This was not a festival day of feasting. Instead, God’s people fasted and were dressed in sackcloth as a sign of mourning.
لَا شَكَّ أَنَّ قِرَاءَةَ ٱللَّاوِيِّينَ ٱلْمُتَكَرِّرَةَ لِشَرِيعَةِ ٱللهِ سَاعَدَتْهُمْ أَنْ يُقَدِّمُوا هٰذِهِ ٱلصَّلَاةَ ٱلْغَنِيَّةَ بِٱلْمَعَانِي .‏