Ye had written of
the fasting month. Fortunate are ye to have obeyed the commandment of God, and
kept this fast during the holy season. For this material fast is an outer token
of the spiritual fast; it is a symbol of self-restraint, the withholding of
oneself from all appetites of the self, taking on the characteristics of the
spirit, being carried away by the breathings of heaven and catching fire from
the love of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
