Kitáb-i-'Ahd
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The Kitáb-i-ʻAhd ( literally "Book of My Covenant") is the Will and Testament of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, where he selects his son ʻAbdu'l-Bahá as his successor. It was written at least one year before Baháʼu'lláh died in 1892. An English translation is included in the ''Tablets of Baháʼu'lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas'', published in 1978.
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Vinony's link graph records 13 inbound references to Kitáb-i-'Ahd, and connects out to Bahá'u'lláh's family, Arabic and Edirne.
Vinony files it under 1892 documents and Works by Baháʼu'lláh.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Designation of Succession
- See also
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
The Kitáb-i-ʻAhd ( literally "Book of My Covenant") is the Will and Testament of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, where he selects his son ʻAbdu'l-Bahá as his successor. It was written at least one year before Baháʼu'lláh died in 1892. An English translation is included in the ''Tablets of Baháʼu'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 Baháʼí community after Baháʼu'lláh's passing, it was only with the unsealing of the Kitáb-i-ʻAhd after the passing of Baháʼu'lláh in 1892 that it was confirmed that the Branch referred to was indeed ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.
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