As regards fasting, it constitutes, together with the
obligatory prayers, the two pillars that sustain the revealed Law of God. They
act as stimulants to the soul, strengthen, revive and purify it, and thus
insure its steady development.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 10 January, 1936 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi; Baha’i
News, no. 98, March 1936)
