CategoriesKitab-i-aqdasNotes Synopsis And Codification Of The Laws And Ordinances Of The Kitab-i-aqdas ArticlesSpreading The TeachingWhen asked by an American friend: Which is the best w... 58 To None Is It Permitted To Seek Absolution From Another Soul #34 Baha'u'llah prohibits confession to, and seeking abso... 17 O thou who hast soared to the realm of guidance and asce... The Farewell On the last morning of 'Abdu'l-Baha's stay in London ... 70 Exile And Imprisonment Are Decreed For The Thief #45 Baha'u'llah states that the determination of the degr... Consider The Past How Many Both High And Consider the past. How many, both high and low, have,... O Thou, At Whose Dreadful Majesty All Things Have O Thou, at Whose dreadful majesty all things have tre... |
57 The Kissing Of Hands Hath Been Forbidden In The Book #34In a number of earlier religious Dispensations and in certain cultures the kissing of the hand of a religious figure or of a prominent person was expected as a mark of reverence and deference to such persons and as a token of submission to their authority. Baha'u'llah prohibits the kissing of hands and, in His Tablets, He also condemns such practices as prostrating oneself before another person and other forms of behaviour that abase one individual in relation to another. (See note 58.) Next: 58 To None Is It Permitted To Seek Absolution From Another Soul #34 Previous: 56 To Engage In Some Occupation #33
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