Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The "Book of Certitude" — Bahá'u'lláh's 1862 major doctrinal work, the principal theological text of the Bahá'í Faith
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Kitáb-i-Íqán (Mid (pre-declaration in 1863)) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Scripture |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Kitáb-i-Íqán
Historical-revelatory time as the medium of progressive divine educative process.
Space
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The world as the proper space of the Bahá'í unity of religions and humanity.
Matter
Kitáb-i-Íqán
Embodied human life as the substrate of divine revelation and human response.
Observer
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The Bahá'í believer; the Manifestation of God as the singular divine-human observer. Personal-providential God as ultimate.
Energy
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The energies of divine revelation through historical Manifestations.
Information
Kitáb-i-Íqán
The accumulating progressive revelation preserved through the Bahá'í tradition and scriptures.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The Bahá'í Faith's relation to the Shi'a Islamic tradition from which it emerged remains controversial — Islamic theology generally does not accept Bahá'u'lláh's claim to be the promised one. The relation between Bahá'í theology and modern liberal-theological frameworks has been a continuing topic of scholarly engagement. The Universal House of Justice and the broader Bahá'í institutional framework were established subsequent to Bahá'u'lláh's death (1892), continuing the development of the tradition.