Mashriqu'l-Adhkár
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The Mashriqu'l-Adhkár means the "Dawning Place of the Remembrance of God".
It is to include a central auditorium exclusively for prayer and meditation and dependencies for serving the social, cultural, educational, and humanitarian needs of the community.
For an official introductory article, see http://bahai.org/article-1-6-0-7.html
For the publicly editable wiki article, see Wikipedia:Bahai house of worship.
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Compilations/Letters
- http://bahai-library.com/compilation_service_bahai_temples
- http://bahai-library.com/compilation_functions_importance_hazirat-quds and the Hazíratu'l-Quds)
- http://bahai-library.com/uhj_devotional_meetings (on devotional meetings, the embryonic Houses of Worship)
- http://bahai-library.com/compilation_mashriq_adhkar_mcglinn (includes some pilgrim's notes as well as the Writings)
Guiding
Central Building Information
Dependencies
Urgency and importance of
- House of Worship importance
- Need for a physical temple to be built
- However, it is stated at http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_laws_not_binding.html : "IV.D.1.d The law of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar is gradually being put into effect."
Symbolism of
Building features
Prophecies concerning
Benefits of
as a result of devotional meetings held there
- House of Worship-devotional benefits - firmness
- House of Worship-devotional benefits - joy-peace
- House of Worship-devotional benefits - unity-fellowship
- House of Worship-devotional benefits - divine confirmations
as a result of having a physical structure
- House of Worship benefits - place to meet
- House of Worship benefits - assists in teaching
- See also House of Worship beauty
Relationship with the Hazíratu'l-Quds and individual's homes
See also
- Community dawn prayers (to be held here in the future)
- Devotional meetings (the precursor to Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs)
- Houses of worship
