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Directives From the Guardian
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160: PRAYERS (Daily Obligatory)
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"The daily obligatory prayers are three in number. The
shortest one consists of a single verse which has to be recited
once in every twenty-four hours and at midday. The medium
(prayer) which begins with the words: `The Lord is witness
that there is none other God but He,' has to be recited three
times a day, in the morning, at noon and in the evening. The
long prayer which is the most elaborate of the three has to be
recited once in every twenty-four hours, and at any time one
feels inclined to do so.
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"The believer is entirely free to choose any one of those
three prayers but is under the obligation of reciting one of
them, and in accordance with any specific directions with which
they may be accompanied.
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"These daily obligatory prayers, together with a few other
specific ones, such as the Healing Prayer, the Tablet of Ahmad,
have been invested by Bahá'u'lláh with a special potency and
significance, and should therefore be accepted as such and be
recited by the believers with unquestioned faith and confidence,
that through them they may enter into a much closer communion
with God, and identify themselves more fully with His
Laws and precepts."
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