This book contains the three daily Bah�'� obligatory prayers and the prayer for the dead, compiled for the Bah�'�s who recite their prayers in English, Spanish, French, or Arabic . These Obligatory Prayers were revealed by Bah�'u'll�h , the Prophet-Founder of the Bah�'� Faith and the One promised in all the Holy Scriptures. Bah�'u'll�h was a descendant of Abraham and a nobleman who gave up His wealth and power to teach the Word of God. Like Jesus, He was tortured and persecuted by the hands of his oppressors and like Abraham, He was exiled from His native land of Persia. Bah�'u'll�h's mission includes the spiritual unification of the entire human race through eradication of racial, religious and national prejudices, building a peaceful and global society. His teachings remain the remedy for the ailments afflicting the world today. In His writings Bah�'u'll�h says: "That which the Lord hath ordained as the sovereign remedy and mightiest instrument for the healing of all the world is the union of all its peoples in one universal Cause, one common Faith." Bah�'u'll�h's writings present principles such as the Oneness of God, Oneness of religion, Oneness of Mankind, unity as purpose of religion, the independent investigation of the truth, the elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty, the harmony of science and religion, the equality of men and woman, universal education, economic justice, auxiliary international language and universal peace upheld by a world government. Bah�'u'll�h says: "The cause of the creation of all contingent beings has been love.", "O son of man! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee. Wherefore, do thou love Me, that I may name thy name and fill thy soul with the spirit of life." "O Son of the Wondrous Vision! I have breathed within thee a breath of My own Spirit, that thou mayest be My lover. Why hast thou forsaken Me and sought a beloved other than Me?" and again He says: "The purpose of God in creating man hath been, and will ever be, to enable him to know his Creator and attain His Presence." Prayer is one of the greatest means for attaining this purpose. According to the Baha'i writings, "Prayer is conversation with God. It creates spirituality, creates mindfulness and celestial feelings, begets new attractions of the Kingdom and engenders the susceptibilities of the higher intelligence." Bah�'u'll�h says: "To be God?s lover! That is the sole object of life for the Bah�?�. To have God as his closest companion and most intimate friend, his Peerless Beloved, in Whose Presence is fullness of joy! And to love God means to love everything and everybody, for all are of God. The real Bah�?� will be the perfect lover. He will love everyone with a pure heart, fervently. He will hate no one. He will despise no one, for he will have learned to see the Face of the Beloved in every face, and to find His traces everywhere. His love will know no limit of sect, nation, class or race." Bah�?u?ll�h says: "It is not his to boast who loveth his country, but it is his who loveth the world.? Regarding the nature of the soul Bah�?u?ll�h say: "Know verily that the soul is a sign of God, a heavenly gem whose reality the most learned of men hath failed to grasp, and whose mystery no mind, however acute, can ever hope to unravel. Other ways to acquire the purpose of our life on Earth, the Bah�? i writings say: "First, through the knowledge of God. Second, through the love of God. Third, through faith. Fourth, through philanthropic deeds. Fifth, through self-sacrifice. Sixth, through severance from this world. Seventh, through sanctity and holiness." Regarding the Obligatory prayers Bah�'u'll�h says: "We have ordained obligatory prayer and fasting so that all may by these means draw nigh unto God, the Most Powerful, the Well-Beloved." ?Fasting and obligatory prayer are as two wings to man's life. Blessed be the one who soareth with their aid in the heaven of the love of God, the Lord of all worlds.?