, and to disappoint not the hopes…

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Praise be to Thee, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by this Revelation whereby darkness hath been turned into light, through which the Frequented Fane hath been built, and the Written Tablet…

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These are, O my God, the days whereon Thou didst enjoin Thy servants to observe the fast. With it Thou didst adorn the preamble of the Book of Thy Laws revealed unto Thy creatures, and…

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Glory be to Thee, O Lord my God! These are the days whereon Thou hast bidden all men to observe the fast, that through it they may purify their souls and rid themselves of all attachment to…

Bahá’u’lláh • 1949 words

Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! We have observed the Fast in conformity with Thy bidding and break it now through Thy love and Thy good-pleasure. Deign to accept, O my God, the deeds…

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Praised be Thou, O God, my God! These are the days whereon Thou hast enjoined Thy chosen ones, Thy loved ones and Thy servants to observe the Fast, which Thou hast made a light unto the…

Bahá’u’lláh • 149 words

O my God and my Master! Thou seest me among Thy creatures who have rebelled and transgressed against Thee. Every time I invite them unto the ocean of Thy knowledge, their repudiation of Thy…

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Thou seest, O God of Mercy, Thou Whose power pervadeth all created things, these servants of Thine, Thy thralls, who, according to the good-pleasure of Thy Will, observe in the daytime the…

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Exalted art Thou, O Lord my God! I beseech Thee by those whom Thou hast bidden to observe the Fast for the sake of Thy love and good-pleasure, who have demonstrated their allegiance to Thy…

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Bahá’í Prayers

The Fast

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In De Kitáb-i-Aqdas staat: “Wij hebben u opgedragen vanaf het begin der volwassenheid (15 jaar) te bidden en te vasten; dit is verordend door God, uw Heer en de Heer uwer voorvaderen... Reizigers, zieken en zij die een kind verwachten of zogen, zijn niet verplicht te vasten... Onthoudt u van zonsopgang tot zonsondergang van spijs en drank en hoedt u dat begeerte u deze genade die in het Boek is vastgelegd niet ontneemt.”

De periode van de Vasten loopt van 1 ‘Alá’ tot en met 19 ‘Alá’.