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Key to Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Bahá’u’lláh · 1,047 words

Key to Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi

Abbreviations of Sources

BAShoghi Effendi. Bahá’í Administration: Selected Messages 1922–1932. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1968.
BCNational Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. The Bahá’í Community: A Summarization of Its Organization and Laws. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1963.
CFShoghi Effendi. Citadel of Faith: Messages to America, 1947–1957. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1965.
ESWBahá’u’lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979.
GWBBahá’u’lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1980.
PDCShoghi Effendi. The Promised Day Is Come. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1980.
SWStar of the West: The Bahá’í Magazine. vol. XIV, July 1923, no. 4. Reprinted 1978. Oxford: George Ronald.
UDShoghi Effendi. The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá’í Community. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1981.
WOBShoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh: Selected Letters. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1974.

Identification of Passages

Paragraph

1–5“The first duty … O men of insight!” (GWBCLV)
7“Whenever My laws … His decisive decree.” (GWBCLV)
10“We have commanded you to pray and fast … the Generous.” (BC p. 40)
16“We have enjoined upon you fasting … a feast.” “The traveler, the ailing … by the Fast …” (BC p. 40)
17“Abstain from food … appointed in the Book.” (BC p. 40)
30“The Lord hath ordained … doth not matter.” “It behooveth them to be the trusted ones … O ye that perceive.” (BA p. 21)
35“O ye servants of the Merciful … idle imaginings.” (SW p. 112)
37“Whoso layeth claim … the All-Wise.” (GWBCLXVI)
38–40“Be not dismayed … among the dead.” (GWBLXXI)
43“Lament not in your hours of trial … He Who is aware.” (SW p. 112)
48“Unto every father … compassed the world.” (SW p. 112)
52“O ye Men of Justice … the Faithful.” (SW p. 112)
53–55“Let not your hearts … of the thankful.” (GWBLXXII)
58–59“Beware lest … will testify.” (GWBLXXII)
63“Enter into wedlock … mention of Me …” (UD p. 195)
78–84“O kings of the earth! He Who is the sovereign Lord … his assistance.” (GWBCV)
85“O Emperor of Austria! … luminous Horizon.” (PDC p. 37)
86“Say: O King of Berlin! … them who reflect.” (PDC pp. 36–37)
87“We have asked nothing … O concourse of kings!” (PDC p. 26)
88“Hearken ye, O Rulers of America … the Ordainer, the All-Wise.” (CF pp. 18–19)
89“O Spot that art situate … the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” (PDC p. 40)
90“O banks of the Rhine! … conspicuous glory.” (PDC p. 37)
91–93“Let nothing grieve thee … the wondrous Book.” (GWBLVI)
99–104“Say: O leaders of religion … comprehend it.” (GWBXCVII)
105“Whoso interpreteth … the Lucid Book.” (ESW pp. 129–30)
118“The Lord hath granted … bone be quickened.” (SW p. 113)
120“Adorn your heads … the All-Wise.” (SW p. 113)
121“When the ocean of My Presence … Ancient Root.” (WOB p. 134)
122–25“Consider the pettiness … earth and heaven.” (GWBCLIX)
144“Consort with all religions … things are ended.” (SW p. 114)
161–63“Blessed is the man … the Most Bountiful.” (GWBXXXVII)
165“O concourse of divines! When My … strange thing.” (PDC p. 82)
165“We have rent the veils … hereafter …” (PDC p. 82)
166“Had ye believed … heedless.” (PDC p. 82)
167“This is the Cause … idols to tremble.” (PDC p. 82)
169“O concourse of divines! Beware lest … all signs!’” (PDC p. 82)
171“Tear the veils asunder … the negligent.” (PDC p. 82)
173“Happy are ye … crumbling bone.” (SW p. 114)
174“When the Mystic Dove … this mighty Stock.” (WOB p. 134)
181–83“The world’s equilibrium … the Mighty, the Loving.” (GWBLXX)

  • The Kitáb-i-Aqdas

    • 1

      Napoleon III

    • 2

      Ṭihrán

    • 3

      Khurásán

    • 4

      The Báb

    • 5

      The Báb’s

    • 6

      Bahá’u’lláh

    • 7

      The Báb

    • 8

      The Báb

    • 9

      Bahá’u’lláh

    • 10

      Kirmán

    • 11

      The Báb

  • Questions and Answers

    • 1

      Bahá’u’lláh

    • 2

      First month of the Islamic lunar calendar

    • 3

      In Arabic the two verses differ in gender

    • 4

      This relates to the minimum duration of a journey which exempts the traveler from fasting

    • 5

      The vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere

    • 6

      The Tablet containing the three Obligatory Prayers now in use

    • 7

      Qur’án 2:115

    • 8

      This refers to a volume of approximately one-half of a cubic meter

    • 9

      Color, taste and smell

    • 10

      Adrianople

  • Synopsis and Codification

    • 1

      The method of dividing the estate is to be applied in cases of intestacy. See item o. in this section

  • Notes

    • 1

      On 10 July 2014, the Universal House of Justice announced the adoption of provisions for the common implementation of the Badí‘ calendar beginning at Naw-Rúz 172 (sunset 20 March 2015). The first day of the month of fasting now varies according to the day on which Naw-Rúz of the coming year falls.

    • 2

      In its message dated 10 July 2014 concerning the common implementation of the Badí‘ calendar beginning at Naw-Rúz 172, the Universal House of Justice designated Ṭihrán as the spot on the earth that would serve as the standard for determining, by means of astronomical computations from reliable sources, the moment of the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere and thereby the day of Naw-Rúz.

    • 3

      In its message dated 10 July 2014 concerning the common implementation of the Badí‘ calendar, the Universal House of Justice stated that the Festivals of the Twin Birthdays are to be observed on the first and the second day following the occurrence of the eighth new moon after Naw-Rúz, as determined in advance by astronomical tables using Ṭihrán as the point of reference.

    • 4

      With the implementation of the Badí‘ calendar as announced by the Universal House of Justice in its message dated 10 July 2014, the number of intercalary days varies according to the timing of the vernal equinox in successive years.

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