Project Gutenberg 2005-08-13 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 164 Bahá'u'lláh 1817 1892 Baha'u'llah The Kitáb-i-Aqdas Reading ease score: 65.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. "The Kitáb-i-Aqdas" by Bahá'u'lláh is a significant religious text written in the late 19th century. It serves as the foundation of Bahá'í law and outlines the principles and commandments intended for the guidance of humanity in establishing a just and unified world order. As Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Holy Book," it synthesizes past religious teachings with new revelations, providing a framework for social and spiritual governance. The opening of the "Kitáb-i-Aqdas" sets the tone for the rest of the text by emphasizing the importance of recognizing the source of God's laws and the interplay between individual duties and divine commandments. The text begins by urging followers to adhere to the revealed principles, highlighting that these laws are essential for the maintenance of order and the welfare of humanity. It introduces concepts such as obligatory prayer, the significance of personal actions, and the spiritual consequences of adhering to or deviating from these ordinances, laying the groundwork for the detailed laws and societal structures that will follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bahai Faith BP Text Bahá'í Faith Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 658255 658256 2024-10-07T10:55:08.887202 2023-09-07T11:20:13.506731 text/html text/html 670275 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 171879 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 262797 2024-10-07T10:55:21.640637 application/epub+zip 266042 2024-10-07T10:55:11.820161 application/epub+zip 1501549 2020-06-26T05:32:16 application/pdf 399595 2020-06-26T05:32:16 application/pdf application/zip 266041 2024-10-07T10:55:10.124177 application/epub+zip 634885 2024-10-07T10:55:30.436575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467659 2024-10-07T10:55:20.455115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133236 2022-09-08T05:56:27.390835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459303 2024-10-07T10:55:07.183186 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 454647 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 152056 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 459033 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 151848 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 459031 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151631 2020-06-26T05:32:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 473155 2020-06-26T05:32:16 application/prs.tei 154166 2020-06-26T05:32:16 application/prs.tei application/zip 26231 2024-10-07T10:55:30.590577 application/rdf+xml 13402 2024-10-07T10:55:10.746174 image/jpeg 3610 2024-10-07T10:55:10.431182 image/jpeg 234902 2024-10-07T10:55:08.926209 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia