power. #5
3. We have enjoined obligatory prayer upon you #6
4. nine rak'ahs #6
5. at noon and in the morning and the evening #6
6. We have relieved you of a greater number #6
7. When ye desire to perform this prayer, turn ye towards the Court of
My Most Holy Presence, this Hallowed Spot that God hath ... decreed to
be the Point of Adoration for the denizens of the Cities of Eternity #6
8. and when the Sun of Truth and Utterance shall set, turn your faces
towards the Spot that We have ordained for you #6
9. We have set forth the details of obligatory prayer in another
Tablet. #8
10. the Prayer for the Dead #8
11. six specific passages have been sent down by God, the Revealer of
Verses #8
12. Hair doth not invalidate your prayer, nor aught from which the
spirit hath departed, such as bones and the like. Ye are free to wear
the fur of the sable as ye would that of the beaver, the squirrel, and
other animals #9
13. We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of
maturity #10
14. He hath exempted from this those who are weak from illness or age
#10
15. God hath granted you leave to prostrate yourselves on any surface
that is clean, for We have removed in this regard the limitation that
had been laid down in the Book # 10
16. Let him that findeth no water for ablution repeat five times the
words "In the Name of God, the Most Pure, the Most Pure", and then
proceed to his devotions. #10
17. In regions where the days and nights grow long, let times of prayer
be gauged by clocks and other instruments that mark the passage of the
hours. #10
18. We have absolved you from the requirement of performing the Prayer
of the Signs. #11
19. Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational
prayer hath been annulled. #12
20. God hath exempted women who are in their courses from obligatory
prayer and fasting. #13
21. When travelling, if ye should stop and rest in some safe spot,
perform ye--men and women alike--a single prostration in place of each
unsaid Obligatory Prayer #14
22. Upon completing your prostrations, seat yourselves cross-legged #14
23. Say: God hath made My hidden love the key to the Treasure #15
24. O Pen of the Most High! #16
25. We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period #16
26. and at its close have designated for you Naw-Ruz as a feast