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tag name Rakahs (rakat) type: Religions, Middle Eastern

web link bahai-library.com/tags/Rakahs_(rakat)
related tags Genuflections; Obligatory prayer (lost)
notes Related to the obligatory prayers.
"A rak‘ah is the recitation of specifically revealed verses accompanied by a prescribed set of genuflections and other movements.
The Obligatory Prayer originally enjoined by Bahá’u’lláh upon His followers consisted of nine rak‘ahs. The precise nature of this prayer and the specific instructions for its recitation are unknown, as the prayer has been lost. (See note 9.)
‘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
"We have relieved you of a greater number" ¶6
"The requirements for obligatory prayer called for in the Bábí and Islamic Dispensations were more demanding than those for the performance of the Obligatory Prayer consisting of nine rak‘ahs that was prescribed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (see note 4).
In the Bayán, the Báb prescribed an Obligatory Prayer consisting of nineteen rak‘ahs which was to be performed once in a twenty-four-hour period—from noon of one day to noon of the next.
The Muslim prayer is recited five times a day, namely, in the early morning, at midday, in the afternoon and evening, and at night. While the number of rak‘ahs varies according to the time of recitation, a total of seventeen rak‘ahs are offered in the course of a day. – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 6
"... we have not, to date, found any statement in the authoritative writings of the Faith that prescribe rak‘ahs for the Medium and Long Obligatory Prayers..." – Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, letter to an individual, dated 31 May 2018.

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rak'a; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=rak‘ah

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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... UHJ-letters.

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tag name	Rakahs (rakat)	type:	Religions, Middle Eastern
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Rakahs_(rakat)
related tags	Genuflections; Obligatory prayer (lost)
notes	Related to the obligatory prayers. "A rak‘ah is the recitation of specifically revealed verses accompanied by a prescribed set of genuflections and other movements. The Obligatory Prayer originally enjoined by Bahá’u’lláh upon His followers consisted of nine rak‘ahs. The precise nature of this prayer and the specific instructions for its recitation are unknown, as the prayer has been lost. (See note 9.) ‘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 "We have relieved you of a greater number" ¶6 "The requirements for obligatory prayer called for in the Bábí and Islamic Dispensations were more demanding than those for the performance of the Obligatory Prayer consisting of nine rak‘ahs that was prescribed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (see note 4). In the Bayán, the Báb prescribed an Obligatory Prayer consisting of nineteen rak‘ahs which was to be performed once in a twenty-four-hour period—from noon of one day to noon of the next. The Muslim prayer is recited five times a day, namely, in the early morning, at midday, in the afternoon and evening, and at night. While the number of rak‘ahs varies according to the time of recitation, a total of seventeen rak‘ahs are offered in the course of a day. – Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Note 6 "... we have not, to date, found any statement in the authoritative writings of the Faith that prescribe rak‘ahs for the Medium and Long Obligatory Prayers..." – Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, letter to an individual, dated 31 May 2018.
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rak'a; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=rak‘ah