Editing Kitáb-i-Aqdas (section)

==Laws==

While it is the core text on laws of the religion, it is not the exclusive source.<ref name="JLR18-3">{{cite journal |last=Schaefer |first=Udo |title=An Introduction to Baha'i Law: Doctrinal Foundations, Principles and Structures |journal=Journal of Law and Religion |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=307–372 |year=2002–2003 |jstor=1602268 |doi=10.2307/1602268|s2cid=154511808 }}</ref>

Baháʼu'lláh stated that the observance of the laws that he prescribed should be subject to "tact and wisdom", and that they do not cause "disturbance and dissension."<ref name="PSmith-law">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Smith |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Smith (historian) |encyclopedia=A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith |title=law |year=2000 |publisher=Oneworld Publications |location=Oxford |isbn=1-85168-184-1 |pages= 223–225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yhy9DwAAQBAJ}}</ref><ref name="aqdas6">{{Harvnb|Baháʼu'lláh|1992|p=6}}</ref> He left for the progressive application of the laws to be decided by the Universal House of Justice; for example certain Baháʼí laws are currently only applicable to Iranian Baháʼís such as the limit to the period of engagement, while any Baháʼí may practice the laws if they so decide.<ref name="PSmith-law"/> [[Shoghi Effendi]] also stated that certain other laws, such as criminal laws, that are dependent upon the existence of a predominantly Baháʼí society would only be applicable in a possible future Baháʼí society.<ref name="PSmith-law"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Smith|2008|pp=160}}</ref> He also stated that if the laws were in conflict with the civil law of the country where a Baháʼí lives the laws could not be practiced.<ref name="PSmith-law"/> Baha'is believe the Aqdas supersedes and succeeds previous revelations such as the [[Quran]] and the [[Bible]].<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/bhi/aqdas.htm The Aqdas; Universal House of Justice] A DESCRIPTION OF THE AQDAS BY SHOGHI EFFENDI</ref>