tag name: Abrogation and confirmation of laws type: Religion, general web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Abrogation_and_confirmation_of_laws related tags: – Concepts, Religious; Abrogation; Báb, Laws of; Decline and renewal of religion; Irtifá (abrogation and elevation); Laws; Progressive revelation referring tags: Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Selected topics Inventory subject: Changing and unchanging parts of religion; The Bayan, its laws and their abrogation notes: "... The religion of God consists of two parts: One is the very foundation and belongs to the spiritual realm; that is, it pertains to spiritual virtues and divine qualities. This part suffers neither change nor alteration: It is the Holy of Holies, which constitutes the essence of the religion of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Christ, Muḥammad, the Báb, and Bahá’u’lláh, and which will endure throughout all the prophetic Dispensations. It will never be abrogated, for it consists in spiritual rather than material truth. It is faith, knowledge, certitude, justice, piety, high-mindedness, trustworthiness, love of God, and charity. It is mercy to the poor, assistance to the oppressed, generosity to the needy, and upliftment of the fallen. It is purity, detachment, humility, forbearance, patience, and constancy. These are divine qualities. These commandments will never be abrogated, but will remain in force and effect for all eternity. These human virtues are renewed in every Dispensation; for at the close of each Dispensation the spiritual law of God, which consists in the human virtues, vanishes in substance and persists only in form... ... The second part of the religion of God, which pertains to the material world and which concerns such things as fasting; prayer; worship; marriage; divorce; manumission; legal rulings; transactions; and penalties and punishments for murder, assault, theft, and injury, is changed and altered in every prophetic Dispensation and may be abrogated—for policies, transactions, punishments, and other laws are bound to change according to the exigencies of the time..."
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, chapter 11, ¶7 and 10
"... The body of the world can be compared to that of a man, and the Prophets and Messengers of God to able physicians. A human being does not remain always in the same condition: Different ailments occur and each calls for a specific remedy. Thus an able physician does not treat all ailments in the same manner but varies the treatments and remedies in accordance with the requirements of these various ailments and conditions...
In brief, our meaning is that the change and transformation in the conditions and exigencies of the times is the cause of the abrogation of religious laws, for the time comes when those earlier commandments no longer suit the prevailing conditions. Consider how greatly the exigencies of the modern age differ from those of ancient and of medieval times... Likewise, after the lapse of many centuries, that which is called for at the present time will no longer be suited to the needs of that future age, and change and transformation will be inevitable..."
– 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, chapter 20, ¶4 and 6
references: bahai9.com/wiki/Abrogated_laws; bahai9.com/wiki/Laws_from_the_past_confirmed_by_Bahá'u'lláh; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=abrogated
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