Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Bahá'u'lláh
Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1992
Contents
Preface
Introduction
A Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Shoghi Effendi
The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Some Supplementary Texts
Questions and Answers
A Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Notes
Glossary
Key to Passages from the Aqdas Translated by Shoghi Effendi
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