Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Key to Passages Translated by Shoghi Effendi

 
ABBREVIATIONS OF SOURCES
BA
Shoghi Effendi. Bahá'í Administration: Selected Messages 1922-1932. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1968
BC
National Spiritual Assembly if the Bahá'ís of the United States. The Bahá'í Community: A summarisation of Its Organization and Laws. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1963
CF
Shoghi Effendi. Citiadel of Faith: Messages to America, 1947-1957. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1965
ESW
Bahá'u'lláh. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1979
GWB
Bahá'u'lláh. Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, rev. edn., 1980
PDC
Shoghi Effendi. The Promised Day is Come. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, rev. Edn., 1980
SW
Star of the West: The Bahá'í Magazine. vol. XIV, July 1923, no. 4. Reprinted 1978. Oxford: George Ronald.
UD
Shoghi Effendi. The Unfolding Destiny of the British Bahá'í Community. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1981
WOB
Shoghi Effendi. The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh: Selected Letters. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1974


 
IDENTIFICATION OF PASSAGES
PARAGRAPH SELECT
1-5
"The first duty ... O men of insight!" (GWB CLV)
1   2   3   4   5
7
"Whenever My laws ... His decisive decree." (GWB CLV)
7
10
"We have commanded you to pray and fast ... the Generous." (BC p.40)
10
16
"We have enjoined upon you fasting ... a feast." "The traveler, the ailing ... by the Fast ..." (BC p. 40)
16
17
"Abstain from food ... appointed in the Book." (BC p. 40)
17
30
"The Lord hath ordained ... doth not matter." "It behoveth them to be the trusted ones ... O ye that perceive." (BA p. 21)
30
35
"O ye servants of the Merciful ... idle imaginings." (SW p. 112)
35
37
"Whoso layeth claim ... the All-Wise." (GWB CLXV)
37
38-40
"Be not dismayed ... among the dead." (GWB LXXI)
38   39   40
43
"Lament not in your hours of trial ... He Who is aware." (SW p. 112)
43
48
"Unto every father ... compassed the world." (SW p. 112)
48
52
"O ye Men of Justice ... the Faithful." (SW p. 112)
52
53-55
"Let not your hearts ... of the thankful." (GWB LXXII)
53   54   55
58-59
"Beware lest ... will testify." (GWB LXXII)
58   59
63
"Enter into wedlock ... mention of Me ..." (UD p. 195)
63
78-84
"O kings of the earth! He Who is the sovereign Lord ... his assistance." (GWB CV)
78   79   80
81   82   83
84
85
"O Emperor of Austria! ... luminous Horizon." (PDC p. 37)
85
86
"Say: O King of Berlin! ... them who reflect." (PDC pp. 36-37)
86
87
"We have asked nothing ... O concourse of kings!" (PDC p. 26)
87
88
"Hearken ye, O Rulers of America ... the Ordainer, the All-Wise." (CF pp. 18-19)
88
89
"O Spot that art situate ... the All-Knowing, the All-Wise." (PDC p. 40)
89
90
"O banks of the Rhine! ... conspicuous glory." (PDC p. 37)
90
91-93
"Let nothing grieve thee ... the wondrous Book." (GWB LVI)
91   92   93
99-104
"Say: O leaders of religion ... comprehend it." (GWB XCVII)
99   100   101
102   103   104
105
"Whoso interpreteth ... the Lucid Book." (ESW pp. 129-130)
105
118
"The Lord hath granted ... bone be quickened." (SW p. 113)
118
120
"Adorn your heads ... the All-Wise." (SW p. 113)
120
121
"When the ocean of My Presence ... Ancient Root." (WOB p. 134)
121
122-25
"Consider the pettiness ... earth and heaven." (GWB CLIX)
122   123
124   125
144
"Consort with all religions ... things are ended." (SW p. 114)
144
161-63
"Blessed is the man ... the Most Bountiful." (GWB XXXVII)
161   162   163
165
"O concourse of divines! When my ... strange thing." (PDC p. 82)
165
165
"We have rent the veils ... hereafter ...." (PDC p. 82)
165
166
"Had ye believed ... heedless." (PDC p. 82)
166
167
"This is the Cause ... idols to tremble." (PDC p. 82)
167
169
"O concourse of divines! Beware lest ... all signs." (PDC PDC p. 82)
169
171
"Tear the veils asunder ... the negligent." (PDC p. 82)
171
173
"Happy are ye ... crumbling bone." (SW p. 114)
173
174
"When the Mystic Dove ... this mighty Stock." (WOB p. 134)
174
181-83
"The world's equilibrium ... the Mighty, the Loving." (GWB LXX)
181   182   183

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