"--Synopsis and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 36
SHORT OBLIGATORY PRAYER
_TO BE RECITED ONCE IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS, AT NOON_
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.
MEDIUM OBLIGATORY PRAYER
_TO BE RECITED DAILY, IN THE MORNING, AT NOON, AND IN THE EVENING_
Whoso wisheth to pray, let him wash his hands, and while he washeth, let
him say:
Strengthen my hand, O my God, that it may take hold of Thy Book with such
steadfastness that the hosts of the world shall have no power over it.
Guard it, then, from meddling with whatsoever doth not belong unto it.
Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful.
And while washing his face, let him say:
I have turned my face unto Thee, O my Lord! Illumine it with the light of
Thy countenance. Protect it, then, from turning to anyone but Thee.
Then let him stand up, and facing the Qiblih (Point of Adoration, i.
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