…the friends must observe the specific times for the
remembrance of God, meditation, devotion and prayer, as it is highly unlikely,
nay impossible, for any enterprise to prosper and develop when deprived of
divine bestowals and confirmation.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 19
December 1923 to the Bahá'ís of the East - translated from the Persian; ‘The
Compilation of Compilations, vol. II, Guidelines for Teaching’)
