Kitáb-i-`Ahd
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Tablet available at http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/tb/13.html
Contents |
Overviews/Study Outlines
See http://home.connection.com/~~watler/Bahaullah/Ahd.htm which is based off of the authoritative God Passes By, pp. 237-240
The items might be summarized even further as follows (a sequential and thematic outline since the sequence follows thematic groupings):
- Purpose of Unity/Exalting man’s character/station (par. 1-4)
- Rulers/Non-political (par. 5-7)
- Aghsán (including appointment of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá)/Afnán (par. 8-13)
- Recap for all? (par. 14)
On the Need to read
Full understanding of "Book of My Covenant" called for (along with the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh)
“He feels, indeed, that the time has come for the German believers to acquire a thorough knowledge as well as a full understanding of such important Tablets as Bahá’u’lláh’s “Book of My Covenant” and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Will and Testament, both of which constitute the very bedrock upon which the entire administrative system of the Faith has been raised and established. As to the “Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh” it also constitutes an invaluable supplement to these afore-mentioned Tablets.”
- (On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, 10 January 1935, The Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, no. 123))
On its publishing
Preferable to be published in a separate booklet (at least without the then-poorly-translated related works)
"In connection with the "Kitáb-i-`Ahd", the Guardian thinks it preferable that it should be published in a separate booklet, and that the "Tablet of the Branch" and the "Lawh-i-Aqdas", both of which have been rather poorly translated from the original, should not be included in it."
- (On behalf of the Guardian, Lights of Divine Guidance, vol. I, p. 65)
