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=== ʻAbdu'l-Bahá ===
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[[File:‘Abdu’l-Bahá portrait.jpg|thumb|250px|[[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]], the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh]]

ʻAbbás Effendi was Baháʼu'lláh's eldest son, who chose for himself the title of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá ("Servant of Bahá"). His father left a [[Tablets of Baháʼu'lláh#Kitáb-i-ʻAhd (Book of the Covenant)|will]] that appointed ʻAbdu'l-Bahá as the leader of the Baháʼí community.{{sfn|Hartz|2009|pp=73–76}} ʻAbdu'l-Bahá had shared his father's long exile and imprisonment, which continued until ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's own release as a result of the [[Young Turk Revolution]] in 1908. Following his release, he led a life of travelling, speaking, teaching, and maintaining correspondence with communities of believers and individuals, expounding the principles of the Baháʼí Faith.{{sfn|Hutter|2005|pp=737–740}} Bahá'ís consider ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to be a perfect exemplar of the Baháʼí teachings.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stockman |first=Robert H. |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429027772 |title=The World of the Bahá'í Faith |date=2021-11-26 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-02777-2 |edition=1 |location=London |language=en |doi=10.4324/9780429027772}}</ref>

As of 2020, there are over 38,000 extant documents containing the words of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, which are of widely varying lengths.{{sfn|Yazdani|2022}} Only a fraction of these documents have been translated into English.{{update after|2022|7|27}}{{sfn|Universal House of Justice|2002}} Among the more well known are ''[[The Secret of Divine Civilization]]'', ''[[Some Answered Questions]]'', the ''[[Tablet to Dr. Forel|Tablet to Auguste-Henri Forel]]'', the ''[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]'', and the ''[[Tablet to The Hague]]''.{{sfn|Yazdani|2022}} Additionally notes taken of a number of his talks were published in various volumes like ''[[Paris Talks]]'' during his [[ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West|journeys to the West]].