11. six specific passages have been sent down by God, the Revealer of Verses
The passages that form part of the Prayer for the Dead comprise the repetition of the greeting "Allah-u-Abha" (God is the All-Glorious) six times, each followed by nineteen repetitions of one of six specifically revealed verses. These verses are identical with those in the Prayer for the Dead revealed by the Bab in the Bayan. Baha'u'llah added a supplication to precede these passages. (170:2)

12. Hair doth not invalidate your prayer, nor aught from which the spirit hath departed, such as bones and the like. Ye are free to wear the fur of the sable as ye would that of the beaver, the squirrel, and other animals
In some earlier religious Dispensations, the wearing of the hair of certain animals or having certain other objects on one's person was held to invalidate one's prayer. Baha'u'llah here confirms the Bab's pronouncement in the Arabic Bayan that such things do not invalidate one's prayer. (170:3)

13. We have commanded you to pray and fast from the beginning of maturity
Baha'u'llah defines the "age of maturity with respect to religious duties" as "fifteen for both men and women" (Q and A 20). For details of the period of fasting, see note 25. (170:4)

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