斋戒

（斋戒月落在巴哈伊历崇月，或阳历3月2日至3月21日。这时，每日从日出到日落的时间内，巴哈伊禁止一切饮食。这是祈祷和属于灵魂的日子。15岁以下者，或跋涉之行者、病人、身体虚弱者或孕妇，可豁免持斋。）

主啊！我的上天，我赞美祢。我祈求祢，以这将黑暗转为光明、这建造了最常被人光顾的宝殿、这揭晓了明文之天书和揭示了圣卷之天启，降赐予我和我的伴侣们祢的恩惠，使我们能够翱翔于祢高超的、荣耀的天庭；涤净那阻止了怀疑者进入祢统一的殿堂，也污染了我的污垢。

我的主啊！我是那个紧握着祢仁慈的腰带，并攀附在祢慈悲和恩惠的衣角的人，请赐予我和我眷爱的人们，于今生和来世都有好处的事，并赠予我们祢最特选的创造物才能得到的神秘礼物。

我的主啊！ 这是祢吩咐祢的仆役们持斋的日子，完全为了祢而持斋，以及除了祢卸下了一切牵挂的人们有福了。我的主啊！协助我和这些人们，听从祢并遵守祢的命谕。诚然，祢有能力完成任何祢要做的事。

除了祢，那全知者、智慧圆满者，别无上天。一切赞美归于祢，万千世界的主。 

——巴哈欧拉

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 revealed, and the Outspread Roll uncovered, to send down upon me and upon them who are in my company that which will enable us to soar into the heavens of Thy transcendent glory, and will wash us from the stain of such doubts as have hindered the suspicious from entering into the tabernacle of Thy unity.

I am the one, O my Lord, who hath held fast the cord of Thy loving-kindness, and clung to the hem of Thy mercy and favors.  Do Thou ordain for me and for my loved ones the good of this world and of the world to come.  Supply them, then, with the Hidden Gift Thou didst ordain for the choicest among Thy creatures.

These are, O my Lord, the days in which Thou hast bidden Thy servants to observe the Fast.  Blessed is he that observeth the Fast wholly for Thy sake and with absolute detachment from all things except Thee.  Assist me and assist them, O my Lord, to obey Thee and to keep Thy precepts.  Thou, verily, hast power to do what Thou choosest.

There is no God but Thee, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.  All praise be to God, the Lord of all worlds.

Bahá’u’lláh

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我的上天啊，这是祢嘱咐祢的钟爱者们遵守斋戒的首日，我请求祢，以祢的自身以及那位为了爱祢及获取祢的喜悦——而非基于个人或个人的意愿，或因惧怕祢的愤怒——而持斋的圣者，以及祢最优越的名号和最威严的特性，使祢的仆役们纯洁地爱着祢，并引领他们来到祢圣容之光的发源处和祢统一之王座的坐位前。我的上天啊，以祢的知识之光照亮他们的心，以起自祢意愿之地平线的晨星之辉使他们面容焕发。祢有能力做任何祢喜欢做的事。除了祢别无上天，祢是完全荣耀的、所有的人都向祢祈求帮助的上天。

协助他们在祢的圣道上取得胜利并发扬祢的圣言，我的上天啊，允许他们成为祢圣道中祢的仆役们的辅佐者；使他们在人类中揭示祢的宗教和祢的征兆，以致全世界的人都惦念祢、赞美祢，使祢的证据和征兆充满全球。诚然，祢是最自由的施赠者、最崇高者、有力者、强大者、慈悲者。

——巴哈欧拉

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 good-pleasure—and not out of self and desire, nor out of fear of Thy wrath—and by Thy most excellent names and august attributes, to purify Thy servants from the love of aught except Thee and to draw them nigh unto the Dawning-Place of the lights of Thy countenance and the Seat of the throne of Thy oneness.  Illumine their hearts, O my God, with the light of Thy knowledge and brighten their faces with the rays of the Daystar that shineth from the horizon of Thy Will.  Potent art Thou to do what pleaseth Thee.  No God is there but Thee, the All-Glorious, Whose help is implored by all men.

Assist them, O my God, to render Thee victorious and to exalt Thy Word.  Suffer them, then, to become as hands of Thy Cause amongst Thy servants, and make them to be revealers of Thy religion and Thy signs amongst mankind, in such wise that the whole world may be filled with Thy remembrance and praise and with Thy proofs and evidences.  Thou art, verily, the All-Bounteous, the Most Exalted, the Powerful, the Mighty, and the Merciful.

Bahá’u’lláh

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