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The central work of Bahá’u’lláh’s writings is the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, also known as the Most Holy Book, which outlines the essential laws and principles of the Bahá’í revelation. In August 2000, the United States Library of Congress received for its collection copies of the Aqdas in a number of different languages, including Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Urdu. Shown here, left to right, are two Bahá’ís who presented the editions and members of the Library of Congress staff who received them: William P. Collins of the Copyright Office and the library’s recommending officer for Bahá’í materials; Allen Thrasher, head of the South Asian section; Helen Poe, chief of the Asian division; Cheryl Adams of the humanities and social sciences reference division; S.M. Waris Hamadani, an Urdu translator from Pakistan and a Bahá’í; and Mary Jane Deeb, one of the Library’s Arabic specialists. |
