The Most Holy Book : The Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Bahá’u’lláh

References to the Text of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas are by paragraph number; to the Questions and Answers by question number; and to the Notes by note number. Other references are to page numbers in the usual way. Thus:

K14 indicates paragraph 14 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Q10 indicates Question (or Answer) no. 10
n14 indicate Note no. 14
102 indicates page 102

Abá Badí‘, Q104

Abasement, K138, K158, n57, n58, n171

‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz, Sulṭán, n120

‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 3, n184, 252

appointment as successor to Bahá’u’lláh, 3, 13, K121, K174, 145, n1

Centre of Covenant, n66, n125

He Whom God hath purposed, K121, n145

Interpreter of Word of God, K174, n130, n184

Most Mighty Branch, n145

appoints Shoghi Effendi as Guardian, 3, n66, n130

Divine Plan of, 4

Exemplar, 3

successors to, 3

Writings (Tablets)

individual works

Memorials of the Faithful, n183

Some Answered Questions, n75, n86

Will and Testament of, 3, n49, n66, n125, n183

not accounted “verses of God”, n165

Abhá see Greatest Name

Abjad Notation, n28, n50, n122, n172, 252

Ablutions, 146-147

before Obligatory Prayers, K18, 98-99, Q62, Q66, Q86, n34

before repetition of “Alláh-u-Abhá”, K18, Q77, n33

before verse to be said by women in their courses, K13, n20

required even after bathing, Q18

verse to be said when no water available, K10, Q51, n16

verse to use when water harmful, Q51, n34

Abraham, n65

Abrogation of laws and practices, 4, 8, 159, see also Bayán, laws

Absolution of sins, K34, n58

Abuse forbidden

physical, K56, K148, n81

verbal, K19, 91, n37

Administrative Order, Bahá’í, 3-4, 13, n52, n82, n114, n189

Admonitions, 162