 It is sometimes also referred to as "the Most Holy Book", "the Book of Laws" or the Book of Aqdas.The word "Aqdas" is a superlative form derived from the triconsonantal root Q-D-Š, denoting holiness or sanctity in Semitic languages.Baháʼu'lláh had manuscript copies sent to Baháʼís in Iran some years after the revelation of the "Kitáb-i-Aqdas" in 1873, and in 1890–91 (1308 AH, 47 BE) he arranged for the publication of the original Arabic text of the book in Bombay, India.