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tag name: Genuflections type: Religion, general

web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Genuflections
variations or
mis-spellings: genuflexions
related tags: Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Obligatory prayer, Medium
referring tags: Prostrations; Rakahs (rakat)
notes:

" ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá indicates that “in every word and movement of the Obligatory Prayer there are allusions, mysteries and a wisdom that man is unable to comprehend, and letters and scrolls cannot contain.”
Shoghi Effendi explains that the few simple directions given by Bahá’u’lláh for the recital of certain prayers not only have a spiritual significance but that they also help the individual “to fully concentrate when praying and meditating.” "
– Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 4
"Bahá’u’lláh has reduced all ritual and form to an absolute minimum in His Faith. The few forms that there are—like those associated with the two longer obligatory daily prayers—are only symbols of the inner attitude. There is a wisdom in them, and a great blessing, but we cannot force ourselves to understand or feel these things, that is why He gave us also the very short and simple prayer, for those who did not feel the desire to perform the acts associated with the other two."
– from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, dated 24 June 1949, cited in The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude

references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuflection; bahai9.com/wiki/Genuflexions; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Genuflections

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2023. Role of Wonder in Creating Identity, The. Todd Lawson. — The term badi', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Bab in his proclamatory work the...
2009/2010/2018. Consultation, Portraits, Rakahs, Murtus, and Unknown Language. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — Three replies from the Research Department to an individual, dated 2009, 2010 and 2018, on a variety...
2008. Prayers and rituals in the Bahá'í Faith: Introduction to A Tablet to Jináb-i-Mullá 'Alí-Akbar fí Ardi'l-Álif. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. — A tablet of Baha'u'llah to one of the Babis to renew his faith before He had revealed his mission; i...
2003. Long Obligatory Prayer: Postures. Bahá'u'lláh, Anonymous, ed. . — Text of the Long Obligatory Prayer (by Baha'u'llah), with small stick-figure pictures showing the po...
2002. Searching for God in time and memory: An examination of Bahá'í prayer as 'remembrance'. Christopher White. — Describes Baha'i prayer practices as a way to understand the human self and the Divine and overcomin...
2000-11-28. Obligatory Prayer, Questions about. Universal House of Justice. — Answers to four questions about reciting prayers at meetings; changing language gender; repetition o...
2000-10-08. Physical disability preventing genuflections of Long Obligatory Prayer. Universal House of Justice. — How can a believer with physical disabilities say the Long Obligatory Prayer, which requires genufle...
2000-03. Long Obligatory Prayer, The. Alí Nakhjavání. — Notable talk from March 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, who served on the Universal House of Justice from 19...
1996. Passing Comments on the Long Obligatory Prayer of Bahá'u'lláh, Some. Bill Washington. — An exploration of the Long Obligatory Prayer, examining the purpose of prayer, spiritual detachment,...
1983-12. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. Steven Scholl. — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
1956. Notes on Words of the Guardian. Virginia Orbison. — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ...

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tag name:	Genuflections	type:	Religion, general
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Genuflections
variations or mis-spellings:	genuflexions
related tags:	Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Obligatory prayer, Medium
referring tags:	Prostrations; Rakahs (rakat)
notes:	" ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá indicates that “in every word and movement of the Obligatory Prayer there are allusions, mysteries and a wisdom that man is unable to comprehend, and letters and scrolls cannot contain.” Shoghi Effendi explains that the few simple directions given by Bahá’u’lláh for the recital of certain prayers not only have a spiritual significance but that they also help the individual “to fully concentrate when praying and meditating.” " – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 4 "Bahá’u’lláh has reduced all ritual and form to an absolute minimum in His Faith. The few forms that there are—like those associated with the two longer obligatory daily prayers—are only symbols of the inner attitude. There is a wisdom in them, and a great blessing, but we cannot force ourselves to understand or feel these things, that is why He gave us also the very short and simple prayer, for those who did not feel the desire to perform the acts associated with the other two." – from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, dated 24 June 1949, cited in The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuflection; bahai9.com/wiki/Genuflexions; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Genuflections