| (Book of Certitude) Volume revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Bag̲h̲dád two years before His declaration. It was written in answer to questions posed to Him by an uncle of the Báb, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad, who was not convinced as yet that his nephew fulfilled all the prophecies concerning the Promised Qá'im. In the Kitáb-i-íqán, which was written in two days and two nights, Bahá'u'lláh proclaims the oneness of God, the station of His manifestations as ‘mirrors' through whom alone man can obtain knowledge of God, and the essential unity of their teachings. He describes how the prophets of the past faced opposition and denial through the blindness and greed of religious leaders and presents the essential qualities of the ‘true seeker' after religious truth. Bahá'u'lláh further explains the spiritual meaning of prophecies about the return of Christ, the coming of the Qá'im and such terms as ‘resurrection', ‘return' and ‘day of judgement'. |
| He presents proofs of the divine character of the Báb's revelation and alludes to His own revelation, anticipating the opposition He Himself would face. |
| Shoghi Effendi described the Kitáb-i-íqán as the ‘foremost among the priceless treasures cast forth from the billowing ocean of Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation',18 and stated that it fulfilled the Báb's prophecy that the Promised One would complete the text of the Persian Bayán. It ‘occupies a position unequalled by any work in the entire range of Bahá'í literature, except the Kitáb-i-Aqdas'.19 |
| ‘Well may it be claimed that of all the books revealed by the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation, this Book alone, by sweeping away the age-long barriers that have so insurmountably separated the great religions of the world, has laid down a broad and unassailable foundation for the complete and permanent reconciliation of their followers.'20 |
| [BD 134] |
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| "The Book of Certitude." "...of unsurpassed preeminence among the writings of the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation." Revealed in 1862, in fulfillment of the Báb's prophecy that the Promised One would complete the unfinished Persian Bayán, and in reply to questions asked by the Báb's as yet unconverted maternal uncle. (GPB 138). |
| [BG 27] |
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