Aqdas

English

Alternative forms

• Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Etymology

From Persian کتاب اقدس (ketâb-e aqdas, in Bahá'í transliteration Kitáb-i-Aqdas, literally “the holiest book”), from Arabic كِتاب (kitāb, “book”) + أَقْدَس (ʔaqdas, “holiest, exceedingly holy”), the latter word being elative of قِدِّيس (qiddīs) or قُدُّوس (quddūs), both “holy”.

Proper noun

Aqdas

1. The central holy book in the Baha'i Faith.

Translations

Bahá'í central holy book

• Arabic: الأقدس
• Persian: اقدس (fa)
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• Urdu: کتاب اقدس f (kitāb-e-aqdas)