Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá

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The Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá is a central Bahá'í sacred document that defines the religion’s administrative order, including the institution of the Guardianship and the authority of the Universal House of Justice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bahá'í sacred text ⓘ
foundational constitutional document of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
religious will ⓘ
author ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
circulation published and translated into multiple languages ⓘ
componentOf Bahá'í sacred writings ⓘ
containsProvision appointment of the first Guardian ⓘ
conditions for membership of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
method of appointing future Guardians ⓘ
obligations of Bahá'ís to the institutions of the Faith ⓘ
dateWritten early 20th century ⓘ
definesAuthority interpretive authority of the Guardian ⓘ
supreme authority of the Universal House of Justice in legislation ⓘ
definesInstitution Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
Universal House of Justice ⓘ
definesOffice Guardian of the Cause of God ⓘ
definesRelationship relationship between Guardian and Universal House of Justice ⓘ
definesStructure framework of the Bahá'í administrative order ⓘ
designatesSuccessor Shoghi Effendi ⓘ
emphasizes avoidance of schism and division in the Bahá'í community ⓘ
unity and obedience to the Center of the Cause ⓘ
genre testamentary document ⓘ
influenced development of the Bahá'í administrative institutions ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
partOf Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh as understood by Bahá'ís ⓘ
placeWritten ʻAkká ⓘ
linked to: عكّا
preservedBy Bahá'í World Centre ⓘ
recognizedBy Bahá'ís worldwide ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
relatedTo Kitáb‑i‑Aqdas ⓘ
linked to: Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Tablets of the Divine Plan ⓘ
religiousTradition Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
statusInCommunity central document of the Bahá'í Covenant ⓘ
charter of the future World Order of Bahá'u'lláh ⓘ
subject Bahá'í administrative order ⓘ
Covenant in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
condemnation of Covenant‑breakers ⓘ
powers and duties of the Guardian ⓘ
powers and duties of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
protection of the Bahá'í community from schism ⓘ
qualifications and conduct of Bahá'ís ⓘ
role of the Hands of the Cause of God ⓘ
succession of authority after ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
viewedAs binding on Bahá'ís ⓘ

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subject linked to: Baha'i Faith
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → workAuthored → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh → usedIn → Bahá'í administrative guidance ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → definesInstitution → Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Local Spiritual Assembly → scripturalBasis → Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Ascension of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → linkedSuccessorInstitution → Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
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ʻAbbás Effendi → notableWork → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
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Kitáb-i-‘Ahd → relatedWork → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Guardian of the Cause of God → establishedInDocument → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
Guardian of the Cause of God → theologicalBasisIn → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
Covenant in the Bahá'í Faith → foundationText → Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh → documentedIn → Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Universal House of Justice → scripturalBasis → Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Head of the Bahá'í Faith → governingText → Will and Testament of ‘Abdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
linked to: Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
Bahá'í administration → legalFoundation → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ