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The Kitáb-i-Aqdas : The Most Holy Book
Glossary
Qur’án
. Revealed in 1844, this work is characterized by
Bahá’u’lláh
as “
the first, the greatest, the mightiest of all books
” in the
Bábí
Dispensation
Shoghi Effendi
Shoghi Effendi (1897-1957),
Guardian
of the
Bahá’í Faith
from 1921-1957. He was the eldest grandson of
‘Abdu’l-Bahá
and was appointed by Him as Head of the
Faith
Síyáh-
Ch
ál
Literally “the Black Pit”. The dark, foul-smelling, subterranean dungeon in
Ṭihrán
where
Bahá’u’lláh
was imprisoned for four months in 1852.
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