The Long Obligatory Prayer | A talk by Ali Nakhjavani

A talk given in the year 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, former member of the Universal House of Justice, on the Long Obligatory Prayer. The Universal House of Justice is the international governing council of the Bahá’í Faith.
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[@HassanMovahhed]

Such a wonderful talk. So grateful to be able to listen and learn.

[@wendyscott8425]

Having said the Long Obligatory Prayer thousands of times in my 60 years as a Bahá'í, this talk gave me some wonderful new insights into the meanings of the words. What a bounty to have dear Ali Nakhjavani continue to offer his insights long after his ascension to the Kingdom of Abhá.
By the way, I came to believe that the first passage of this prayer recognizes both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh when it says, "I beseech Thee by them Who are the Daysprings of Thine invisible Essence, the Most Exalted, the All-Glorious..." The Most Exalted seems to refer to the Báb whose given name, Alí, means Exalted, and Bahá'u'lláh, whose name means the All-Glorious, or the Glory of God. I always try to keep this in mind when I say the prayer to honor the Manifestations of God we have been blessed to acknowledge and love. The rest of that paragraph also may allude to the Báb's mission as a "fire" that burns away the veils, and Bahá'u'lláh's mission as a "light" leading to God's presence.

[@omarbataineh6028]

Thank you for making this available.

[@chinkids2762]

This helped me. Thank you.

[@jasmineg.1752]

Amazing talk, thank you so much for sharing this with us ❤. Kindly make more of Mr. Ali Nakhjavani available here.

[@JavierHernandez-br2jz]

Amazing ❤

[@deannatootoosis8036]

Starts at 7:32

[@nilisanai1085]

Very unfortunate that the Add is on!!!!
Very distracting!!! His talk is very important. Please, consider, taking the adds out!!!

[@chinkids2762]

So standing for short obligatory prayer?

[@ezuwina0330]

Hi, I would like to see the video where he shows the methods.

[@JamshidRowshan]

These videos are for indoctrination purpose. They never answer.

[@ezuwina0330]

Thank for the clarification

[@JavierHernandez-br2jz]

Amazing ❤

[@JamshidRowshan]

Allah Abha
How many years as a man of UHJ?

[@nilisanai1085]

I think 40 years! From 1963-2003

[@lorenh763]

I wanted to thank you for this upload but by the end i want to admonish you for monetizing this with ads every minute! Very innapropriate, friend

[@johnetheridge2346]

I fear that the ads are the action of the delivery system, TH-cam, and not under the control of the content creator.