64. QUESTION: In determining time, is it permissible to rely on clocks and watches?
ANSWER: It is permissible to rely on clocks and watches. (126:1)

65. QUESTION: In the Tablet of Obligatory Prayers, three prayers are revealed; is the performance of all three required or not?
ANSWER: It is enjoined to offer one of these three prayers; whichever is performed sufficeth. (126:2)

66. QUESTION: Are ablutions for the morning prayer still valid for the noonday prayer? And similarly, are ablutions carried out at noon still valid in the evening?
ANSWER: Ablutions are connected with the Obligatory Prayer for which they are performed, and must be renewed for each prayer. (126:3)

67. QUESTION: Concerning the long Obligatory Prayer, it is required to stand up and "turn unto God". This seemeth to indicate that it is not necessary to face the Qiblih; is this so or not?
ANSWER: The Qiblih is intended. (126:4)

68. QUESTION: Concerning the sacred verse: "Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide."
ANSWER: The intention is all that hath been sent down from the Heaven of Divine Utterance. The prime requisite is the eagerness and love of sanctified souls to read the Word of God. To read one verse, or even one word, in a spirit of joy and radiance, is preferable to the perusal of many Books. (126:5)

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