# Kitab-i-Aqdas

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Bahá'u'lláh, Kitab-i-Aqdas, Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1992, bahai-library.com.
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> 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
> 
> Index
> (Click here to read the index as a single large document)
> 
> Click on any of the numbers below to go to a page of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas (unformatted):
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> vii
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> Click on any of the numbers below to go to a specific paragraph (in context):
> Preface
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> 7
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> Introduction
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> 2
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> 7
> 8
> 8b
> 8c
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> 14b
> 14c
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> Description
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> Click on any of the numbers below to go to a specific Supplementary Text item (in context):
> 
> Ishráqát; Obligatory Prayers: long medium short; Prayer for the Dead
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> Click on any of the numbers below to go to a specific "Question and Answer" (in context):
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> Click on any of the numbers below to go to a specific Synopsis and Codification item (in context):
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> I A B
> II
> III A B C
> IV
> A
> 1 2 2a 2b 2c 2d 3 4 4a 4b 4c 5 6 7 8 9 10 10a 10b 10c 10d 10e 10f 10g 11 11a 11b 12 13 14 15 16 17
> B
> 1 2 3 4
> 5
> a i ii iii iv v
> b c d e f g
> 6
> C
> 1
> a b c d e f g h
> i i ii
> j i ii iii iv v
> k l m n o
> 2
> a b c d e f g h i
> 3
> a
> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
> b
> c
> i ii
> d e f g h i j k l m n o
> D
> 1
> a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x
> y
> i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii xix
> xx xxi xxii xxiii xxiv xxv xxvi xxvii xxviii xxix xxx xxxi xxxii
> 2
> a b c d e f g h i j k l m
> 3
> a b d d e f g h i j k l m n o p
> q
> i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv xvi xvii xviii xix xx xxi xxii
> r s t u v w x
> y
> i ii iii iv v vi vii
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> V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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> VI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
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> Click on any of the numbers below to go to a specific note (in context):
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