The laws of God regarding fasting and obligatory prayer are
absolutely incumbent upon His servants. Therefore, they must turn their faces
to the Point of Adoration of the celestial Concourse, hold fast to the most
sublime Station, and pray and supplicate that they may be freed from the doubts
of misinterpretation. This is the way of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. This is the religion of
'Abdu'l-Bahá. This is the path of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Whoever cherisheth the love of
Bahá, let him choose this straight path. Whoever abandoneth this path, verily,
he is of them who are shut out as by a veil from Him. Shouldst thou observe any
soul who is in doubt about this commandment or who misinterpreteth it, but hath
no secret motive or defiance in what he doeth, be friendly towards him, and
with the utmost cordiality and through kind speech, endeavour to turn him from
the path of such interpretation towards the plain meaning of the verses of God.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet, Compilation ‘The Importance of Obligatory Prayer
and Fasting’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice; The American Baha’i September 2000)
