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| 13 SEPTEMBER 1993 |
Maison d'Éditions Bahá’íes
Dear Bahá’í Friends,
168.1 We regret that we cannot answer your fax of 26 August 1993 in French, as requested, but we enclose a French translation of this letter in the hope that it will assist you.
168.2 The correct way of reciting the Prayer for the Dead is as follows:
- 168.2a Alláh-u-Abhá (once)
- We all, verily, worship God (19 times)
- Alláh-u-Abhá (once)
- We all, verily, bow down before God (19 times)
- Alláh-u-Abhá (once)
- We all, verily, are devoted unto God (19 times)
- Alláh-u-Abhá (once)
- We all, verily, give praise unto God (19 times)
- Alláh-u-Abhá (once)
- We all, verily, yield thanks unto God (19 times)
- Alláh-u-Abhá (once)
- We all, verily, are patient in God (19 times)
168.3 When the Kitáb-i-Aqdas was being translated it was noted that the English translation of the instructions which form part of the Prayer for the Dead could be understood in more than one way. Therefore, when Note 11 was formulated it was expressed in a way that was intended to clarify the ambiguity, namely: "the repetition of the greeting 'Alláh-u-Abhá' (God is the All Glorious) six times, each followed by nineteen repetitions of one of the six specifically revealed verses."
- With loving Bahá’í greetings,
- DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARIAT
