Recitation of verses in time of danger

Bahá'u'lláh revealed, in place of the Muslim Prayer of the Signs, a verse that could be read in times of fearful natural events (though non-obligatory)

"We have absolved you from the requirement of performing the Prayer of the Signs. On the appearance of fearful natural events call ye to mind the might and majesty of your Lord, He Who heareth and seeth all, and say "Dominion is God's, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation"."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 11)

"QUESTION: Is the recitation of the verse revealed to replace the Prayer of the Signs obligatory?

"ANSWER: It is not obligatory."

(Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, "Questions and Answers", no. 52)

"The Prayer of the Signs is a special form of Muslim obligatory prayer that was ordained to be said in times of natural events, like earthquakes, eclipses, and other such phenomena, which may cause fear and are taken to be signs or acts of God. The requirement of performing this prayer has been annulled. In its place a Bahá'í may say, "Dominion is God's, the Lord of the seen and the unseen, the Lord of creation," but this is not obligatory (Q and A 52)."

(Notes to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. 18)

"The Prayer of the Signs has been annulled, and a specifically revealed verse substituted for it. The recital of this verse is not however obligatory."

(Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, no. IV.A.16)

The Greatest Name to be said in trouble, under opposition, and is the name of protection

"The Greatest Name should be found upon the lips in the first awakening moment of early dawn. It should be fed upon by constant use in daily invocation, in trouble, under opposition, and should be the last word breathed when the head rests upon the pillow at night. It is the name of comfort, protection, happiness, illumination, love and unity.

"I hope that thou mayest become informed of the concealed mystery and recondite symbol of the stone of the Most Great Name... The use of the Greatest Name and dependence upon it, cause the soul to strip itself of the husks of mortality and to step forth freed, reborn, a new creature...."

('Abdu'l-Bahá: United States Supplement to Bahá'í News, No. 80, p. 2, October 1964, in Lights of Guidance, no. 892)

"O Subduer of Winds", an Invocation for Moments of Danger

"Regarding the invocation 'Ya Musakin el Ariah': It literally means 'O Subduer of Winds'. The believers are not required to recite it, but may do so in moments of personal danger."

(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, December 6, 1939, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1520)

See also

• Yá Alláhu'l-Mustagháth
• Greatest Name
• Recitation of Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá
• Substitution for missed obligatory prayer (recitable under insecure circumstances)