Kitab-i-Aqdas

( 1873 ) Commentary by C. D. Rodkey, Lebanon Valley College

Glossary

Aghsán: an Arabic word for “branches,” used here to designate Baha’u’llah’s male descendants
Mashriqu’l-Adhkár: a house of worship
Naw-Rúz: the Persian vernal equinox celebration and the Baha’i New Year
Sadratu’l-Muntahá: a symbol of a tree at the end of a journey or at the end of the horizontal “road” of the previous era of humanity