Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá

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Bahá'í sacred text foundational constitutional document of the Bahá'í Faith religious will

The Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá is a central Bahá'í sacred document that defines the religion’s administrative order, including the institution of the Guardianship and the authority of the Universal House of Justice.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith	2
Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá canonical	2
Bahá'í administrative guidance	1
Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bahá'í sacred text ⓘ foundational constitutional document of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ religious will ⓘ
author	ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
circulation	published and translated into multiple languages ⓘ
componentOf	Bahá'í sacred writings ⓘ
containsProvision	appointment of the first Guardian ⓘ conditions for membership of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ method of appointing future Guardians ⓘ obligations of Bahá'ís to the institutions of the Faith ⓘ
dateWritten	early 20th century ⓘ
definesAuthority	interpretive authority of the Guardian ⓘ supreme authority of the Universal House of Justice in legislation ⓘ
definesInstitution	Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith Universal House of Justice ⓘ
definesOffice	Guardian of the Cause of God ⓘ
definesRelationship	relationship between Guardian and Universal House of Justice ⓘ
definesStructure	framework of the Bahá'í administrative order ⓘ
designatesSuccessor	Shoghi Effendi ⓘ
emphasizes	avoidance of schism and division in the Bahá'í community ⓘ unity and obedience to the Center of the Cause ⓘ
genre	testamentary document ⓘ
influenced	development of the Bahá'í administrative institutions ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Persian ⓘ
partOf	Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh as understood by Bahá'ís ⓘ
placeWritten	عكّا ⓘ surface form: ʻAkká
preservedBy	Baháʼí World Centre ⓘ surface form: Bahá'í World Centre
recognizedBy	Baha'i Faith ⓘ surface form: Bahá'ís worldwide
relatedTo	Kitáb-i-Aqdas ⓘ surface form: Kitáb‑i‑Aqdas Tablets of the Divine Plan ⓘ
religiousTradition	Baha'i Faith ⓘ surface form: Bahá'í Faith
statusInCommunity	central document of the Bahá'í Covenant ⓘ charter of the future World Order of Bahá'u'lláh ⓘ
subject	National Spiritual Assembly ⓘ surface form: Bahá'í administrative order Covenant in the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ condemnation of Covenant‑breakers ⓘ powers and duties of the Guardian ⓘ powers and duties of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ protection of the Bahá'í community from schism ⓘ qualifications and conduct of Bahá'ís ⓘ role of the Hands of the Cause of God ⓘ succession of authority after ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ
viewedAs	binding on Bahá'ís ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baha'i Faith → hasSacredText → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ

subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith

ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → workAuthored → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ

Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh → usedIn → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahá'í administrative guidance

Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → definesInstitution → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith

Local Spiritual Assembly → scripturalBasis → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ

this entity surface form: Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá

Ascension of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá → linkedSuccessorInstitution → Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guardianship of the Bahá'í Faith