中篇义务祷文

（这篇祷文需于每日早晨、中午和夜晚诵读。）

（祈祷时，先洗涤双手。洗手时，朗道：）

我的上天啊，坚定我的手紧握祢的圣书，让世上无人可以动摇我手的坚定，看顾它免于涉猎跟它毫不相干的事物。诚然，祢是全能者、最有威力者。

（洗脸时，说道：）

我把脸朝向了祢，我的主啊！让它映照着祢的圣容之光；保护它，使它朝向祢，不朝向别人。

（站立，面向吉勃勒，说：）

上天已经证实了，除了祂别无上天。祂的王国是启示和创造的王国， 祂显圣了那位在西奈发言的天启之曙光，并由这曙光使最高之天边发出了亮光，而在其之下再无通道的指路圣莲得以发言，向天上地下所有的众生宣布说：“瞧，那拥有一切者已经来到，天堂与大地、荣耀与权威，都归属于上天，那众生之主、天上高处的王位和地下宝座的拥有者！”

（鞠躬，双手放在膝上，说：）

祢的高超，远在我的赞美和所有人的赞美之上，也远远超越我的形容和天上地下所有众生的形容！

（站立，打开双手，手掌向上、对着脸，说：）

我的上天啊，我祈求的手指，紧抓祢慈悲和恩惠的衣缘，别使这人儿失望吧，祢慈悲者之中的最慈悲者啊！

（坐下，说：）

我见证了祢的团结和统一，祢确实是上天，除了祢，别无上天。诚然， 祢揭示了祢的道，兑现了祢的圣约，向天上地下芸芸众生敞开了祢恩宠的大门。祝福与和平、荣耀与礼赞，都落在这些祢所爱的人们身上。他们不让世事的更迭变迁，阻止他们朝向祢；他们奉献了一切，只为了希望得到祢的恩赐。诚然，祢是永远的宽恕者、全面的施赠者。

（以上长句可用下列稍短的句子取代：“上天见证了，除了祂，这苦难的救助者、自我存续者，别无上天。” 是足够的。而在坐下时所诵读的整段诗，亦可以下列的诗句取代：“我见证了祢的团结和统一，我证实，祢乃是上天，除了祢别无上天。”）

巴哈欧拉

*吉勃勒：即崇敬之点，指巴吉和阿卡。

Medium Obligatory Prayer

TO BE RECITED DAILY, IN THE MORNING, AT NOON, AND IN THE EVENING.

Whoso wisheth to pray, let him wash his hands, and while he washeth, let him say：

Strengthen my hand, O my God, that it may take hold of Thy Book with such steadfastness that the hosts of the world shall have no power over it.  Guard it, then, from meddling with whatsoever doth not belong unto it.  Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Most Powerful. 

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., Bahjí, ‘Akká), 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 Dayspring 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 Possesser 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.”)

Bahá’u’lláh