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  1. from the light of the sun and the (consequent) appearance of objects (in this world), and is (therefore) regarded as the best time, for they have said that all good actions should be unhesitatingly done on this day.
  2. The day of Mâh is favourable to the fulness of earnings. On this day let prayers be recited for the acquisition of happiness and delight unto the soul, and let good works be commenced. The Yazdânparasts (i. e. God-worshippers) of Iràn disapproved of occupying themselves on this day in any worldly business or profession, and regarded it as necessary, for those who are submissive to the Almighty, to acquire a high knowledge respecting Him. Such also is their precept, that to keep himself in comfort, and to earn a good income, one should labour with great eagerness in any work connected with religion.
  3. On the day of Tîr one might enter a scientific institution, and there learn the four branches of science (viz.)—1, Letters; 2, Astrology; 3, Navigation; 4, How to erect fountains of water, how to dig wells, how to form canals for the passage of river and other water, to learn the art of building bridges, boats, ships, and other like conveyances; and for the improvement of the body and the soul (mind) to learn the art of swimming.—This day is reckoned as the best one for numerous sorts of actions.
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