Obligatory Prayer (medium)
Read online at https://bahai-library.com/compilations/prayers/BP-4.html (also in https://bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/aqdas/supplements.html#mediumprayer )
Leiden no. 230 (includes also the short and long obligatory prayer)
For sunrise/sunset times, see for example: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.html
Instructions for the Medium Obligatory Prayer[edit]
"Each phrase which one may substitute is for a particular portion of the prayer, and the instructions are quite specific where the substitutions may be made. For instance, the longest verse in the prayer begins with the same words as those which may be substituted; that is, after the instructions 'Then let him stand up, and facing the Qiblih, let him say: God testifieth that there is none other God but Him.' The second phrase which may be substituted, which states, 'it would suffice were he, while seated,...' may be used in place of the concluding paragraph which carries the instruction 'Let him, then, be seated and say:'--and, again, the substituted words follow exactly the first sentence of that final paragraph."
- (From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer, April 23, 1981: Notes on Obligatory Prayers and Ablutions, A Compilation of the Universal House of Justice, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1535)
The Medium Prayer to be Recited Morning, Noon and Evening--Three Times a Day[edit]
"...the medium prayer should be said three times a day; in the morning, at noon and in the evening."
- (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of India, April 27, 1937, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1529)
"The medium prayer should be recited three times a day: in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. It is accompanied by certain physical gestures such as kneeling, raising the hands, etc.
- (From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, April 25, 1937, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1525)
