Kitáb-i-'Ahd

The Kitáb-i-`Ahd (Arabic: ﻛﺘﺎﺏ ﻋﻬﺪﻱ‎‎ literally "Book of My Covenant") is the Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, where he selects his son `Abdu'l-Bahá as his successor. It was written at least one year before Bahá'u'lláh died in 1892.[1] An English translation is included in the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, published in 1978.

While the Tablet of the Branch, composed in the Adrianople period had clearly signaled a high station for "the Branch of Holiness" and the Kitáb-i-Aqdas has specified that this high station involved leadership of the Bahá'í community after Bahá'u'lláh's passing, it was only with the unsealing of the Kitáb-i-`Ahd after the passing of Bahá'u'lláh in 1892 that it was confirmed that the Branch referred to was indeed `Abdu'l-Bahá.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Taherzadeh, Adib (1992). The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-344-5.
  2. ↑ Momen, Moojan (1995). The Covenant.

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