Study Guide
Introduction
To answer some questions reference will have to be made to the ‘Notes’, ‘Questions and Answers’ or the ‘Synopsis and Codification’ at the back of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. The references are given before the relevant questions to assist you.
| 1. | What is the Bahá’í era destined to lead humanity to?
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| 2. | What was significant about the occasion of the release of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas?
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| 3. | How long are The Laws set forth in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas destined to endure?
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| 4. | On what do the provisions of this charter rest squarely?
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| 5. | Complete this quotation: “This is
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| 6. | What concepts have been brought to a new level of understanding?
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| 7. | What has been changed to suit the age now dawning?
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| 8. | What are the eternal truths enunciated by all the Divine Messengers?
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| 9. | What does the Kitáb-i-Aqdas remove?
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| 10. | What purpose have the Laws of Bahá’u’lláh?
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| 11. | Complete this quotation: “Think not that
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| 12. | What is unveiled in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas?
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| 13. | Who is the divinely inspired authoritative Interpreter of Bahá’u’lláh’s Teachings and the Centre and Pivot of the Covenant?
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| 14. | Who is the infallible Interpreter of the Teachings?
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| 15. | What are the “Twin Successors” and the supreme institutions of the Administrative Order?
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| 16. | What did Shoghi Effendi raise up during the thirty-six years of his ministry?
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| 17. | What constitutes the binding terms of reference of the Universal House of Justice and its bedrock foundation?
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| 18. | The laws govern three areas, what are they?
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| 19. | What headings can they be grouped under?
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| 20. | The above constitute the kernel of what?
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| 21. | What would cause the oneness of the Word to be destroyed, the unity of the Faith to disappear and the edifice of the Faith of God to be shaken?
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| 22. | The Universal House of Justice can not abrogate or change what?
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| 23. | How will the laws of the Aqdas come into being?
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| 24. | What are the laws of God like?
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| 25. | What are the children of men like?
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| 26. | What should we observe under all conditions and why?
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| 27. | How must man be guided to the ocean of true understanding?
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| 28. | What does the Kitáb-i-Aqdas bear eloquent testimony to?
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| 29. | When are the laws in the Aqdas absolutely binding on every believer or Bahá’í institution whether in the East or West?
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| 30. | When will the Bahá’í community be advised which additional laws are binding upon the believers?
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| 31. | Write out and learn what ‘Abdu’l-Bahá says about the equality of men and women. “Equality of men
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| 32. | What should be emphasised about the Bahá’í Revelation and the Faith of the Báb?
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| 33. | What did the Báb state about His Laws in the Bayán?
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| 34. | What did Bahá’u’lláh do about some of the Laws set down by the Báb in the Bayán?
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| 35. | In what year did Bahá’u’lláh reveal the Kitáb-i-Aqdas?
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| 36. | Who was the most eminent of the transcribers of Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings?
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| 37. | In which year did Bahá’u’lláh arrange for the publication of the Arabic text and to which city was this arrangement made?
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| 38. | What challenge did Shoghi Effendi face when translating from Arabic to English?
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| 39. | What is the Arabic of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas marked by?
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| 40. | How much of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas did Shoghi Effendi translate?
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| 41. | What three qualities did the Universal House of Justice strive for in the remainder of the translation?
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| 42. | What are the peoples of the world being challenged to subordinate?
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| 43. | Write out and learn the following quote: “The wellbeing
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