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

in consultation. Q99, n52

divine, 3, n83, n130

Guns, K159, Q24, n83, n173

Ḥadíth, n23, n33, n72, n129, see also Tradition

Hair

does not invalidate prayer, K9, 148, n12

length, K44, n69

shaving, K44, Q10, n68

Hands

kissing, K34, n57

plunging into food, K46, 158, n73

washing of see Ablutions

Handmaiden see Maid (female servant); Women

Hands of the Cause, n67, n183, see also Learned, among people of Bahá

Harm, K123, K155, Q94, n170, see also Bahá’í Faith, opposition to; Bahá’u’lláh, sufferings of

Hashish, n170

Head see Hair (above); Shaving the head

Head of the Faith, n66, n125, see also ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; House of Justice, Universal (International); Shoghi Effendi

health see Body; Illness

Heirs see Inheritance

Heroes, K94

Heroin, n170, see also Opium

He Whom God shall make manifest see also Bahá’u’lláh

offering priceless gifts to, K114, 159, n141

questioning, K126, 159, n146

statements of the Báb concerning see Báb, the

Hidden knowledge, K29, n48

Hidden treasure, K15, n23

Hindus, n160

Holy Books, K149, K168, Q106, n155

Holy City, 12, n114, see also Jerusalem

Holy Court see Qiblih

Holy Days, 14, 156

Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, n139

Day of the Covenant, n139

Declaration of the Báb, K110, n138

during the Fast, Q36

Martyrdom of the Báb, n139

Naw-Rúz (New Year), K16, K111, 148, n139

Day of God, n26

immediately follows Fast, K16, 148, n25, n26

timing of, Q35, n26, n147

Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, n139

Riḍván, Festival of (Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh), K110, Q1, n107, n138

first, ninth and twelfth days, Q1

King of Festivals, K112, n138, n140

Twin Holy Birthdays, K110, Q2, n138

Birth of the Báb, Q2

Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, Q2

during the Fast, Q36, n138

Universal House of Justice to decide whether to celebrate on solar or lunar basis, n138

two Most Great Festivals, K110, n138

Holy Land, K103, n114, n116, n183

Holy Places and Historical Sites

House of the Báb in Shíráz see below Twin Houses

House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdád see below Twin Houses

Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh, n8, see also Qiblih

Twin Houses

and other sites, restoration and preservation, K133, Q32, n154

pilgrimage to, K32, Q25, Q29, n54, n68, see also Pilgrimage