诺鲁兹节

（阳历3月21日为诺鲁孜节，即巴哈伊历首日。）

我的上天啊，我赞美祢，祢为那些因为爱祢而遵守祢的斋戒，摒弃了一切祢所憎恶的事物的人们，命定了诺鲁兹这个节日。我的上天啊，让祢的爱之火和祢所属意的斋戒所激发的热，使他们在祢的圣道中燃烧，并忙于赞美祢和惦记祢。

既然祢已用斋戒的装饰点缀了他们，我的主啊，那就再以祢的恩宠和恩惠，让祢的接纳也将他们点缀，因为人的一切作为，都依凭祢的好感，为祢的训诫所限制。假使祢认为一个破戒的人持了斋，那么，这人就是那些永远持斋者之中的一人；倘若祢认为一个持斋的人已经破了戒，这人就是那些以尘土玷污了祢启示之圣袍者之中的一人，被远远移开这道晶莹的活水涌泉。

通过祢，那面写着“祢的神工大受赞扬”的旗帜升起来了，而写上了“祢的诫命必须遵守” 的大纛也在飘动。我的上天啊，使祢的仆役们认识祢这个地位，让他们明白，一切事物的卓越，皆有赖于祢的嘱咐和话语；而每一个行动的价值，都要看是否得到祢的许可和祢的意愿之喜悦；并使他们了解，人类的行为和创造，全都在祢的接纳和训诫的掌控之中。让人们明白，没有任何事物可以阻止人们抵达祢的圣美。在这些日子，当基督大声疾呼：“祢这圣灵（耶稣）的创造者啊，一切统治都归祢所有！”而祢的朋友（穆罕默德）也高声呼吁：“荣耀归于祢！祢这最钟爱者啊，因为祢已掀开了祢的圣美，为祢的选民们写下了种种使他们能够升登祢至大圣名显圣之座席。祢曾叫所有的人哀叹，除了那些超脱了自己，一心朝向祢，和那位揭晓了祢、显现了祢的品质的圣者的人们。”

我的主啊，那位乃是祢的枝干的圣者和祢所有的伴侣们，今天在祢殿堂的畛域内渴望博取祢的好感，遵守了祢的斋戒之后，如今已经开了斋，但愿祢降赐予祂，和所有祢的伴侣们，以及全体在那些日子里，来到祢尊前的人们祢在圣书中所命定了的种种恩惠，并供给他们于今生和来世皆有益的各种事物。

诚然，祢是全知者、智慧圆满者。

——巴哈欧拉

Naw-Rúz

(Naw-Rúz, March 21, is the first day of the Bahá'í year.)

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.

Bahá’u’lláh

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