that is clean, for We have removed in this regard the limitation that
had been laid down in the Book # 10
16. Let him that findeth no water for ablution repeat five times the
words "In the Name of God, the Most Pure, the Most Pure", and then
proceed to his devotions. #10
17. In regions where the days and nights grow long, let times of prayer
be gauged by clocks and other instruments that mark the passage of the
hours. #10
18. We have absolved you from the requirement of performing the Prayer
of the Signs. #11
19. Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational
prayer hath been annulled. #12
20. God hath exempted women who are in their courses from obligatory
prayer and fasting. #13
21. When travelling, if ye should stop and rest in some safe spot,
perform ye—men and women alike—a single prostration in place of each
unsaid Obligatory Prayer #14
22. Upon completing your prostrations, seat yourselves cross-legged #14
23. Say: God hath made My hidden love the key to the Treasure #15
24. O Pen of the Most High! #16
25. We have enjoined upon you fasting during a brief period #16
26. and at its close have designated for you Naw-Rúz as a feast #16
27. Let the days in excess of the months be placed before the month of
fasting. #16
28. We have ordained that these ... shall be the manifestations of the
letter Há #16
29. these days of giving that precede the season of restraint #16
30. The traveller ... not bound by the Fast #16
31. The traveller, the ailing, those who are with child or giving suck,
are not bound by the Fast; they have been exempted by God as a token of
His grace. #16
32. Abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sundown #17
33. It hath been ordained that every believer in God ... shall, each
day ... repeat "Alláh-u-Abhá" ninety-five times. #18
34. Perform ye ... ablutions for the Obligatory Prayer #18
35. Ye have been forbidden to commit murder #19
36. or adultery #19
37. backbiting or calumny #19
38. We have divided inheritance into seven categories #20
39. to the brothers, five parts ... to the sisters, four parts #20
40. the teachers #20
41. When We heard the clamour of the children as yet unborn, We doubled
their share and decreased those of the rest. #20
42. the House of Justice #21
43. Should the deceased leave offspring, but none of the other
categories of heirs #22
44. We have assigned the residence and personal clothing of the
deceased to the male, not female, offspring, nor to the other heirs.
#25
45. Should the son of the deceased have passed away in the days of his
father and have left children, they will inherit their father’s share
#26
46. If the deceased should leave children who are under age, their
share of the inheritance must be entrusted to a reliable individual #27
47. Division of the estate should take place only after the Huqúqu’lláh
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