Eternity #6

The "Point of Adoration", that is, the point to which the worshipper
should turn when offering obligatory prayer, is called the Qiblih. The
concept of Qiblih has existed in previous religions. Jerusalem in the past
had been fixed for this purpose. Muhammad changed the Qiblih to Mecca. The
Bab's instructions in the Arabic Bayan were:

The Qiblih is indeed He Whom God will make manifest; whenever He
moveth, it moveth, until He shall come to rest.

This passage is quoted by Baha'u'llah in the Kitab-i-Aqdas (# 137) and
confirmed by Him in the above-noted verse. He has also indicated that
facing in the direction of the Qiblih is a "fixed requirement for the
recitation of obligatory prayer" (Q and A 14 and 67). However, for other
prayers and devotions the individual may face in any direction.

8. and when the Sun of Truth and Utterance shall set, turn your faces
towards the Spot that We have ordained for you #6

Baha'u'llah ordains His resting-place as the Qiblih after His passing. The
Most Holy Tomb is at Bahji, Akka. 'Abdu'l-Baha describes that Spot as the
"luminous Shrine", "the place around which circumambulate the Concourse on
High".

In a letter written on his behalf, Shoghi Effendi uses the analogy of the
plant turning in the direction of the sun to explain the spiritual
significance of turning towards the Qiblih:

...just as the plant stretches out to the sunlight--from which it
receives life and growth--so we turn our hearts to the
Manifestation of God, Baha'u'llah, when we pray; ... we turn our
faces ... to where His dust lies on this earth as a symbol of the
inner act.

9. We have set forth the details of obligatory prayer in another Tablet.
#8

The original Obligatory Prayer had "for reasons of wisdom" been revealed
by Baha'u'llah in a separate Tablet (Q and A 63). It was not released to
the believers in His lifetime, having been superseded by the three
Obligatory Prayers now in use.

Shortly after the Ascension of Baha'u'llah, the text of this prayer, along
with a number of other Tablets, was stolen by Muhammad-'Ali, the
Arch-breaker of His Covenant.

10. the Prayer for the Dead #8

The Prayer for the Dead (see Some Texts Supplementary to the
Kitab-i-Aqdas) is the only Baha'i obligatory prayer which is to be recited
in congregation; it is to be recited by one believer while all present
stand in silence (see note 19). Baha'u'l