Aqdas

English

Alternative forms

• Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Etymology

From Persian کتاب اقدس (ketâb-e aqdas, in Baháʼí 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 Baháʼí Faith.

Translations

Baháʼí central holy book

• Arabic: الأقدس
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亞格達斯經／亚格达斯经 (Yàgédásījīng), 至聖經書／至圣经书 (Zhìshèngjīngshū)

• German: Heiligstes Buch n
• Japanese: 最聖の書 (さいせいのしょ, Saisei no Sho)
• Persian: اقدس (fa)
• Spanish: El libro más sagrado m
• Urdu: کتاب اقدس f (kitāb-e-aqdas)