Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide.
Whoso faileth to recite them hath not been faithful to the Covenant of God and His Testament, and whoso turneth away from these holy verses in this Day is of those who throughout eternity have turned away from God. Fear ye God, O My servants, one and all.
— Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Bahá’í Reference Library
Send any message to +1 902 706 6661 and the service will introduce itself — one passage each morning and evening, when you ask for it. Nothing is sent until you say yes, and Stop always works.
How it works
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Press Begin
The Begin button at the top of the page opens a WhatsApp chat with the service, with the word “Begin” ready to send. Send it, and the service introduces itself and asks whether you would like the readings — nothing starts unless you reply YES, and your first reading then arrives the moment you ask for it. No account, no form, no app to install.
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You read a book, in order
You read one book at a time, beginning with The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh — one short passage per reading, from the first to the last. Every passage arrives with its citation and a link to that exact passage in the Bahá’í Reference Library at bahai.org.
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A message each morning and evening
At six in the morning and six in the evening, your local time, a short message asks whether you would like your reading. Reply Now and it arrives in the chat. If you don’t reply, nothing is sent — the next invitation simply comes at the next reading time.
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Read at your own pace
Reply Next whenever you would like another passage — one, or several in a sitting. Your place in the book is always kept. Miss a day, or a month, and it simply waits where you left off: no reminders, no streaks, no catching up. Reply Pause to rest, and Stop to leave and have your details deleted.
Pride not yourselves on much reading of the verses or on a multitude of pious acts by night and day; for were a man to read a single verse with joy and radiance it would be better for him than to read with lassitude all the Holy Books of God, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting. Read ye the sacred verses in such measure that ye be not overcome by languor and despondency. Lay not upon your souls that which will weary them and weigh them down, but rather what will lighten and uplift them, so that they may soar on the wings of the Divine verses towards the Dawning-place of His manifest signs; this will draw you nearer to God, did ye but comprehend.
— Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Bahá’í Reference Library
The writings stay where they belong
Every passage arrives with its citation and a link to the Bahá’í Reference Library at bahai.org, which remains the authority. This site does not reproduce complete books and never will.
Free, and always free
There is nothing to pay, no account to create, and nothing is sold or shared. It is a service, offered as one.