Kitáb-i-Aqdas

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Contents 1 Important Notes 2 Study Outlines, Notes, etc.: 3 On the Need to Read 4 Significance 4.1 Chief depository (along with the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá) enshrining priceless elements of Divine Civilization 5 Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Verse 5.1 Verses 5.2 Supplementary Texts 5.2.1 Todos 5.3 Questions and Answers 5.3.1 Nature of the work as an appendix 5.3.2 General references 5.3.3 Specific Questions and Answers 6 Synopsis 6.1 Resources 6.2 See also 6.3 Todos 7 Notes section 8 Further Discussion

Important Notes

Leiden cross-reference:

• 27 (see also http://www.bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/appendixes.html#2 and http://www.bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/appendixes.html#3

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.:

• Questions and Concordances (the "concordances" might be more unambiguously termed "linked topical indices"; the work also includes cross-references to mentions in Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh (and vice versa) and cross-references between the paragraphs, notes, and questions within the Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
• Tablet Notes (includes info on relationship to other works)
• Notes on the Style of
• Multilinear translation project
• Talk on by Mr. Faizi

On the Need to Read

• See http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?19 (click to expand sections IV.2.F and IV.2.G)

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		Gleanings, sec. CLV	K36	Commentary in SAQ, p. 238
K2		Gleanings, sec. CLV
K3		Gleanings, sec. CLV
K4		Gleanings, sec. CLV
K5	wine	Gleanings, sec. CLV
K6	Obligatory prayer (original), rak'áhs			Parallels in Arabic Bayán and in the Persian Bayán, Vahíd V chapter 1?
K7		Gleanings, sec. CLV
K8	Prayer for the Dead			Parallel text in the Persian Bayán Vahid V, chapter 11?
K9	hair			Parallel in Persian Bayán (5:14)
K10		Translated by Shoghi Effendi in NSA of the United States, The Baha'i Community: a summarization...", 1963
K11
K12
K13	'God hath exempted'			Parallel text in the Persian Bayán, 5:17. Regarding the number 95, see Vahid VI, chapter 10
K14
K15
K16	Fasting, Naw-Rúz, Ayyám-i-Há	Translated by Shoghi Effendi in NSA of the United States, The Baha'i Community: a summarization...", 1963		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
K18
K19
K20	inheritance
K21	inheritance
K22	inheritance
K23	inheritance
K24	inheritance
K25	inheritance
K26	inheritance
K27	inheritance
K28	inheritance
K29	inheritance
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		Instruction by Bab'u'llah regarding implementation see Lawh-i Mulla `Ali-Akbar dar bareh bayt al-`adl
K31
K32	pilgrimage, Súriy-i-Hajj I, Súriy-i-Hajj II
K33
K34
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
K37		Gleanings CLXVI (CLXV in earlier editions)		Analogue in Iqtidarat 142
K38		Gleanings LXXI
K39		Gleanings LXXI
K40		Gleanings LXXI
K41
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
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
K45
K46
K47				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
K49	'a third part of all fines'	Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Star of the West vol XIV no. 4, July 1923, 112
K50
K51
K52
K53	'should differences arise'	Gleanings LXXII
K54		Gleanings LXXII
K55		Gleanings LXXII
K56
K57
K58		Gleanings, sec. LXXII
K59		Gleanings, sec. LXXII
K60
K61
K62	arson and murder
K63		Translated by Shoghi Effendi in Unfolding Destiny 195
K64
K65
K66	dowry			Persian Bayán, 6:7
K67
K68
K69
K70
K71
K72
K73
K74	ritual uncleanliness
K75	ritual uncleanliness			GPB 154
K76
K77
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

• Tablet of Ishráqát (Eighth Ishráq)
• Obligatory Prayer
  • Obligatory Prayer (long)
  • Obligatory Prayer (medium)
  • Obligatory Prayer (short)
• Prayer for the Dead

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 or notes	Cross-reference to other Writings
Q1	Most Great Festival
Q2	Twin Birthdays
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
Q13	parental consent, virginity
Q14	Qiblih/prayer
Q15
Q16
Q17	lost property
Q18
Q19
Q20
Q21
Q22
Q23			Persian Bayán, 5:19
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Q28
Q29
Q30
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Q94
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
Q104	son, father
Q105	education of children
Q106	parent
Q107	Zakát

Synopsis

Resources

• http://www.theaqdas.org/synopsis.php
• http://bahai-library.com/?file=safai_synopsis_aqdas_correlation

See also

• Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Todos

• We can use http://bahai-library.com/?file=safai_synopsis_aqdas_correlation as a basis for a cross-reference placed here

Notes section

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