The Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Notes
140.The Most Great Festival is, indeed, the King of Festivals
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141.God had formerly laid upon each one of the believers the duty of offering before Our throne priceless gifts from among his possessions. Now ... We have absolved them of this obligation.
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This passage abrogates a provision of the
Bayán which decreed that all objects unparalleled of their kind should, upon the appearance of Him Whom God will make manifest, be rendered unto Him.
The Báb explained that, since the
Manifestation of God is beyond compare, whatever is peerless in its kind should rightfully be reserved for Him, unless He decrees otherwise.
142.the hour of dawn
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With reference to attending dawn prayers in the
Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, the Bahá’í House of Worship,
Bahá’u’lláh has explained that, although the actual time specified in the Book of God is “
the hour of dawn”, it is acceptable at any time from “
the earliest dawn of day, between dawn and sunrise, or even up to two hours after sunrise” (Q and A
15).
143.These Tablets are embellished with the seal of Him Who causeth the dawn to appear, Who lifteth up His voice between the heavens and the earth.
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Bahá’u’lláh repeatedly affirms the absolute integrity of His Writings as the Word of God. Some of His
Tablets also bear the mark of one of His seals.
The Bahá’í World, volume V, p. 4, contains a photograph of a number of Bahá’u’lláh’s seals.
144.It is inadmissible that man, who hath been endowed with reason, should consume that which stealeth it away.
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There are many references in the Bahá’í Writings which
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