> And while washing his face, let him say:





I have turned my face unto Thee, O my Lord! Illumine it with the light of

Thy countenance. Protect it, then, from turning to anyone but Thee.





Then let him stand up, and facing the Qiblih (Point of Adoration,

i.e., Bahji, Akka), let him say:





God testifieth that there is none other God but Him. His are the kingdoms

of Revelation and of creation. He, in truth, hath manifested Him Who is

the Day-Spring of Revelation, Who conversed on Sinai, through Whom the

Supreme Horizon hath been made to shine, and the Lote-Tree beyond which

there is no passing hath spoken, and through Whom the call hath been

proclaimed unto all who are in heaven and on earth: Lo, the

All-Possessing is come. Earth and heaven, glory and dominion are God's,

the Lord of all men, and the Possessor of the Throne on high and of earth

below!





Let him, then, bend down, with hands resting on the knees, and

say:





Exalted art Thou above my praise and the praise of anyone beside me, above

my description and the description of all who are in heaven and all who

are on earth!





Then, standing with open hands, palms upward toward the face, let

him say:





Disappoint not, O my God, him that hath, with beseeching fingers, clung to

the hem of Thy mercy and Thy grace, O Thou Who of those who show mercy art

the Most Merciful!





Let him, then, be seated and say:





I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and that Thou art God, and

that there is none other God beside Thee. Thou hast, verily, revealed Thy

Cause, fulfilled Thy Covenant, and opened wide the door of Thy grace to

all that dwell in heaven and on earth. Blessing and peace, salutation and

glory, rest upon Thy loved ones, whom the changes and chances of the world

have not deterred from turning unto Thee, and who have given their all, in

the hope of obtaining that which is with Thee. Thou art, in truth, the

Ever-Forgiving, the All-Bountiful.





(If anyone choose to recite instead of the long verse these words:

God testifieth that there is none other God but Him, the Help in

Peril, the Self-Subsisting, it would be sufficient. And likewise,

it would suffice were he, while seated, to choose to recite these

words:





I bear witness to Thy unity and Thy oneness, and that Thou art

God, and that there is none other God beside Thee.)





_Medium obligatory prayer, to be recited daily, in the morning, at noon,

and in the evening._