I bear witness, O my God that Thou hast created me to know Thee and to worship Thee. I testify, at this moment, to my powerlessness and to Thy might, to my poverty and to Thy wealth.

There is none other God but Thee, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.

Bahá’u’lláh

Bahá’ís recite one of three obligatory prayers revealed by Bahá’u’lláh each day:

  • Either a short prayer consisting of a few brief lines, which is said between noon and sunset;
  • A medium obligatory prayer consisting of several verses, which is recited in the morning, at noon and in the evening;
  • Or a long prayer, which is recited once in twenty-four hours.

These daily obligatory prayers, together with a few other specific ones, such as the Healing Prayer, the Tablet of Aḥmad, 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 unquestioning 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.

—From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi

Original Sources

  • The source for the English translation can be found here
  • The source for the original Arabic text can be found here

Further References