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As to living (or conduct) in accord with the Book of Akdas: We have spoken of this to his honor Mr. ... , for there is freedom in those lands and there are no obstacles. (464:1) Likewise, the Ishrakat, Tarazat, and Tajalliat1 must be translated and published (and spread) among the friends. (464:2) But, whatever writings and articles which the believers may write for the spread of the Cause of God, these they must necessarily send to the Holy Land, in order to be corrected and rectified (or approved of) and then to be returned to them and then published. Before their being corrected here and before securing permission from here, their publication is by no means allowable. (464:3) As to the obligatory prayer (to be said three times a day): Each one must say his prayer alone by himself, and this is not conditional on a private place; that is, both at home and in the worshipping-place, which is a gathering-place, it is allowable for one to say his prayer; but each person must say his prayer by himself (i. e., not in company with others who might recite the same words and continue the same postures together at the same time). But if they chant supplications ( communes, etc. ) together ( and in company), in a good and effective voice, that is very good. (464:4) O God! Grant Washington happiness and peace! Illuminate that land with the light of the faces of the friends, make it a paradise of Glory, let it become an envy of the green gardens of the earth! Help the friends, increase their number, make their hearts sources of inspiration and their souls dawnings of light. Thus may that city become a beautiful paradise and fragrant with the fragrance of musk.
(464:5)
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