The Kitáb-i-Aqdas was written by Bahá’u’lláh in [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] about the midpoint of his ministry around 1873. Bahá'ís regard it as divinely revealed scripture, formingand it forms a central part of God'sthe revelationscripture inof the Baha'i Faith. It was written as a response to inquiry of the believers about the laws of God for the new religion and how to arrange their affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The, by Moojan Momen |url=http://irfancolloquia.org/4/momen_history |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=irfancolloquia.org}}</ref> ItBahá’u’lláh islater indicated by one of his Tabletswrote that after its revelation the Aqdasinitial was withheld by him for some time before sending it to the believerscomposition in Iran. The location of its revelation was at the [[House of `Abbúd|House of ‘Abbúd]] located in the city of Acre and is the place Bahá’u’lláh was transferred to after time spent in a severe prison cell. ,<ref>https://media.bahai.org/buildings-places/akka-area/house-abbud/</ref> he waited for some time before sending it to the believers in Iran.
The Question and Answers portion which is included in most publications of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is a compilation of answers written by Bahá’u’lláh to questions put to him by various believers. It was organized by [[Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín|Zaynu’l-Muqarrabín]], a respected transcriber of Bahá’u’lláh’s writings and one of the nineteen [[Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh|Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh]].
