Prayer in the Baháʼí Faith

[2] The purpose of prayer in the Baháʼí Faith is to grow closer to God and his Manifestations and to help better one's own conduct and to request divine assistance.

[2] These prayers, encompassing many topics that include meetings, times of day, and healing, are held in high esteem.

Participants in a devotional gathering take turns reading aloud from a prayer book, while the others listen in reverent silence.

[3] In the Baháʼí writings, the purpose of prayer is to get closer to God and to Baháʼu'lláh and to help better their own conduct and to request divine assistance.

[3] Prayer can also be used to obtain specific material ends, but the Baháʼí writings state that it is more important to pray for the love of God without any other hope or fear.

[1] The Baháʼí teachings state that individual prayer should be performed when one is alone, and when free of distractions such as early in the morning or late at night.

The Báb changed the direction of prayer to He whom God shall make manifest, a role claimed by Baháʼu'lláh.

[1] In 1900 the first English language prayer book was published under the title Tablets, Communes and Holy Utterances.

[7] Prayers have been written for awakening, for travelling, healing, spiritual growth, detachment, protection, forgiveness, assistance, and unity, among others.

[10] Baháʼu'lláh also wrote a specific prayer for the dead, which is to be said before the interment of a Baháʼí who has reached the age of fifteen.

[3] It is obligatory for the Baháʼís to repeat the phrase "Alláh-u-Abhá", a form of the Greatest Name, 95 times per day, as described by Baháʼu'lláh in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, sometimes using prayer beads.

[3] In the Bahá'í teachings, meditation is a primary tool for spiritual development,[11] involving reflection on the words of God.