“Take heed lest ye be prevented by aught that hath been recorded in the Book from hearkening unto this, the Living Book” [Baha’u’llah, paragraph # 134 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas]
These words contain an allusion to a statement of the Báb in
the Persian Bayán about the “Living Book”, which He identifies as Him Whom God
will make manifest. In one of His Tablets Bahá’u’lláh Himself states: “The Book
of God hath been sent down in the form of this Youth.”
In this verse of the Aqdas, and again in paragraph 168 of the Aqdas, Bahá’u’lláh refers to Himself as the “Living Book”. He cautions the “followers of every other Faith” against seeking “reasons in their Holy Books” for refuting the utterances of the “Living Book”. He admonishes the people not to allow what has been recorded in the “Book” to prevent them from recognising His Station and from holding fast to what is in this new Revelation.
- The Universal House of Justice (The 'Notes' section of the Kitab-i-Aqdas)
