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The Obligatory Prayers in Arabic. From Ad`iyih-'i Hadrat-i Mahbub. (Cairo: Faraj Allah Zaki al-Kurdi, 1339/1920). The obligatory prayer is a primary religious obligation starting at the age of fifteen and it is the most important kind of prayer. The purpose of the obligatory prayer is to foster the development of humility and devotion, and the Baha'i writings strongly warn against neglecting the prayers or minimizing their importance. The obligatory prayers are a personal spiritual obligation, and failure to observe the law is seen to have a spiritual penalty.