The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Questions and Answers
recorded separately and sent away together with other sacred writings, for the purposes of preservation and protection. Later these three
Obligatory Prayers were revealed.
64Question:In determining time, is it permissible to rely on clocks and watches?
Answer:It is permissible to rely on clocks and watches.
65Question:In the
Tablet of Obligatory Prayers, three prayers are revealed; is the performance of all three required or not?
Answer:It is enjoined to offer one of these three prayers; whichever is performed sufficeth.
66Question:Are
ablutions for the morning prayer still valid for the noonday prayer? And similarly, are ablutions carried out at noon still valid in the evening?
Answer:Ablutions are connected with the Obligatory Prayer for which they are performed, and must be renewed for each prayer.
67Question:Concerning the long Obligatory Prayer, it is required to stand up and “turn unto God”. This seemeth to indicate that it is not necessary to face the
Qiblih; is this so or not?
Answer:The Qiblih is intended.
68Question:Concerning the sacred verse: “Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.”
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