MUHJ86-01/336/Release of Publication on Obligatory Prayer and Fasting

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Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1986-2001 Release of Publication on Obligatory Prayer and Fasting

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22 MAY 2000

To all National Spiritual Assemblies Dear Bahá’í Friends,

336.1 We are pleased to send you the enclosed copies of a new publication of Bahá’í Writings entitled The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting. This work has been prepared for the Bahá’í world by the Research Department at the request of the Universal House of Justice in connection with the recent application of additional laws related to the devotional life announced by the House of Justice in its message of 28 December 1999. It contains authorized versions prepared at the Bahá’í World Center of forty-eight newly translated extracts from Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as well as six previously untranslated prayers by Bahá’u’lláh for the Fast.

336.2 You are welcome to share its contents with the believers in whatever manner you deem appropriate. The enclosed copies of the release edition are intended as samples. Additional copies will not be made available from the World Center, although electronic copies of the text can be forwarded to you upon request. No doubt in time, through your own publishing arrangements, printed editions will become available in many languages.

With loving Bahá’í greetings,

FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT