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Introduction

‘Abdu’l-Bahá n184, 253

appointment as successor to Bahá’u’lláh, 14, K121, K174, 141, n1

appoints Shoghi Effendi as Guardian, n66, n130

authority of, 14, 14-15, K121, K174, n66, n130, n145

Will and Testament of, n49, n66, n125, n183

Abrogation of laws and practices, 158

Authority

of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 14, 14-15, K121, K174, n66, n130, n145

of Holy Text, 14, K53, K99, Q10

of House of Justice, 15, K42, 91-92, 95

of Shoghi Effendi, 15, n66, n130

Báb, the

Dispensation of, n109, n172

He Whom God will make manifest, laws of Bayán subject to His sanction, n109

Bahá’í

Administrative Order, 14, n52, n82, n114, n189

dispensation, 13, 15, K142, K148, Q8, Q42, n19, n44, n126, n129, n160, n172

duration of, 13, 15, K37, 155, n62

elections, n49, n80, n183

Faith, relationship to Faith of the Báb, K129, K136, K139, K140, K179-K180

Bahá’u’lláh

ascension, K38, K53, K121, n9, n54, n125, n139

Covenant of, K37, K121, K174

institutions ordained by, 14-15, K30, K42, n49, n66-n67

relatives of (Aghsán), K42, K61, 161, n66-n67, n85

successor, 14

vision of, K101

World Order of, 13, 14, 15, K181, 162, n189

Writings, n189, n193, n194

individual works

supplementary to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, viii

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 89

Bayán

laws, K142, n109, n158

relationship to Kitáb-i-Aqdas, K142, n108, n109, n189

Civilization, 14, K189

Clergy (Divines), 14, 15, K9, n158

Confession of sins, K34, 157, n58

Dispensation

Bahá’í 13, 15, K142, K148, Q8, Q42, n19, n44, n126, n129, n160, n172

duration of, 13, 15, K37, 155, n62

religious, of the past, holy books of, 14, K17, K19, K149, K163, n129, n155

Dissension, K183

Elections, Bahá’í, n49, n80, n183

Exhortations, 16, 141, 155-161

Fasting, 15, K10, K16, 146-148

God

bounty or bounties of, K111, K112

Faith of, changeless, K182

Guidance, divine, K143, n130

House of Justice, Local, n183

Human Race

coming of age, K189, 162, n194

condition, K39, K54, K64, K72, K122, n104

and laws of God, 16, 17-18, K1, K3, K7, K99, K124-K125, K148, K186

needs, K124, K189

unification, K58, n194

Inheritance, 15, K20, Q5, 152-55, n38

Interpretation of Sacred Text

authoritive, 14, 143, n130, n184

individual, K37, K105, 156, n130

Islám, n113, n120, n128, n129, n138, n160, n180

Kitáb-i-Aqdas

circulation gradual, n126

Dispensations, past, relationship

Holy Books of, 14

Bayán, K142, n108, n109

Guardianship anticipated, 14-15

House of Justice ordained, 15, K30, K42, 143, n49, n66-n67

revelation, date, 14, K98, n126

significance, ix, 13-18, K186

Charter of future world civilization, 13-15, n189

Most Holy Book, 162

Mother Book of Bahá’í Dispensation, 13, n129

Questions and Answers, vii, viii, 103-37

Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 89

Law(s) of Bahá’u’lláh, 13-18, 143-61

application progressive, n89, n126

central themes, 14-17

designed for future state of society, n78, n86

elaboration and supplementation by Bahá’u’lláh, 91-92

institutions ordained by, 14-15

Guardianship, 15

House of Justice, 15

revelation, 14, K98, n126

supersede former laws and customs, K138, n93

relation to laws of the Báb, K65, K129, K139-K140-K141-K142, K179, n108-n109, n163, n168

Life, purpose, n91

Loving providence, K3, K29, K75, K117

Marriage, 15, 148-50

with relatives, limits. K107, Q50, n133

Mother Book, 13, K103, n129

Mutatis mutandis, application of laws equally to both sexes, n38, n133

Prayer, n4, n25

Prohibitions, 15, 17, 156-58

Revelation

of Bahá’u’lláh

birth in Síyáh-Chál, n62, n126

redefines customs and concepts of past, K138, n2, n93

progressive, 13-14

Shoghi Effendi

Guardian of the Faith, n66, n125, n130

Interpreter of Sacred Text, n130

Siyáh-Chál, n62, n126, 255

Society

condition of, K39, K40, K124, n170

divine law in response to conditions of, 91, n89

effect of Divine Revelation on, K54, K75, K79, K110, K181, n93, n106, n109

future state of, 13, 14, K189, n56, n173, n189, n194

role of divine law, 13, 14, K3, K29, K99, K186, 91, n92

Stepparent, marriage with forbidden, K107, 148, n133

Study of Kitáb-i-Aqdas, viii

Tact, K73, 160

Text, study, K149, K182, 159

Transgression(s), confession of, K34, 157, n58

Unity

of Bahá’í Faith, 14

of mankind, 14, K189, n173, n194

World civilisation, K181

World Order of Bahá’u’lláh, 13, 14, 15, K181, 162, n189