Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is the central book of laws and foundational scripture of the Bahá'í Faith, written by Bahá'u'lláh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bahá'í text ⓘ
book of laws ⓘ
religious scripture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Most Holy Book of Bahá'u'lláh ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
author Bahá'u'lláh ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Bahá'í canon ⓘ
centralityInFaith central book of laws of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
contains commandments ⓘ
ethical teachings ⓘ
guidance on community life ⓘ
guidance on individual conduct ⓘ
guidance on institutions ⓘ
ordinances ⓘ
prophecies ⓘ
religious laws ⓘ
social principles ⓘ
dateWritten circa 1873 ⓘ
emphasizes education ⓘ
justice ⓘ
obedience to government ⓘ
truthfulness ⓘ
unity of humankind ⓘ
work as a form of worship ⓘ
establishes laws of Huqúqu'lláh (Right of God) ⓘ
laws of burial in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
laws of divorce in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
laws of fasting in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
laws of inheritance in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
laws of marriage in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
laws of obligatory prayer in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
laws of pilgrimage in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
hasAuthorizedTranslation English translation published under supervision of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
hasCommentaryBy Shoghi Effendi ⓘ
`Abdu'l-Bahá ⓘ
linked to: ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
language Arabic ⓘ
mentions future development of Bahá'í institutions ⓘ
institution of the House of Justice ⓘ
institution of the House of Worship ⓘ
institution of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
placeWritten Akká ⓘ
linked to: عكّا

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
prohibits asceticism ⓘ
backbiting ⓘ
gambling ⓘ
monasticism ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
use of alcohol for non-medicinal purposes ⓘ
use of opium ⓘ
relatedWork Questions and Answers (Bahá'u'lláh) ⓘ
religion Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
scripturalStatus foundational scripture of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
titleMeaning Most Holy Book ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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Bahá'í Faith → hasSacredText → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
subject linked to: Baha'i Faith
Bahá'u'lláh → majorWork → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
Kitáb-i-Aqdas → titleMeaning → Most Holy Book ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Aqdas → alsoKnownAs → Most Holy Book of Bahá'u'lláh ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-Íqán → relatedWork → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh → contains → Lawh-i-Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → relatedTo → Kitáb‑i‑Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Kitáb-i-‘Ahd → relatedWork → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
Universal House of Justice → scripturalBasis → Kitáb‑i‑Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Ayyám-i-Há → mentionedIn → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
Bahá → namedIn → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
Bahá'ís worldwide → hasSacredText → Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
Shoghi Effendi → translatedWork → The Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
subject linked to: Shoghí
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Head of the Bahá'í Faith → governingText → Kitáb‑i‑Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh → sourceWork → The Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Bahá'í administration → legalFoundation → Kitáb‑i‑Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas