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See also Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

For the publicly editable wiki article, see Wikipedia:Kitáb-i-Aqdas


Contents

Important Notes

Leiden cross-reference:

See also: http://bahai-library.com/resources/1868-77.html

For laws presently not binding in the West, see http://www.bahai-library.com/uhj/laws.aqdas.html (though see also http://bahai-library.com/uhj/aqdas.laws.html ).

Study Outlines, Notes, etc.:

On the Need to Read

Significance

Chief depository (along with the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá) enshrining priceless elements of Divine Civilization

"...the Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá...together with the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, constitutes the chief depository wherein are enshrined those priceless elements of that Divine Civilization, the establishment of which is the primary mission of the Bahá'í Faith"

(Shoghi Effendi, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, pp. 3-4)

Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Verse

Below is a list of references, authoritative and nonauthoritative, which touch upon a verse or verses of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Holy Book". Some of the references are as yet unlinked (feel free to help link them), and more references can be added (or separate discussion pages can be added for a given verse). These were originally borrowed with permission from the page at [1], but is now undergoing changes.

At least the Promised Day Is Come (and possibly the other unlinked citations) must be checked/changed as they differ from the online, page/paragraph-linkable version.

A further resource we may consider (and for Questions and Answers, etc.) is http://bahai-library.com/?file=wilmette_kitab_aqdas_questions.html

Verses

(Todo: Can make separate pages for these paragraphs or ranges and mention there scholarly references but only in separate section) (Todo: Table is unfinished--need to integrate subsequent items.)

Paragraph Topic Earlier translations Kitáb-i-Aqdas cross-reference Other Writings cross-reference
K1 recognition of the Manifestation, obedience, laws Gleanings, sec. CLV K36 Commentary in SAQ, p. 238
K2 laws Gleanings, sec. CLV
K3 laws Gleanings, sec. CLV
K4 laws Gleanings, sec. CLV note 1
K5 laws, wine Gleanings, sec. CLV note 2
K6 Obligatory prayer (original), rak'áhs note 3, note 4, note 5, note 6, note 7, note 8 Parallels in Arabic Bayán and in the Persian Bayán, Vahíd V chapter 1?
K7 laws Gleanings, sec. CLV
K8 obligatory prayer, Prayer for the Dead note 9, note 10, note 11 Parallel text in the Persian Bayán Vahid V, chapter 11?
K9 hair, prayer, bones, fur note 12 Parallel in Persian Bayán (5:14)
K10 prayer/obligatory prayer, fasting, ablutions, clocks, times of prayer Translated by Shoghi Effendi in NSA of the United States, The Baha'i Community: a summarization...", 1963 note 13, note 14, note 15, note 16, note 17
K11 Prayer of the Signs, reciting verse during fearful natural events note 18
K12 obligatory prayer (to recite individually), Prayer for the Dead, congregational prayer note 19
K13 'God hath exempted' note 20 Parallel text in the Persian Bayán, 5:17. Regarding the number 95, see Vahid VI, chapter 10
K14 note 21, note 22
K15 note 23
K16 Fasting, Naw-Rúz, Ayyám-i-Há Translated by Shoghi Effendi in NSA of the United States, The Baha'i Community: a summarization...", 1963 note 24, note 25, note 26, note 27, note 28, note 29, note 30, note 31 The law of fasting was included in the 1869 Second Tablet to Napoleon III (Taherzadeh, 'Revelation' vol. 3 115)
K17 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in NSA of the United States, The Baha'i Community: a summarization...", 1963 note 32
K18 note 33, note 34
K19 note 35, note 36, note 37
K20 inheritance note 38, note 39, note 40, note 41
K21 inheritance note 42
K22 inheritance note 43
K23 inheritance
K24 inheritance
K25 inheritance note 44
K26 inheritance note 45
K27 inheritance note 46
K28 inheritance note 47
K29 inheritance note 48
K30 Local House of Justice Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Bahá'í Administration, 21 and in The Baha'i World vol.1 42, vol.2 61-2, with significant differences. The K30 translation used in the 1992 edition follows that in GPB 331-332 note 49, note 50, note 51, note 52 Instruction by Bab'u'llah regarding implementation see Lawh-i Mulla `Ali-Akbar dar bareh bayt al-`adl
K31 note 53
K32 pilgrimage, Súriy-i-Hajj I, Súriy-i-Hajj II note 54, note 55
K33 note 56
K34 kissing of hands, prostration, confession note 57, note 58
K35 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 112 and in The Baha'i World vol.1 42, vol.2 61-2, with stylistic variation
K36 note 59, note 60, note 61
K37 Him Who will be sent down unto you after Me Gleanings CLXVI (CLXV in earlier editions) note 62, note 63 Analogue in Iqtidarat 142
K38 Gleanings LXXI
K39 Gleanings LXXI
K40 Gleanings LXXI
K41 note 64, note 65
K42 'endowments dedicated to charity' An earlier (slightly differing) translation by the Universal House of Justice in relation to the question of the ending of the Guardianship, in Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73, p. 41 note 66, note 67
K43 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 112; also in The Baha'i World vol. 1 p. 42, and finally vol. 2, pp. 61-2; The 1992 authorized translation follows the earlier translations (with one change, and altered punctuation and capitalization)
K44 shaving one's head, hair note 68, note 69
K45 note 70, note 71
K46 note 72, note 73, note 74
K47 "Most Great Infallibility" note 75 Explanation by `Abdu'l-Baha in SAQ, pp. 171-4
K48 education Earlier translation by Shoghi Effendi where this verse is cited in the 8th Ishraqat, in The Baha'i World vol. 1 p. 41 (1925-6). Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 112 note 76
K49 adultery/pre-marital sex, 'a third part of all fines' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 112 note 77, note 78
K50
K51 music, singing note 79
K52 note 80
K53 'should differences arise' Gleanings LXXII
K54 Gleanings LXXII
K55 Gleanings LXXII
K56 battery note 81
K57 Feast (see also fireside) note 82
K58 Gleanings, sec. LXXII
K59 Gleanings, sec. LXXII
K60 hunting note 83, note 84
K61 note 85
K62 arson, murder, capital punishment note 86, note 87
K63 marriage Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Unfolding Destiny, p. 195 note 88, note 89, note 90, note 91
K64
K65 parental consent, marriage, parents note 92
K66 dowry note 93, note 94, note 95 Persian Bayán, 6:7
K67 travel, remarriage, widow, witnesses note 96, note 97, note 98, note 99
K68 Year of Patience, divorce, remarriage note 100, note 101, note 102
K69 travel, escort, arguments
K70 divorce, adultery, Year of Patience
K71 laws, detachment
K72 slavery
K73 good deeds, murder
K74 semen, cleanliness, ritual uncleanliness, washing note 103, note 104, note 105
K75 unclean people, ritual uncleanliness, interfaith fellowship note 106, note 107 GPB 154
K76 cleanliness, washing, rose water, perfume, ritual cleanliness
K77 Bayán, destruction of books, science note 108, note 109, note 110
K78 "O Kings" Gleanings CV, PDC 24 (identical)
K79 wealth Gleanings CV, PDC 24 (identical)
K80 Sinai and Carmel Gleanings CV
K81 Kings, nations and lands; To the Kings: the Law, lordship, renounces earthly sovereignty Gleanings CV; Identical translation in PDC 85 Summarized by Shoghi Effendi in GPB 206
K82 Kings, nations and lands; To the Kings: the Law, lordship, renounces earthly sovereignty Gleanings CV; Identical translation in PDC 85 Summarized by Shoghi Effendi in GPB 206
K83 Kings, nations and lands; To the Kings: the Law, lordship, renounces earthly sovereignty Gleanings CV; Identical translation in PDC 85 or cited without variation in PDC 71-2? Summarized by Shoghi Effendi in GPB 206
K84 Kings, nations and lands; 'the king who will arise' Gleanings CV; cited without variation in PDC 71-2; cited 395-6 in relation to Queen Marie (almost identical). Cited with one minor variation in PDC 25 ('is' in first sentence) Mentioned GPB 206
K85 Kings, nations and lands; 'Emperor of Austria' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 35-6 and PDC 56 (identical) Mentioned GPB pp. 215, 226
K86 Kings, nations and lands; 'King of Berlin' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 36 and PDC 56 (identical) Shoghi Effendi identifies 'the one whose power transcended thy power' as Napoleon III, GPB 215; Fate described GPB 225, 316
K87 Kings, nations and lands; 'We have asked nothing' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 26 and partially in PDC 57-8 (identical)
K88 Kings, nations and lands; 'O Rulers of America' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Citadel of Faith 18-19; summarized with minor translation differences in GPB 207. GPB 208 treats K85, 86 and 90 also, but without significant differences
K89 Kings, nations and lands; 'O People of Constantinople' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 39, 60-1, 97. The texts are identical except that Shoghi Effendi has 'stablished' in all citations, where the 1992 Aqdas edition uses 'established'
K90 Kings, nations and lands; 'O banks of the Rhine!' Translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 36, 56 (identical) Mentioned in GPB 208, 215, 226
K91 Kings, nations and lands; 'Land of Tá' Gleanings LVI; K91 is cited without variation in PDC 73
K92 Kings, nations and lands; 'Land of Tá' Gleanings LVI
K93 Kings, nations and lands; 'Land of Tá' Gleanings LVI
K94 Kings, nations and lands; 'Land of Khá' Referred to, but with a slightly different reading of the Arabic, in GPB 215
K95 Kings, nations and lands; 'those who wield authority' GPB 214 interprets as 'strict obedience to one's government'
K96 Kings, nations and lands; 'Sprinkle upon the nations'
K97 Huqúqu'lláh TahRB 4 248-56, citing an earlier translation from the compilation on the Huququllah, 10, with many minor changes and the significant variants 'be exposed' in place of 'meet with faithlessness himself' and 'Author of the Preserved tablet' in place of 'in whose possession is the Guarded Tablet'
K98 Composition of the Aqdas
K99 'O Leaders of Religion' Gleanings XCVIII. Extracts from K99-101 are cited without variation in PDC 80-81, and K103-104 without variation in PDC 81 Mentioned GPB 209, which identifies 'the Book of God' in this verse as the Kitab-i-Aqdas itself
K100 'O Leaders of Religion' Gleanings XCVIII. Extracts from K99-101 are cited without variation in PDC 80-81, and K103-104 without variation in PDC 81
K101 'O Leaders of Religion' Gleanings XCVIII. Extracts from K99-101 are cited without variation in PDC 80-81, and K103-104 without variation in PDC 81
K102 'O Leaders of Religion'; Purpose of learning Gleanings XCVIII. Extracts from K99-101 are cited without variation in PDC 80-81, and K103-104 without variation in PDC 81
K103 'O Leaders of Religion' Gleanings XCVIII. Extracts from K99-101 are cited without variation in PDC 80-81, and K103-104 without variation in PDC 81
K104 'O Leaders of Religion' Gleanings XCVIII. Extracts from K99-101 are cited without variation in PDC 80-81, and K103-104 without variation in PDC 81 'we have not entered any school'
K105 'whose interpreteth' Translated by Shoghi Effendi where it is cited by Baha'u'llah in ESW 129-30
K106 hygiene
K107 sexual morality
K108 'to mutter sacred verses'
K109 'to write a will'
K110 The great festivals
K111 The great festivals
K112 The great festivals
K113 physicians
K114 abolishing a law
K115 The Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, recitation of the verses of God
K116 The Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, recitation of the verses of God
K117
K118 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 113
K119
K120 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 113
K121 Appointment of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Translated by Shoghi Effendi in The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 134 K174 The person referred to is identified by Bahá'u'lláh as 'Abdu'l-Bahá, see Kitab-i-`Ahd; see also the Suriy-i-Ghusn; Mentioned GPB 177, 238
K122 Gleanings CLIX, and a previous translation of K125 by Shoghi Effendi in The Baha'i World vol. 2, p. 62
K123 Gleanings CLIX, and a previous translation of K125 by Shoghi Effendi in The Baha'i World vol. 2, p. 62
K124 Gleanings CLIX, and a previous translation of K125 by Shoghi Effendi in The Baha'i World vol. 2, p. 62
K125 'liberty must ... lead to sedition' Gleanings CLIX, and a previous translation of K125 by Shoghi Effendi in The Baha'i World vol. 2, p. 62; In The Baha'i World vol. 1, p. 42
K126 asking questions
K127
K128
K129
K130
K131
K132
K133
K134
K135
K136
K137
K138
K139
K140
K141
K142
K143
K144 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol. XIV no. 4, July 1923, 114
K145
K146 Zakát
K147
K148
K149
K150
K151
K152
K153
K154
K155
K156
K157
K158
K159
K160
K161 Gleanings XXXVII
K162 Gleanings XXXVII
K163 Gleanings XXXVII
K164 Káf and Rá Identified as Kirmán in GPB 215
K165 Sections translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 81 (identical)
K166 Part is translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 81 (identical)
K167 Last sentence is translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 81
K168
K169 Part is translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 81 (identical)
K170
K171 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in PDC 81
K172
K173 Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol. XIV no. 4, July 1923, 114
K174 Appointment of 'Abdu'l-Baha Translated by Shoghi Effendi in WOB, p. 134 K121 Mentioned GPB 177
K175
K176
K177
K178
K179
K180
K181 'the world's equilibrium' Gleanings LXX; see Unnamed (Tablet of Immortality); Cited with one variant in GPB 325
K182 Gleanings LXX; see Unnamed (Tablet of Immortality)
K183 Gleanings LXX; see Unnamed (Tablet of Immortality)
K184 'source of perversion' Cited in GPB 170, with one phrase derived from some other source) Identified as Mirza Yahya in GPB 215 ("perfidious brother" which God would forgive)
K185
K186
K187
K188
K189 world auxiliary language; 'members of parliament' (common script and language) Mentioned GPB 211, 215
K190 opium

Supplementary Texts

Todos

  • Make a cross-reference from these supplementary texts to any relevant passages in the Aqdas

Questions and Answers

Nature of the work as an appendix

"...the 'Questions and Answers'...form an appendix to the Aqdas..."

((On behalf of?) Shoghi Effendi, Directives from the Guardian, pp. 28)

General references

Obligatory Prayers mentioned in the Questions and Answers are referred to in sec. 2. no. 9

Specific Questions and Answers

Question # Topic Cross-reference to Kitáb-i-Aqdas paragraphs, other questions, or notes Cross-reference to other Writings
Q1 Most Great Festival (Ridván)
Q2 Twin Birthdays (Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of the Báb)
Q3 marriage
Q4 remarriage/divorce/missing spouse
Q5 inheritance
Q6 inheritance
Q7 inheritance
Q8 Huqúqu'lláh
Q9 Huqúqu'lláh, debts, funeral, burial, inheritance
Q10 shaving the head/hair, Suriy-i-Hájj, pilgrimage
Q11 year of patience/sexual intercourse
Q12 year of patience/divorce/dowry/consummation of marriage Q26, Q39, Q47, Q88, Q89
Q13 parental consent, virginity
Q14 Qiblih/prayer
Q15 Mashriqu'l-Adhkár/dawn/Community dawn prayers
Q16 burial
Q17 lost property
Q18 ablutions/bathing
Q19 divorce, Year of patience, travel
Q20 age of maturity, fifteen years old Q43, Q92
Q21 travel, Obligatory prayer, insecure circumstances Q58, Q59, Q60, Q61
Q22 journey/travel, Fast
Q23 adultery Persian Bayán, 5:19
Q24 hunting 60, note 83
Q25 pilgrimage, Sacred Houses
Q26 dowry Q12, Q39, Q47, Q88, Q89
Q27 widow, remarriage
Q28 inheritance, teacher
Q29 pilgrimage, Most Great House, House of the Báb
Q30 maid, female slavery, polygamy
Q31 divorce/remarriage
Q32 restoration and preservation of holy sites, Most Great House, House of the Báb
Q33 inheritance, teacher (and children, Local House of Justice)
Q34 inheritance, residence, inheritance of non-believers
Q35 Naw-Rúz, Aries
Q36 Twin Birthdays (Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of the Báb), Declaration of the Báb, Fasting
Q37 inheritance, residence, clothing, jewellry
Q38 divorce, Year of patience
Q39 dowry, promissory note Q12, Q26, Q47, Q88, Q89
Q40 divorce, Year of patience
Q41 inheritance, residence, clothing
Q42 Huqúqu'lláh, residence, furnishings
Q43 age of maturity, engagement Q20, Q92
Q44 Huqúqu'lláh, trade
Q45 Huqúqu'lláh, trade
Q46 marriage
Q47 dowry, virginity, prenuptial agreement Q12, Q26, Q39, Q88, Q89
Q48 Feast (also see fireside)
Q49 adultery, sodomy, theft, Universal House of Justice
Q50 marriage, incest, Universal House of Justice
Q51 ablutions, cold weather
Q52 Prayer of the Signs
Q53 inheritance, half-siblings
Q54 inheritance
Q55 inheritance
Q56 burial
Q57 disparities between verses, grammar, Herald (The Báb)
Q58 prostration for missed obligatory prayer, travel, Obligatory prayer, insecure circumstances Q21, Q59, Q60, Q61
Q59 prostration for missed obligatory prayer, travel, Obligatory prayer, insecure circumstances Q21, Q58, Q60, Q61
Q60 prostration for missed obligatory prayer, Obligatory prayer, insecure circumstances Q21, Q58, Q59, Q61
Q61 prostration for missed obligatory prayer, Obligatory prayer, insecure circumstances Q21, Q58, Q59, Q60
Q62 ablutions, obligatory prayer
Q63 obligatory prayer, rak'áhs
Q64 clocks, watches Q103
Q65 obligatory prayer
Q66 ablutions, obligatory prayer
Q67 obligatory prayer, Qiblih
Q68 Recitation of the verses of God, joy
Q69 will, Huqúqu'lláh, debt, charity, funeral, burial, inheritance
Q70 burial ring, Prayer for the Dead, adults/minors
Q71 fasting, vows
Q72 residence, clothing
Q73 year of patience, divorce, witnesses
Q74 old age, seventy years old
Q75 fasting, travel
Q76 fasting, labor
Q77 ablutions, obligatory prayer, Recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás
Q78 clothing, jewellery, used clothing
Q79 witnesses, unbeliever
Q80 Huqúqu'lláh, debt, residence, clothing
Q81 Obligatory Prayer (short), standing
Q82 Obligatory Prayer (long)
Q83 morning, noon, evening, obligatory prayer
Q84 marriage, unbeliever
Q85 Prayer for the Dead, burial Qiblih
Q86 noon, ablutions, obligatory prayer, Obligatory Prayer (short), Obligatory Prayer (medium)
Q87 dowry, gold, silver, village, city Q12, Q26, Q39, Q47, Q88
Q88 village, city Q12, Q26, Q39, Q47, Q87
Q89 Huqúqu'lláh
Q90 Huqúqu'lláh
Q91 pure water 74, note 105
Q92 age of maturity, engagement Q20, Q43
Q93 fasting, obligatory prayer, sick
Q94 mosques, chapels, temples, Houses of worship
Q95 Huqúqu'lláh
Q96 disposal of objects held in trust
Q97 washing feet
Q98 divorce
Q99 consultation
Q100 inheritance
Q101 treasure trove disposition
Q102 Huqúqu'lláh
Q103 clocks, time of prayer Q64
Q104 son, father
Q105 education of children
Q106 parent
Q107 Zakát

Synopsis

Resources

See also

Todos

Notes section

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