Note 165

165. Recite ye the verses of God every morn and eventide. # 149 &Baha'u'llah states that the essential "requisite" for reciting "the verses of God" is the "eagerness and love" of the believers to "read the Word of God" (Q and A 68).

With regard to the definition of "verses of God", &Baha'u'llah states that it refers to "all that hath been sent down from the Heaven of Divine Utterance". Shoghi Effendi, in a letter written to one of the believers in the East, has clarified that the term "verses of God" does not include the writings of &Abdu'l-Baha; he has likewise indicated that this term does not apply to his own writings.