Recital of marriage verse

The Compulsory Part of a Bahá'í Wedding is the Pledge of Marriage (in the Presence of Two Assembly Witnesses)

"When the consent of the parents is obtained, the only other requirement for the ceremony is the recitation by both parties in the presence of two witnesses of the specifically revealed verse: 'We will all, verily, abide by the Will of God.'...

'The only compulsory part of a Bahá'í wedding is the pledge of marriage, the phrase to be spoken separately by the Bride and Bridegroom in turn, in the presence of Assembly witnesses.'"

(From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice to an individual believer, July 23, 1984, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1294)

The only requirement (of the ceremony) is to state the verse

"...The only requirement, however, is that the bride and groom, before two witnesses, must state 'We will all, verily, abide by the Will of God.'"

(From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of Switzerland, August 8, 1969, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1296)

Prescribed verse must be said by both parties to be a valid Bahá'í marriage

"The laws conditioning Bahá'í marriage are found in the 'Synopsis and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas' under C., Laws of Personal Status, beginning on Page 39 of that publication. No Bahá'í marriage can be valid without the recitation of the prescribed verse by both parties."

(From a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice in answer to a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of Ecuador regarding an atheist who agreed to the Bahá'í ceremony but since he did not believe in God did not wish to repeat the marriage verse using the name of God. Letter dated December 19, 1974, in Lights of Guidance, no. 1285)

See also

• Marriage
• Marriage with non-Bahá'ís
• Lawh-i-Nikáh

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