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

Detachment, K54, K83, K84, K129, K178, n149

Development, social and economic, K160, n53

Differences

between marriage partners, K69-70, Q19, n100

between people, K35

between revealed verses, Q57, Q63, n109

resolution by reference to Sacred Text, K53

Dirt, K74, K76, n105, see also Cleanliness; Dust (below)

Disagreement, Q19, Q99, see also Differences (above)

Disbelief, K141, see also Recognition; Rejection

Discord, 92

Discrimination, 14

Disorder, spread not, K165

Dispensation, Bahá’í, 1, 7, 12, 14, K142, K148, Q8, Q42, n19, n44, n126, n129, n160, n172

duration of 1, 12, 14, K37, 156, n62

Dispensations, religious, of the past, see also Báb, the; Islám; Traditions

abrogation of laws by Bahá’u’lláh, 4, 8

essential unity of, n160

holy books of, 7, 13, K17, K19, K149, K163, n129, n155

law of primogeniture, n44

practices concerning

ablutions, n16

clothing, K159, n174-175

destruction of books, n109

hunting, n83

kissing of hands, n57

marriage and divorce, Q31, Q43, n89-90, n93, n101

monasticism and asceticism, n61

music n79

prayer, n6-7, n15, n135

congregational, n19

exemption granted to women in their courses, n20

prohibition on questioning Him Whom God will make manifest, K126, n146

restrictions on travel, K131, n153

ritual uncleanliness, n12, n20, n103, n106

Disputation, 14, K77, K177, n110

Dissension, 6, K183

Divines see Clergy

Divorce see also Marriage; Remarriage

censured, 14, K70, Q98, n100

infidelity, K70

recovery of dowry, Q12, Q47

remarriage, K68, n101-102

separation, K68, K70, Q19, Q98

due to absence of spouse, K67, Q4, n96-99

year of patience, K69, Q4, Q12, n100

maintenance of wife and children, K70, n100

record of, Q98

and renewal of affection, K68, Q11, Q19, Q38, Q40

witnesses to, Q73, Q98, n100

Domestic help, K63, n90

Doubt, K134, K163, K164

Dowry, K66, 150-152

determining amount, Q26, Q87-88, n94-95

promissory note, Q39, n93

recovery of, Q12, Q47

redefined, n93

Dress see also Clothing

propriety, K159

Drink, intoxicating, 14, n2, see also Intoxicants

Drugs, habit-forming, K155, n170, see also Opium

Dust, K36, K76, K148, K150, n8, see also Cleanliness; Dirt (above)

Duties see Bahá’ís, duties House(s)