Command and Creation (Amr va Khalq): Translation of Index and Catalog of Contents
AUTHOR 1
Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani
CONTRIB 1
William F. McCants, trans.
CONTRIB 2
William F. McCants, comp.
DATE_THIS
2018
DATE_1ST
1945
ABSTRACT
Translation of Mazandarani's Table of Contents for his compilation of Baha'i Writings from 1945 — some not published elsewhere — and a catalog of the contents of each section by McCants, with some notes and partial translations of select passages.
NOTES
Mirrored with permission from kashkul.org [archive.org]. Summary by Arjen Bolhuis (2022).
The selections in all four volumes of Amr va Khalq are cataloged in the Partial Inventory with the abbreviations AVK1, AVK2, AVK3, and AVK4.
Chapter 3: Regarding the Worlds of Souls and the Human World
Volume II
Chapter Four: Regarding the Divine Manifestations and religions, matters and affairs connected with them
Part 1: In explanation of the Holy, Divine Manifestations
Part 2: Regarding Religions
Part 3: How to solve the symbols of the holy religious scriptures and making beliefs agree with reason and the science of the modern age
Part 4: Regarding some of the prophecies of the religions about this Cause and others that are recorded in the scriptures
Part 5: On some of the events of this Cause mentioned in the scriptures
Part 6: On the proofs mentioned in the wondrous scriptures regarding the truth of this Cause, the status of the miracles attributed to Bahá'u'lláh, His lack of training in school in the scholarship of the day, and His arising with a Cause and accepting tribulations
Volume III
Chapter Five: On the teachings about the health of the body, education, manners, morals and various matters related to them
Part 1: On preserving health, warding off disease, taking care not to fall prey to harmful habits
Part 2: On manners and morals
Part 3: On cleanliness
Part 4: Regarding knowledge and education
Part 5: In explanation of the minute specifics of the conditions and necessities of religion
Part 6: Explaining punishments in the scriptures
Volume IV
Chapter Six: Explanation of matters related to the new calendar, different acts of worship, marriage, divorce, inheritance, the rules of burial, financial matters, and others
Part 1: Explanation of the calendar, important days and their regulations
Part 2: On acts of worship
Part 3: Unlawful things, marriage, and divorce
Part 4: The laws regarding the dead, consisting of two principles
Part 5: Huqúqu'lláh
Part 6: Regarding other financial matters
Chapter Seven: Regarding a number of matters that have been explicitly abrogated and changed relative to previous religions
Chapter Eight: Regarding the roots and formation of this Cause and the world
Part 1: Bahá'u'lláh's explanations of prior manifestations, the center (of the covenant) after him, the establishment of consultative bodies, the House of Justice, and rulers
Part 2: Abdu'l-Bahá's explanations of the above mentioned matters, the center who is to be obeyed after him, the formation and duties of the spiritual assemblies and the House of Justice, and sacred melodies
Part 3: The Guardian's explanations of the administrative order of this Cause and the world
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