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tag name Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) type: Writings, Bahá'u'lláh

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inventory # BH00001
abbreviation AQDS or KA (see key to abbreviations)
related tags - Authoritative English translations on bahai.org, Bahá'u'lláh; - Best known Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World list); – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (7. Akká and Bahjí); Holy; Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Selected topics; Laws; Most Holy
referring tags – Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Balance (Book); Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Synopsis and Codification; Laws, Gradual implementation of; Mother Book; Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
Inventory subject Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas
notes

From bahai.org/library:
"Bahá’u’lláh’s book of laws, written in Arabic around 1873 while He was still imprisoned within the city of ‘Akká. It was supplemented by later Writings and by Bahá’u’lláh’s replies to a series of questions posed by one of His secretaries. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by the supplementary Writings and the questions and answers."

"... In such manner hath the Kitáb-i-Aqdas been revealed that it attracteth and embraceth all the divinely appointed Dispensations. Blessed those who peruse it. Blessed those who apprehend it. Blessed those who meditate upon it. Blessed those who ponder its meaning. So vast is its range that it hath encompassed all men ere their recognition of it. Ere long will its sovereign power, its pervasive influence and the greatness of its might be manifested on earth. Verily, thy God is the All-Knowing, the All-informed..."
– Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawḥ-i-Síyyid-i-Mihdíy-i-Dahají (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají), ¶20

See also:
– Bahai org: Divine Law
– A Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Shoghi Effendi (extract from God Passes By).
– The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Its Place in Bahá’í Literature (prepared by the Office of Public Information at the Bahá’í World Centre at the request of the Universal House of Justice)
– Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í Sacred Writings, Chapter 6, section "Excerpts from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas"
– The Kitáb-i-Aqdas on bahai.org/library
– Interactive , expandable, Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (offsite), and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas index entry here.
– Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools

Some resources:
– Ghaemmaghami, Omid, Vafai, Shahin (2025). Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith
– Nader Saiedi (2000). Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, University Press of Maryland.
– Roshan Danesh (1998). Dimensions of Bahá’í Law, (published as part of the The Journal of Bahá’í Studies).
– John Walbridge (1996). Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, George Ronald.

bahaidata.org Q4290 · Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.)

references en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitáb-i-Aqdas; bahaipedia.org/Kitáb-i-Aqdas; bahai9.com/wiki/Kitáb-i-Aqdas; bahaiprayers.net/AqdasMatrix; theaqdas.org; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-aqdas

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n.d.. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Tablet on "the legitimacy of figurative scripture interpretation."
2025-11. Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, by Omid Ghaemmaghami and Shahin Vafai: Review. Christopher Buck.
2025-07. Bahá'í Sacred Writings. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. . — A comprehensive collection of selections from the Writings of Baha’u’llah and the Writings and u...
2024-12. Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, by Nader Saiedi: Review. Christopher Buck. — Review of Nader Saiedi's book that focuses on the Writings of Baha'u'llah. Review title: Nader Saied...
2022. Réflexions intimes sur le Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Pierre Daoust. — Un petit recueil de réflexions; une sorte de voyage dans un domaine aux multiples paysages, qui don...
2022. Kitáb-i-Aqdas: le plus saint livre. Bahá'u'lláh, Pierre Daoust, trans. . — Révision de la traduction française du Kitab-i-Aqdas (ed. MEB, 2014); voir Avant-propos.
2021-11-02. Bahá'í Law. Roshan Danesh. — Baha'i law in its historical, cultural, social, religious, political, and legal contexts, within pro...
2021-11. Inheritance Laws of Bahá'í Community: A Gendered Analysis of Inheritance Under the Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Indian Succession Act. Ishita Kohli. — Baha'i laws create a symmetrical equality between sexes, via the principle of mutatis mutandis; the ...
2021. Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The. Gerald C. Keil. — Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan...
2021. Inheritance Laws of the Baha'i Community and Gender Equality. Sarthak Sharma. — Examination of whether the Baha'i Faith's teachings on gender-justice and equality are reflected in ...
2020-2026. Online Course on the Bahá'í Faith. John S. Hatcher. — Links to 117 Youtube videos on Baha'i history and teachings.
2020-07. Discovering a Sacred Numerical Pattern from Baha'i Scriptures. Romuald Boubou Moyo. — Brief analysis of the inheritance shares outlined in the Kitab-i-Aqdas and how the abjad system of n...
2020. گام به گام با اُم الکتاب دور بهائی کتاب اقدس (Step by Step through the Mother Book of the Bahá'í Faith, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas). Iman Motlagh Arani. — A topical overview of central laws and ethical teachings, arranged for accessibility and reference.
2019. Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran. Moojan Momen. — Regarding the conference of Badasht and Baha'u'llah's arrival at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi, and o...
2019. Ashgabat Collection. Olga Mehti. — On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Baha'i history.
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
2018/2024. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 85 selections, last updated August 2024.
2018/2020. Laws Abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh. Anonymous, comp. — Laws abolished from previous religions and from the Bayan.
2018. List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations. Stephen Lambden, A. Bolhuis, comp. . — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
2018. Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools. Various. — Links to six sites providing research materials for the Aqdas: translations, audio recitation, cross...
2018. Le Style du Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Aspects du Sublime, livre du Professeur Suheil Bushrui. Suheil Badi Bushrui, (published as Suheil Bushrui). Pierre Daoust, trans. . — Une analyse du Kitab-i-Aqdas, un ouvrage rédigé en prose rimée typique des écrits arabes les plu...
2018. La poésie du Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Aspects de l'esthétique. Pierre Daoust. — Les concepts philosophiques qui éclairent sur le sens de la vie et la nature spirituelle de l'être...
2017. "Some Answered Questions" and Its Compiler. Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. — Overview of the life of Laura Clifford Barney and her role in assembling and publishing the book Som...
2017. Authority of the Institutions According to the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá, The: A Text Analysis. Gerald C. Keil. — Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament is the indispensable starting point for understanding the Baha'i Ad...
2017. Themes in the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Emerging Approaches to Scholarship on Bahá'í Law. Roshan Danesh. — Review of what emergent scholarship has thus far accomplished relating to the study of the Kitab-i-A...
2015. Reflections on the Structure of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Some. Roshan Danesh. — While the Kitab-i-Aqdas might seem unstructured, lacking apparent logical or discernible order, ther...
2014. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some. Roshan Danesh. — The concept of law in the Baha’i Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language an...
2014. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age. Nader Saiedi. — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
2011-04. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series. Hooper Dunbar. — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
2010. Textual Context and Literary Criticism: A Case Study based on a Letter from Shoghi Effendi. Gerald C. Keil. — The importance of systematic analysis of the written word prior to the process of exegesis to achiev...
2010. Historical Consciousness and the Divine Plan. Douglas Martin. — A series of eight short talks (total around two hours), in both audio and video formats, on the evol...
2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
2008. Causality Principle in the World of Being, The. William S. Hatcher.
2008. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Correlation of passages from the Synopsis and Codification of the Aqdas to the textual passages of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Borna Safai, comp. — An unofficial correlation of the passages from the Synopsis and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas to...
2008. Laws of the Bayán reflected in The Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Ahang Rabbani, comp. — List of 32 laws from the Bab's Persian Bayan or the Arabic Bayan which also appear in Baha'u'llah's ...
2007. All Abide by His Bidding: The Universal Law of God. Peter Terry. — On the liberty of the individual vis-à-vis the laws of God guiding people to making the "right" cho...
2004/2007. Towards World Order. Alí Nakhjavání. — Transcripts of six talks given at a week-long course on the World Order of Baha'u'llah, sponsored by...
2004-09-19. "Share your time with God". Universal House of Justice. — Source of the quotation "Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood," f...
2004. Internationalism and Divine Law: A Baha'i Perspective. Roshan Danesh. — On the internationalism motif in Baha'i political and legal thought; the place of divine legal clai...
2003. Perspectives on the Inseparable Twin Duties Prescribed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Eamonn Moane. — Religions differ in the balance of faith versus good works, the grace of God versus human strivings,...
2003. Introduction to Bahá'í Law, An: Doctrinal Foundations, Principles and Structures. Udo Schaefer. — A pioneering look at Baha'i law both in general and in detail, the foundations and principles of whi...
2002. Kitáb-i-Aqdas as a Lens with which to Examine some of the Dilemmas of Modernity, The. Betsy Omidvaran. — Contrast between the Aqdas - the source of laws of future society - and issues of the modern world a...
2002. Kitab-i-Aqdas Questions and Concordances. Habib Riazati. — The Tablets of Baha'u'llah and their relationship to selected passages in The Aqdas; New Laws That A...
2001-04. Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence. Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, trans. . — Authorized translation of an excerpt of a tablet on "the wisdom of referring certain important laws ...
2001-03-16. Китаб-и-Агдас: Наисвятая Книга (Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book). Bahá'u'lláh, Elena Naylor, trans, Vadim Nomokonov, trans. . — Основополагающий сборник законов Миропорядка Бахаулл...
2001-02-08. Applicability of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Universal House of Justice. — List of laws and ordinances of the Aqdas not yet universally applied (as of 2001).
2001. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl). Bahá'u'lláh, Mehran Ghasempour, trans. . — An undated tablet from the Akka period on the interpretation of sacred scripture, with references to...
2001. Unofficial Bahá'í Lore, by David Piff: Review. Iarfhlaith Watson.
2000-2024. Covenant Library Unified Index and Glossary. Covenant Library, comp. — A comprehensive glossary and reference index of Baha'i sacred texts and literature, organized in two...
2000-11-28. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): The Obligatory Prayers. Universal House of Justice, Ismael Velasco, Peter Terry, Michael W. Sours.
2000-02-23. Application of Bahá'í Laws. Universal House of Justice. — On the application of Baha’i law and how its procedures differ from civil law, with discussion of ...
2000. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Questions and Concordances. Habib Riazati. — Study questions, categorized cross-references to the Aqdas and its notes and "Questions and Answers,...
2000. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the "choice wine". Abdu'l-Bahá, Brent Poirier, Iraj Ayman, Frank Lewis. — Explores Baha’i, Biblical, and Qur’anic symbolism of bread, wine, and camphor as metaphors for d...
2000. Kitáb-i-Aqdas as Described and Glorified by Shoghi Effendi. Cyrus Alá'í. — Basic facts about the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Shoghi Effendi's analysis of the book in his God Passes By.
2000. Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Baha'i Apologetics [excerpt]. Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, Ulrich Gollmer, Geraldine Schuckelt, trans. . — Front- and back-matter of the book only: Contents, Preface, Introduction, Conclusion, Bibliography, ...
2000. Law; Liberty; Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Peter Smith. — Three extracts.
1999-2007. Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa: Website archive. Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. — Backup of the homepage of ABS-SA, with local links to any material imported into BLO. — in proces...
1999-12-28. Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Further Application of. Universal House of Justice. — Announcement to the Baha'i world that all elements of the laws dealing with obligatory prayer and fa...
1999. Kitab-i Aqdas, the Most Holy Book. John Walbridge.
1999. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): "Multilinear" Translation project and Glossary. Bahá'u'lláh, Jonah Winters, comp, Various, trans. . — Side-by-side comparisons of the authorized translation with earlier translations of Anton Haddad and...
1999. Principle of Succession in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Brent Poirier.
1999. Kitab-i-Aqdas Windows Help File software. Peyman Talaei. — A hyperlinked version of the Aqdas in the Windows Help File format (for Windows 3) which can be used...
1999. Kitáb-i Aqdas of Mírzá Husain `Alí Núrí, Bahá'u'lláh, The: Redating its Beginnings. Kamran Ekbal. — The exact date when the Aqdas was written is unclear. It may have been composed over a period of abo...
1998. Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi. Adib Taherzadeh, Dariush Lamie, Juan Cole. — Three short biographies of about the man who asked to be exempt from the laws of the Aqdas.
1998. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Brent Poirier.
1998. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Tablet study outline. Jonah Winters.
1998. Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review. Miles L. Bradbury.
1998. Parallels Between Islamic and Baha'i laws and Constitutional Principles. Afshin A. Khavari. — The roles of Sunnah, Hadith, and Ijtihad in Islamic constitutional law, and the development of the B...
1998. Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Bibliography. Sen McGlinn, comp.
1998. Islamische Grundlagen des Kitáb-i Aqdas: Mit neuen Erkenntnissen zu seiner Datierung. Kamran Ekbal.
1998. Bahá'í Village Granary, The: Spiritual Underpinnings and Applications to North America. Peter Calkins, Benoit Girard. — A village granary helps lay the systemic foundations of Baha’u’llah’s spiritualized new world ...
1998. Bahá'í Fundamentals for Bioethics. Leila Rassekh Milani, Kavian Sadeghzade Milani. — The science of the soul; Baha’i scriptural understanding of suffering, theodicy, and the purpose o...
1997-98 Winter. Story of Joseph in the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, The. Jim Stokes. — The story of Joseph describes the eternal process by which the most profound kind of new knowledge c...
1997-06-04. Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Expulsion of Covenant Breakers. Universal House of Justice. — Discussion of a reference in the Kitab-i-Aqdas to the possible end of the Guardianship, and the auth...
1997-05. Letter to Jináb-i-Áqá Mírzá Bádí'u'lláh Khán of Abadih. Shoghi Effendi, Juan Cole, trans. . — Answers four questions: (1) re "Crimson Scroll"; (2) re the "Sacred Night"; (3) re the "Tablet of th...
1997. Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings. Robert Stockman. — The complexities of the Baha'i concepts of revelation, interpretation, infallibility, and elucidatio...
1997. In A Blue Haze: Smoking and Baha'i Ethics. Udo Schaefer. — Smoking as a focus of this first attempt to define certain aspects of Baha'i ethics.
1997. Commentary on the Kitab-i Aqdas, verse one. Sen McGlinn. — Meanings why recognition of God and his Manifestations are the first two laws of the Aqdas.
1997. Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Shari'a: Babi and Baha'i Solutions to the Problem of Immutability. Denis MacEoin. — Ways in which the Bab and Baha'u'llah adopted and changed the Islamic shari`a in their own, new code...
1996-11. Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. — On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): ...
1996-09. Theological Ethics in a Bahá'í Perspective. Jack McLean. — The Baha'i writings are a rich source of moral precepts, with a large corpus of ethical ...
1996-06-27. Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal. Universal House of Justice. — Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Baha'i concept of equality of the sexes in l...
1996. State and Society: Implications of the Most Holy Book. Graham Hassall. — The purpose of law is for the order of the world and the security of people; the Kitab-i-Aqdas reins...
1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
1996. Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review. Sen McGlinn.
1996. Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book Volume 1. Various. — Five papers, proceedings from a Baha'i Studies Conference in Sydney, 1993.
1996. Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Process of Transformation, The. John A. Davidson. — The Kitab-i-Aqdas is the source and inspiration for the process of transformation initiated by the R...
1996. Concept of Divine Law, The. Mehrdad K. Meshgin. — The changing impact of divine law on society; legal principles current in Europe are derived largely...
1996. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The. Bijan Samali. — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
1996. Future of Mankind and the Most Holy Book, The. Fazel Naghdy. — At present the world models depicted by the past religions and leaders of the materialistic ideologi...
1996. Homosexuality in the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Kamran Hakim. — Informal notes on the treatment of homosexuality in the Kitab-i Aqdas, and its background.
1996. Mission of the Báb, The: Retrospective 1844-1994. Douglas Martin. — The revelation of the Bab in the context of its impact on the Western writers of the period and its ...
1995-06-25. Legislative Responsibilities of the Universal House of Justice Regarding Obligatory Prayers, Guardian's Statement on. Universal House of Justice. — Brief note about which aspects of obligatory prayer the House may one day legislate on.
1995-04. Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Sen McGlinn. — Conceptualizing the Kitab-i Aqdas as establishing a fixed and elaborate set of laws and requirements...
1995-04. Choice Wine: The Kitab-i Aqdas and the Development of Bahá'í Law. Anthony Lee. — The Kitab-i Aqdas was not intended to establish a new law code (shari'a) similar to the one known to...
1995. Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Some. Sen McGlinn. — Gender distinctions in the Baha'i inheritance laws might at first glance seem to favor male heirs, b...
1995. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Suheil Badi Bushrui. — The near-similarity between the style of the Qur'an and that of the Aqdas.
1995. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
1995. Quranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms of the Kitáb-i Aqdas Regarding Women and Homosexual Relations, The. Kamran Ekbal. — Interpretations and etymologies of Arabic terms for prostitution, virginity, dowry, menstruation, so...
1995. Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime. Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui). — Analysis of the Aqdas and its universal teachings of a new divine Revelation leading humanity to the...
1994. Inheritance. Seena Fazel. — The apparent contradiction between sexual equality and the unequal inheritance laws contained in the...
1994. Ethics for a Global Society. Udo Schaefer. — Addresses the collapse of moral order and value systems in the contemporary world, advocating in res...
1994. Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Bahá'í Law, Legitimacy, and World Order. Martha L. Schweitz. — On the Kitab-i-Aqdas from the perspective of contemporary secular national and international law; it...
1994. Unsealing the Choice Wine at the Family Reunion. John S. Hatcher. — Baha’i scripture portrays human progress as propelled by two inextricably related capacities: inde...
1994. Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: The Causality Principle in the World of Being. William S. Hatcher. — On the overall philosophical framework of the Baha’i Faith to understand the Kitab-i-Aqdas, which ...
1993. Kitab-i-Aqdas: Its Place in Bahá'í literature. Bahá'í World Centre Office of Public Information. — Offers a broad introduction to the Aqdas and its themes.
1993. Balance hath been Appointed, The: Some Thoughts on the Publication of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Udo Schaefer. — Significances of the Aqdas and the possible impact of its publication (1992) upon its Western audien...
1993. Exemption. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. — Thoughts on Baha'u'llah's meaning in "exempting" women from certain Baha'i obligations, especially p...
1993. Significance of the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Darius K. Shahrokh. — History and background of the Aqdas; circumstances of its revelation; the text itself; authority and...
1993. مقالات و رسائل در مباحث متنوّعه: جلد سوم (Articles and Treatises on Various Subjects: Volume 3). Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. . — 33 articles and essays on various topics, along with biographies and other historical material.
1993. منتخباتی از مطالب کتاب مستطاب اقدس: نگاهی كوتاه به كتاب اقدس (Selections from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas). Alí Murád Dávúdí. — Brief introduction to the Most Holy Book.
1992-12-08. Guardianship, Anticipation of, in the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Universal House of Justice. — Did Baha'u'llah anticipate the Institution of the Guardianship in the Kitab-i-Aqdas?
1992. Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Bahá'u'lláh. — Full authoritative English translation of Bahaʼu'llah's book of laws, along with clarifying texts a...
1992. Les Tablettes de Bahá'u'lláh révélées après le Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Udo Schaefer.
1992. Windows to the Past. Darius K. Shahrokh, Grace Shahrokh, comp. . — Deepening talks on 25 topics about Baha'i history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format an...
1991-06-20. Secret of Divine Civilization Translation, Capital Punishment, and Other Questions. Universal House of Justice. — On the capitalization of pronouns, reference to "we Muslims," works of Abdu'l-Baha revealed during t...
1991. Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith [1991 republication], The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi.
1989-10-06. Special Report on Baha'i Burial vs. Maori Custom. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand. — Special report about reconciling Baha'i burial laws with local maori customs where they conflict; in...
1989. Bahá'í Shrines. John Walbridge.
1988-06-05. Legislating on Morality. Universal House of Justice. — Discusses approaches to moral guidance, including the roles of general principles, individual judgme...
1988-05-31. Women on the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice. — Response to a paper presented at a Baha'i Studies conference which raised the possibility that women...
1988 [1978]. Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas. Bahá'u'lláh.
1987. Question of Gender, A: A Forum on the Status of Men in Bahá'í Law. Susan Maneck (published as Susan Stiles Maneck), Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, Anthony Lee. — Six authors address issues of theology, sociology, law, inheritance, equality, the Kitab-i-Aqdas, ma...
1987. Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Alessandro Bausani. — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
1982-06. Some Bahá'í and Shaykhí Interpretations of 'the Mystery of Reversal'. Denis MacEoin. — Prophecies about the appearance of the Qa'im and the significance of certain letters and numbers wit...
1974-06-09. Laws from the Kitab-i-Aqdas Not Yet Binding. Universal House of Justice. — Which laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas are and are not currently (as of 1974) binding upon Western believer...
1974. Six Lessons on Bahá'í Law: A Deepening Course for Bahá'ís. John B. Cornell, comp, Beatrice Rinde, comp. — Principles of the Faith; justice and mercy; laws for the individual vs society; jurisdiction; civil ...
1973 Summer. ‘Irfán, Gnosis, or Mystical Knowledge. Jalil Mahmoudi. — Explores ‘Irfan (gnosis) as mystical knowledge, contrasting empirical and rational forms, emphasiz...
1973. Kitab-i-Aqdas commentary. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. — Talk delivered in the United States (place not specified).
1973. Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Shoghi Effendi, trans. . — Original 1973 version, different than the version incorporated in the 1992 English translation of th...
1967-12-09. Hidden Words, The: Transcript of a talk by Hand of the Cause of God A. Q. Faizí. Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. — Talk delivered in Wilmette, Illinois.
1956. Notes on Words of the Guardian. Virginia Orbison. — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ...
1956. Prison City of Akká, The. William Sears. — A pilgrim’s reflection on ‘Akka, where Baha’u’llah revealed the Kitab-i-Aqdas and endured im...
1944. Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A. Shoghi Effendi. — Overview of the Kitab-i-Aqdas as Baha’u’llah’s Most Holy Book, establishing His laws, institut...
1910-11. Address of Col. A. C. Fisk: Before the Bahai Assembly, in New York City, Giving His Personal Views of What the Movement Means. Archie C. Fisk. — The Baha'i teachings are more than idealistic theories; the Faith is a practical instrument made for...
1910. New Economic Movement and Young Persia, A. Helen Campbell. — Overview of Babi and Baha'i history and teachings, concluding with an inspiring story of wisdom and ...
1901/1922. Most Holy Book, The: Parallel Translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, trans, Anton Haddad, trans. . — Two translations, side-by-side: the authorized one (1992) and a more literal one by Anton Haddad (19...

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tag name	Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)	type:	Writings, Bahá'u'lláh
web link	bahai-library.com/tags/Kitab-i-Aqdas_(Most_Holy_Book)
inventory #	BH00001
abbreviation	AQDS or KA (see key to abbreviations)
related tags	- Authoritative English translations on bahai.org, Bahá'u'lláh; - Best known Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World list); – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (7. Akká and Bahjí); Holy; Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Selected topics; Laws; Most Holy
referring tags	– Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Balance (Book); Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Synopsis and Codification; Laws, Gradual implementation of; Mother Book; Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas)
Inventory subject	Laws of God; of the Kitab-i-Aqdas
notes	From bahai.org/library: "Bahá’u’lláh’s book of laws, written in Arabic around 1873 while He was still imprisoned within the city of ‘Akká. It was supplemented by later Writings and by Bahá’u’lláh’s replies to a series of questions posed by one of His secretaries. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by the supplementary Writings and the questions and answers." "... In such manner hath the Kitáb-i-Aqdas been revealed that it attracteth and embraceth all the divinely appointed Dispensations. Blessed those who peruse it. Blessed those who apprehend it. Blessed those who meditate upon it. Blessed those who ponder its meaning. So vast is its range that it hath encompassed all men ere their recognition of it. Ere long will its sovereign power, its pervasive influence and the greatness of its might be manifested on earth. Verily, thy God is the All-Knowing, the All-informed..." – Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawḥ-i-Síyyid-i-Mihdíy-i-Dahají (Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahají), ¶20 See also: – Bahai org: Divine Law – A Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Shoghi Effendi (extract from God Passes By). – The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Its Place in Bahá’í Literature (prepared by the Office of Public Information at the Bahá’í World Centre at the request of the Universal House of Justice) – Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í Sacred Writings, Chapter 6, section "Excerpts from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas" – The Kitáb-i-Aqdas on bahai.org/library – Interactive , expandable, Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (offsite), and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas index entry here. – Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools Some resources: – Ghaemmaghami, Omid, Vafai, Shahin (2025). Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith – Nader Saiedi (2000). Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, University Press of Maryland. – Roshan Danesh (1998). Dimensions of Bahá’í Law, (published as part of the The Journal of Bahá’í Studies). – John Walbridge (1996). Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time, George Ronald.
bahaidata.org	Q4290 · Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.)
references	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitáb-i-Aqdas; bahaipedia.org/Kitáb-i-Aqdas; bahai9.com/wiki/Kitáb-i-Aqdas; bahaiprayers.net/AqdasMatrix; theaqdas.org; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/kitab-i-aqdas