The Kitáb-i-Aqdas is the central book of the Bahá’í Faith written by Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the religion, in 1873. It has the same status as the Qur’án for Muslims or the Bible for Christians. It is sometimes also referred to as “The Most Holy Book”, “The Book of Laws” or The Book of Aqdas. The Aqdas is referred to as “The Mother-Book” of the Bahá’í teachings, and the “Charter of the future world civilisation”. The Aqdas discusses the establishment of Bahá’í administrative institutions, Bahá’í religious practices, mysticism, laws of personal status, criminal law, spiritual and ethical exhortations, social principles, miscellaneous laws and abrogations, and prophecies.