On the day of Arafat, [The day preceding the festival] the
Báb, seeking the quiet seclusion of His cell, devoted His whole time to
meditation and worship. On the following day, the day of Nahr, after He had
offered the feast-day prayer, He proceeded to Muná, where, according to ancient
custom, He purchased nineteen lambs of the choicest breed, of which He
sacrificed nine in His own name, seven in the name of Quddús, and three in the
name of His Ethiopian servant. He refused to partake of the meat of this consecrated
sacrifice, preferring instead to distribute it freely among the poor and needy
of that neighbourhood. (Chapter 7, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
