Obligatory Baháʼí prayers
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Obligatory Baháʼí prayers are prayers which are to be said daily by Baháʼís according to a fixed form decreed by Baháʼu'lláh. Prayers in the Baháʼí Faith are reverent words which are addressed to God,
Baháʼís may use prayer beads which consist of either 95 or 19 beads to recite daily prayers if they wish to repeat them, as well as other observances which are to be said a set number of times.
Alláh-u-Abhá
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Alláh-u-Abhá is an invocation in the Bahá'í Faith, and an expression of the "Greatest Name". It is used as a greeting that Baháʼís may use when they meet each other. It can be compared to the takbīr a
Obligatory Baháʼí prayers
…to the next, along with specific supplications. The prayer also includes parts where the supplicant says the Greatest Name of God in the form of "Allah-u-Abha" at several points. About this prayer, Baháʼu'lláh has stated: "...the long Obligatory Prayer should be said at those times when one feeleth himself…
The calligraphy of the Greatest Name on a metal plate at the top of the interior of the Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois.