Aqdas
Proper noun
Meaning
Aqdas
The central holy book in the Baháʼí Faith.
Examples
Additionally one is to eschew emphasis in the development of textualist and intentionalist arguments about the law though some of this is visible in scholarship on the Aqdas.
Miscellaneous laws, ordinances and exhortations Themes Scholarly review finds the Aqdas has themes of laws of worship, societal relations and administrative organization, or governance, of the religion.
Some statements reflect on the teachings in the religion on various themes and underscores a relationship of the Aqdas as a 'motherhood' in relation to all the other scriptural works and they to it.
The Aqdas is referred to as "the Mother-Book" of the Bahá'í teachings, and the "Charter of the future world civilization".
The Aqdas is understood by Bahá'ís to be a factor in the process of ongoing developments in world order.