March 2026 - Bahai Readings

02 ‘Alá’ / Loftiness (Fast) 182 B.E. (Tues 03 March 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith March 3, 2026

March 3, 2026

We, verily, have set forth all things in Our Book, as a token of grace unto those who have believed in God, the Almighty, the Protector, the Self-Subsisting. And We have ordained obligatory prayer and fasting so that all may by these means draw nigh unto God, the Most Powerful, the Well-Beloved. We have written down these two laws and expounded every irrevocable decree. We have forbidden men from following whatsoever might cause them to stray from the Truth, and have commanded them to observe that which will draw them nearer unto Him Who is the Almighty, the All-Loving. Say: Observe ye the commandments of God for love of His beauty, and be not of those who follow in the ways of the abject and foolish. Bahá’u’lláh, The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting. Available from www.bahai.org/r/377107852

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01 ‘Alá’ / Loftiness (Fast) 182 B.E. (Mon 02 March 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith March 2, 2026

March 2, 2026

The second wisdom is that fasting is conducive to spiritual awareness. One’s heart grows more tender, one’s spirituality is increased, and as a result one’s thoughts become purely focused on the remembrance of God. Such awareness and awakening leads inexorably to spiritual progress. ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, Twelve Table Talks Given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká. Available from www.bahai.org/r/465793620

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05 Ayyám-i-Há / Intercalary Days 182 B.E. (Sun 01 March 2026)
by Writings from the Baha'i Faith March 1, 2026

March 1, 2026

Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month of fasting. We have ordained that these, amid all nights and days, shall be the manifestations of the letter Há, and thus they have not been bounded by the limits of the year and its months. It behooveth the people of Bahá, throughout these days, to provide good cheer for themselves, their kindred and, beyond them, the poor and needy, and with joy and exultation to hail and glorify their Lord, to sing His praise and magnify His Name; and when they end—these days of giving that precede the season of restraint—let them enter upon the Fast. Thus hath it been ordained by Him Who is the Lord of all mankind. The traveler, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck, are not bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of His grace. He, verily, is the Almighty, the Most Generous. Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Available from www.bahai.org/r/425697371

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