Kitáb-i-‘Ahd
The Kitáb-i-‘Ahd, officially translated as Book of the Covenant, is a Tablet revealed by Bahá’u’lláh.
Adib Taherzadeh describes the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd as the Will and Testament of Bahá’u’lláh,[1] and states that it is one of the primary documents which outline the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh.[2] Ḥasan Balyúzí notes that in the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd Bahá’u’lláh designates His son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor as the head of the Bahá’í community and the Expounder of the Bahá’í Writings.[3]
History[edit]
Adib Taherzadeh has stated that the Kitáb-i-‘Ahd was most likely revealed around one year before the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh in 1892. Bahá’u’lláh kept the Revelation of it a secret and did not disclose any of its contents however during His final illness shortly before His Ascension He gave the Tablet to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and in the final days before His Ascension He advised members of His family that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was His successor according to a document He had given to Him.[4]
Nine days after the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh the Tablet was publicly read to the Bahá’ís in the Holy Land and its text was published and distributed shortly afterwards.[4] The Tablet was officially translated into English and published in the 1978 compilation Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas produced at the Bahá’í World Centre.
Official Translation[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Adib Taherzadeh, The Covenant of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1992, p 1000
- ↑ Adib Taherzadeh, The Covenant of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1992, p xii
- ↑ H. M. Balyuzi, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant, George Ronald: Oxford, 1971, p 50
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adib Taherzadeh, The Covenant of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1992, p 142
