저의 하느님, 제가 증언하오니, 주께서 저를 창조하신 것은, 제가 주님을 알고, 주님을 경배하도록 하기 위함이옵나이다. 저는 지금 이 순간에, 저의 무력함과 주님의 강력하심을, 그리고 저의 가난함과 주님의 부하심을 증언하옵나이다. 위험에서 도와주시고 자존하시는 주님 밖에 다른 하느님이 없사옵나이다.

바하올라

أَشْهَدُ يا إِلهِي بِأَنَّكَ خَلَقْتَنِيْ لِعِرْفانِكَ وَعِبادَتِكَ أَشْهَدُ فِي هذا الْحِيْنِ بِعَجْزِيْ وَقُوَّتِكَ وَضَعْفِيْ وَاقْتِدارِكَ وَفَقْرِيْ وَغَنائِكَ لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْقَيُّومُ

حضرة بهاءالله

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

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