Thou hast written concerning obligatory prayer. Such prayer
is binding and mandatory for everyone. Most certainly guide all to its
observance, because it is like unto a ladder for the souls, a lamp unto the
hearts of the righteous, and the water of life from the garden of paradise. It
is a clear duty prescribed by the All-Merciful, in the observance of which it
is in no wise permissible to be dilatory or neglectful.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a
Tablet; compilation ‘The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting’, prepared
by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice; The American
Baha’i September 2000)
