The Bahá’ís of Iran are of course fully conversant with the
concept of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár. From the earliest days following the
revelation of this law, the friends in the Cradle of the Faith became aware of
its significance and committed to its realization within the limited means that
their circumstances allowed them. In time, not only did they become the
principal force for the construction of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in ‘Ishqábád, but
within Iran too the practice of regular dawn prayers took root and inspired
service to humankind, with the vision that the seed they were planting would in
time flower into tangible reality, yielding its fruit not only in the
construction of these centres of worship, but in the creation of dependencies
for humanitarian service which that worship would inspire.
- The Universal House
of Justice (From an authorized translation of a message dated 18 December 2014
addressed to the Baha’is of Iran)
