Bahá'í literature 4083789 221856738 2008-06-26T11:53:19Z Wiki-uk 123983 Added source (Bahá'í Archives - Preserving and safeguarding the Sacred Texts) {{Bahá'í}} '''Bahá'í literature''', like much [[religious text]], covers a variety of topics and forms, including [[Religious text|scripture]] and inspiration, interpretation, [[Bahá'í history|history]] and biography, introduction and study materials, and [[Apologetics|apologia]]. Sometimes considerable overlap can be observed in a particular text. Much of the early works of the religion were in the form of letters to individuals or communities. These are termed [[Tablet (religious)|tablets]] and have been collected into various folios by [[Bahá'í Faith|Bahá'ís]] over time. Today, the [[Universal House of Justice]] still uses letters as a primary method of communication. ==Literary forms== Generally speaking, the literary form of a particular book can generally be observed by noting the author and/or title. ===Scripture, inspiration and interpretation=== Bahá'ís believe that the founders of the religion, The [[Báb]] and [[Bahá'u'lláh]], received revelation directly from [[God]]. As such their works are considered divinely inspired. These works are often referred to as "revealed text" or [[revelation]]. [[`Abdu'l-Bahá]] was appointed by Bahá'u'lláh to be his successor and authorized him to interpret the religion's "revealed text." The works of `Abdu'l-Bahá are therefore considered authoritative directives and interpretation, as well as part of Bahá'í scripture. He, along with The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, is considered one of the "[[List of Bahá'ís#Central Figures of the Bahá'í Faith|Central Figures]]" of the religion. Likewise [[Shoghi Effendi]]'s interpretations and directives are considered authoritative, but are not considered to expand upon the "revealed text" or to be scripture. In the Bahá'í view, the [[Universal House of Justice]] does not have the position to interpret the founders' works authoritatively, nor those of `Abdu'l-Bahá or Shoghi Effendi. However, it is charged with addressing any question not addressed in those works. As such its directives are considered authoritative, as long as they are in force (the Universal House of Justice may alter or revoke its own earlier decisions as needed), and are often collected into compilations or folios. A special category of works consist of the [[prayer]]s of the Central Figures. These were often included in original letters and have been collected into various prayer books. Bahá'u'lláh's ''Prayers and Meditations'' is a significant volume. As Bahá'ís are to pray, meditate, and study sacred scripture daily, these books are common. ===History and biography=== Shoghi Effendi's only book, ''[[God Passes By]]'', is a central text covering the history of the faith from 1844 to 1944. [[Nabíl-i-A`zam|Nabil-Zarandi's]] ''[[The Dawn-breakers (book)|Dawn Breakers]]'' covers the Bábí period extensively through to Bahá'u'lláh's banishment from Persia in 1853. [[Rúhíyyih Khanum|Ruhiyyih Rabbani's]] ''Ministry of the Custodians'' details the interregnum between Shoghi Effendi's death in 1957 and the election of the Universal House of Justice in 1963. Other authors have revisited the early periods of the religion in the Middle East or addressed historical periods in other places. Some of these contain significant amounts of biographical data and can be considered as such. Notably, Baluzi's and Taherzadeh's works have focused on the history and biographies of the central figures of the religion and their significant contemporaries. ===Introduction and study materials=== One of the earliest introductory texts available in English is [[John Esslemont|Esslemont]]'s ''Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era''. This book, originally published in 1923, has undergone several revisions over time to update, correct, and clarify its contents.<ref>{{cite paper | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Baha'u'llah and the New Era | date = 1996-06-02 | url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_prophecy_daniel_esslemont}}</ref> Several other introductory texts are available. Hatcher & Martin's ''The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion'', Momen's ''A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith'', and Smith's ''The Bahá'í Religion'' are some examples. Of considerable importance to the Bahá'í community world-wide is the Ruhi series of study materials inspired, and largely produced, by the Bahá'í community of [[Colombia]]. These books form the core texts used in "[[Bahá'í study circle|Study Circles]]" and "Training Institutes" by Bahá'í communities around the world. <ref>{{cite web | last = Bahá'í International Community | title = "Collaborative Study for Individual and Social Transformation" | url = http://www.bahai.org/features/institutes | authorlink = Bahá'í International Community | accessdate = 2006-12-04 }}</ref> ===Apologia=== A few of Bahá'u'lláh's works may classify as apologia. In addition to being significant doctrinal works, his ''[[Kitáb-i-Íqán]] (Book of Certitude)'' and ''[[Epistle to the Son of the Wolf]]'' address both [[Islamic]] and Bahá'í audiences. During Bahá'u'lláh's lifetime, both [[Nabíl-i-Akbar]] and [[Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl|Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání]] were noteworthy Islamic scholars who accepted the religion. Nabíl-i-Akbar was well versed in, and wrote on Islamic issues. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl wrote extensively on both [[Christian]] and Islamic apologia, most notably in his book ''The Brilliant Proof''.<ref>{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |pages = p. 40, & p. 133}} </ref> While [[George Townshend (Bahá'í)|Townshend's]] ''Christ and Bahá'u'lláh'' may also be regarded as an apologetic response to Christian concerns, Udo Schaefer, et al.'s ''Making the Crooked Straight'' is a decidedly apologetic response to Ficicchia's polemical ''Der Bahá'ísmus - Religion der Zukunft?'' (''Bahá'ísm – Religion of the future?''), a book which was published and promoted by the ''Evangelische Zentralstrelle für Weltanschauungsfragen'' (Central Office of the Protestant Church for Questions of Ideology) in the 1980s. <ref> {{cite journal | author = Fazel, S. | title = Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review | journal = Interreligious Insight | volume = 2 | issue = 1 | pages = 96 | date = 2004 | url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=fazel_schaefer_crooked_straight }} </ref> <ref> {{cite journal | author = Cannuyer, C. | title = Making the Crooked Straight, by Udo Schaefer, Nicola Towfigh, and Ulrich Gollmer: Review | journal = Baha'i Studies Review | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | date = 1998 | url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=cannuyer_schaefer_desinformation }} </ref> This organization has since revoked its affiliation with Ficicchia and now recognizes the [[Bahá'í Faith]] as an important partner in inter-religious dialogue. ==Language== Most Bahá'í literature, including all the [[List of writings of Bahá'u'lláh|writings of Bahá'u'lláh]], was originally written in either [[Persian language|Persian]] or [[Arabic language|Arabic]]. [[English language|English]] translations use the characteristic [[Bahá'í orthography]] developed by [[Shoghi Effendi]] to render the original names. His service was not just that of a translator, as he was also the designated and authoritative interpreter of the writings,<ref>{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1901-08 |year = 1992 |title = The Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá |pages = p. 11 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/WT/wt-1.html#pg11 }} & {{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1938 |title = The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh |pages = pp. 148-149 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-40.html#pg148 }}</ref> and his translations are used as a standard for current translations of the Bahá'í writings.<ref>{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 2002 |title = The Summons of the Lord of Hosts |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SLH/slh-14.html }}</ref> ==Authenticity and authority== The question of the authenticity of given texts is of great concern to Bahá'ís. As noted, they attach considerable importance to the writings of whom they consider to be authoritative figures.<ref>{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |pages = pp. 100-101, & p. 307}} </ref> The primary duty of the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice and the [[International Bahá'í Library]] is the collection, cataloguing, authentication, and translation of these texts.<ref> {{cite web | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = "Questions about Aspects of the Bahá'í Teachings" | date = 1997-08-06 | url = http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=uhj_aspects_teaching.html&language=All | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> By way of comparison, "pilgrims' notes" are items, or sayings, attributed to the central figures but have not been authenticated. While these may be inspirational, these are not considered authoritative.<ref> {{cite web | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = "Utterances and Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá Quoted in Compilations and Letters of the Universal House of Justice" | date = 2003-07-14 | url = http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=uhj_authentic_quotations_pilgrims&language=All | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> Some of `Abdu'l-Bahá's collected talks (e.g. ''`Abdu'l-Bahá in London'', ''Paris Talks'', and ''The Promulgation of Universal Peace''.) may fall into this category, but are awaiting further authentication.<ref> {{cite web | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = "Authenticity of Some Bahá'í Texts" | date = 1996-10-22 | url = http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=uhj_authenticity_some_texts&language=All | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> The ''Star of the West'', published in the United States from 1910 to 1924, contains many pilgrim's notes and unauthenticated letters of `Abdu'l-Bahá's. There is no Bahá'í corollary to Islamic ''[[Hadith]]''; in fact, Bahá'ís do not consider ''Hadith'' authoritative.<ref>{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |pages = p. 307}} </ref> The Bahá'í community seeks to expand the body of authenticated and translated texts. The 1992 publication of the English translation of Bahá'u'lláh ''The Kitáb-i-Aqdas'', and the more recent ''Gems of Divine Mysteries'' (2002), ''The Summons of the Lord of Hosts'' (2002), and ''The Tabernacle of Unity'' (2006) are significant additions to the body of work available. At the same time there is concerted effort to re-translate, edit, and even redact works that are not authenticated. For example, ''`Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy'', published in 1916, was not reprinted at the direction of Shoghi Effendi.<ref> {{cite web | title = Opening notes to the online edition of ''`Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy'' | url = http://www.bahai-library.com/books/div.phil/ | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> Also, early editions of Esslemont's ''Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era'' contained several passages that could not be authenticated, or were incorrect. These have been reviewed and updated in subsequent editions.<ref>{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1973 |title = Directives from the Guardian |pages = p. 18 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/dg-49.html }}</ref> This practice has been criticized by observers,<ref>{{cite book |first = Francis |last = Beckwith |year = 1985 |title = Bahá'í |pages = pp. 37-38 }}</ref> but is considered an integral part of maintaining the integrity of the texts. <ref> {{cite web | author = The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States | title = "Dates in ''Baha'u'llah and the New Era'': A response to Francis Beckwith" | date = 1992-09-24 | url = http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=nsa_beckwith_esslemont | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> <ref> {{cite web | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = "Beckwith's allegations" | date = 1995-06-25 | url = http://bahai-library.com/uhj/beckwith.html | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> <ref> {{cite web | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = "Access to materials at the Bahá'í World Centre" | date = 1999-05-04 | url = http://bahai-library.com/uhj/access.sources.html | accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref> Early Bábí texts are proving very difficult to authenticate, despite the collection of a variety of documents by [[Edward Granville Browne|E.G. Browne]] in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite journal |last = MacEoin |first = D. |authorlink = Denis MacEoin |coauthors = Smith, P. (ed.) |title = Hierarchy, Authority and Eschatology in Early Bábí Thought |journal = In Iran: Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History |volume = Vol. 3 |pages = pp. 95–97 |publisher = Kalimát Press |date = 1986 |location = Los Angeles, USA |url = http://bahai-library.org/articles/hierarchy.babi.html |id = ISBN 0933770464 |accessdate = 2006-12-25 }}</ref> Browne's principle correspondents were [[Azalis]]<ref>{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |year = 1970 |title = Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith |pages = p. 18, p. 34, p. 72, & p. 96 }}</ref> whom he considered to be the genuine followers of the Báb. In addition to the difficulties of collecting documents at such a distance — Browne was at Cambridge — was the widespread Azali practice of ''[[Taqiyya]]'' ([[Dissimulation]]), or concealing one's beliefs.<ref name = "Manuchehri (1999)">{{cite journal | last = Manuchehri | first = Sepehr | title = "The Practice of Taqiyyah (Dissimulation)" | journal = Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies | volume = Vol. 3 | issue = No. 3 | publisher = | date = September 1999 | url = http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/notes/vol3/taqiya.htm | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> Browne appears to have been unaware of this.<ref>{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |year = 1970 |title = Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith |pages = p. 70 }}</ref> In addition to the difficulties of collecting reliable manuscripts, Azali ''taqiyya'' had the effect of rendering many early Bábí documents unreliable afterwards, as Azali Bábís would often alter and falsify Bábí teachings and history.<ref name = "Manuchehri (1999)"/> <ref>For example, the problems with the version of the ''Nuqtatu'l-Kaf'' translated and published in 1910 by E.G. Browne are noted by MacEoin ({{cite journal |last = MacEoin |first = D. |title = Hierarchy, Authority and Eschatology in Early Bábí Thought |journal = In Iran: Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History |volume = Vol. 3 |pages = pp. 106–107 |date = 1986 |url = http://bahai-library.org/articles/hierarchy.babi.html }}), and addressed by Balyuzi ({{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |year = 1970 |title = Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith |pages = pp. 70-88}}) and Cole ({{cite journal |last = Cole |first = J. |title = ''Nuqtat al-Kaf'' and the Babi Chronicle Traditions |journal = Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies |volume = Vol. 2 | issue = No. 6 |pages = pp. 106–107 |date = August 1998 |url = http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/notes/vol2/babihist.htm }}) who notes that material on [[Subh-i-Azal]] (Mirza Yahya) was likely added to that manuscript in 1864.</ref> In contrast, dissimulation was condemned by Bahá'u'lláh and was gradually abandoned by the early Bahá'ís.<ref name = "Manuchehri (1999)"/> <ref>{{cite journal | last = Susan | first = Maneck | title = Wisdom and Dissimulation: The Use and Meaning of Hikmat in the Bahá'í Writings and History | journal = Bahá'í Studies Review | volume = Vol. 6 | publisher = Association for Bahá'í Studies (English-Speaking Europe) | date = 1996 | url = http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr06/62_maneck_hikmat.htm | accessdate = 2006-12-22 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |year = 1977 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68 |pages = p. 111}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |year = 1987 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahji 1877-92 |pages = p. 92 }}</ref> ==Bibliography== {{Bahá'í books}} For ease, the bibliography is sub-divided by author. <!-- Use this template for new books, these are all relevant possibilities. "Author = " can replace "First = " and "Last = " *{{cite book |first = |last = |authorlink = |coauthors = |origyear = |year = |month = |title = |editor = |others = |edition = |publisher = |location = |id = |url = }} --> ===Authoritative=== ====`Abdu'l-Bahá==== *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1911 |year = 1982 |title = `Abdu'l-Bahá in London |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 0900125500 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/ABL/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1918 |title = `Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy |publisher = Tudor Press |location = Boston, USA |id = }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1972 |title = Foundations of World Unity |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877430187 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1915 |year = 1997 |title = Memorials of the Faithful |edition = Softcover |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432422 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/MF/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1912 |year = 1995 |title = Paris Talks |edition = Hardcover |publisher = Bahá'í Distribution Service |id = ISBN 1870989570 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/PT/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1912 |year = 1982 |title = The Promulgation of Universal Peace |edition = Hardcover |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431728 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/PUP/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1875 |year = 1990 |title = The Secret of Divine Civilization |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 087743008X |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SDC/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1978 |title = Selections From the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá |edition = Hardcover |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0853980810 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAB/index.html }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origdate = 1904-06 |year = 1981 |title = Some Answered Questions |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431906 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAQ/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1909 |title = Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Committee |location = Chicago, USA |id = |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/TAB/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origdate = 1916-17 |year = 1991 |title = Tablets of the Divine Plan |edition = Paperback |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432333 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/TDP/ }} *{{cite book |last = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1919 |year = 1999 |title = The Question of Universal Peace - The Tablet to The Hague by 'Abdu'l-Bahá |publisher = Stichting Bahá'í Literatuur |location = Den Haag, The Netherlands |id = ISBN 9070765438 |url = http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=abdulbaha_lawh_hague_bwc }} *{{citation |last = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |last2 = (Browne, E.G., Tr.) |authorlink2 = E.G. Browne |origyear = 1886 |year = 2004 |title = A Traveller's Narrative: Written to illustrate the episode of the Bab |publisher = Kalimát Press |location = Los Angeles, USA |edition = 2004 reprint, with translator's notes |id = ISBN 1890688371 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/TN/ }} *{{cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1901-08 |year = 1992 |title = The Will And Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá |publisher = Bahá'í Publications Australia |location = Mona Vale, N.S.W, Australia |id = ISBN 0909991472 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/WT/ }} **Many of the above are collections but there are estimated to be over 15,000 texts archived, and over 30,000 possibly written in total. <ref name = "UHJ Numbers"> {{cite web | author = The Universal House of Justice | authorlink = Universal House of Justice | title = "Numbers and Classifications of Sacred Writings texts" | url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_numbers_sacred_writings | accessdate = 2006-12-04 }}</ref><ref name = "Stockman Numbers"> {{cite web | author = Stockman, R. and Cole, J | title = "Number of tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh" | url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=number_tablets_bahaullah | accessdate = 2006-12-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Bahá'í Archives - Preserving and safeguarding the Sacred Texts| last = Archives Office at the Bahá'í World Centre, Haifa, Israel| accessdate=2008-06-26 | url=http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=uhj_bahai_archives_texts&language=}}</ref>< ====Báb, The==== *[[Arabic Bayán]] *[[Persian Bayán]] *{{cite book |author = The Báb |authorlink = Báb |year = 1976 |title = Selections from the Writings of the Báb |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 1931847304 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/tb/SWB// }} ====Bahá'u'lláh==== {{Main|List of writings of Bahá'u'lláh}} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1892 |year = 1988 |title = Epistle to the Son of the Wolf |edition = Paperback |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431825 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/ESW/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 2002 |title = Gems of Divine Mysteries |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |location = Haifa, Israel |id = ISBN 0853989753 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GDM/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 1976 |title = Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431876 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/GWB/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1858 |year = 2003 |title = The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432961 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/HW/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1873 |year = 1992 |title = The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0853989990 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1862 |year = 2003 |title = Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 1931847088 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KI/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 1992 |title = Meditations of the Blessed Beauty |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 187098918X }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1938 |year = 1974 |title = Prayers and Meditations |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877430241 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/PM/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 1991 |title = Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877430640 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/PB/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1856-63 |year = 1991 |title = The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432279 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SVFV/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 2002 |title = The Summons of the Lord of Hosts |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |location = Haifa, Israel |id = ISBN 0853989761 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/SLH/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |year = 2006 |title = The Tabernacle of Unity, Bahá’u’lláh’s Responses to Mánikchí Sáhib and Other Writings |publisher = Bahá’í World Centre |location = Haifa, Israel |id = ISBN 0853989699 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TU/ }} *{{cite book |author = Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink = Bahá'u'lláh |origyear = 1873-92 |year = 1994 |title = Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431744 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/TB/ }} **Over 7000 tablets and other works have been collected of an estimated 15,000 texts.<ref name = "UHJ Numbers" /><ref name = "Stockman Numbers" /><ref>{{cite web | title = Bahá'í Archives - Preserving and safeguarding the Sacred Texts| last = Archives Office at the Bahá'í World Centre, Haifa, Israel| accessdate=2008-06-26 | url=http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=uhj_bahai_archives_texts&language=}}</ref> However only a relative few have been translated and catalogued.<ref>{{cite web | author = McGlinn, S. | title = The Leiden list of the works of Baha'u'llah | date = 1999 | url = http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.list.html | accessdate = 2006-12-04 }}</ref> ====Central Figures: prayer books==== *{{cite book |author = The Báb |coauthors = Bahá'u'lláh & `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 1996 |title = Bahá'í Daybook: Passages for Deepening and Meditation |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 087743154X }} *{{cite book |author = The Báb |coauthors = Bahá'u'lláh & `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 2002 |title = Bahá'í Prayers: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432856 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/BP/ }} *{{cite book |author = The Báb |coauthors = Bahá'u'lláh & `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 2003 |title = Fountains of Love: A Selection of Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh, The Báb, and `Abdu'l-Bahá |publisher = Bahá'í Verlag GmbH |location = Germany |id = ISBN 3870373970 }} *{{cite book |author = The Báb |coauthors = Bahá'u'lláh & `Abdu'l-Bahá |year = 2000 |title = Remembrance of God: A Selection of Bahá'í Prayers and Holy Writings |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = New Delhi, India |id = ISBN 8185091641 }} ====Central Figures and Shoghi Effendi: compilations==== The Universal House of Justice has prepared several compilations of extracts from the Central Figures and Shoghi Effendi. *{{cite book |author = Compilations |year = 1991 |title = Compilation of Compilations, Volume I |editor = Research Department of the Universal House of Justice |location = Bahá’í World Centre |publisher = Bahá’í Publications Australia |id = |url = http://bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=compilation_compilations_1&language=All }} *{{cite book |author = Compilations |year = 1991 |title = Compilation of Compilations, Volume II |editor = Research Department of the Universal House of Justice |location = Bahá’í World Centre |publisher = Bahá’í Publications Australia |id = |url = http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=compilation_compilations_2.html }} *{{cite book |author = Compilations |year = 1993 (?) |title = Compilation of Compilations, Volume III |editor = Research Department of the Universal House of Justice |location = Bahá’í World Centre |publisher = Bahá’í Publications Australia |id = 1876322845 |url = http://bahai-library.com/index.php5?file=compilation_compilations_3.html }} *{{cite book |author = Compilations |editor = Hornby, Helen (Ed.) |year = 1983 |title = Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust, New Delhi, India |id = ISBN 8185091463 |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=hornby_lights_guidance }} ====Shoghi Effendi==== *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1938 |title = The Advent of Divine Justice |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431957 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/ADJ/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1974 |title = Bahá'í Administration |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431663 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/BA/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |origyear = |year = 1980 |title = Citadel of Faith: Messages to America, 1947-1957 |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431450 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/CF/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1970 |title = Dawn of a New Day |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = India |id = |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DND/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1973 |title = Directives from the Guardian |publisher = Hawaii Bahá'í Publishing Trust |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1981 |title = The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0900125462 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/wob-37.html }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1944 |title = God Passes By |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877430209 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/GPB/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1982 |title = The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) |publisher = Bahá’í Publishing Trust |location = Germany |id = |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/LDG1/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1982 |title = The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 2) |publisher = Bahá’í Publishing Trust |location = Germany |id = ISBN 3870371595 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/LDG2/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1971 |title = Messages to the Bahá'í World, 1950-1957 |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877430365 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/MBW/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1976 |title = Principles of Bahá'í Administration |edition = 4th ed. |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 0900125136 }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1996 |title = Promised Day is Come |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432449 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/PDC/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1938 |title = The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432317 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/WOB/index.html }} ====Universal House of Justice and its agencies==== These are original works of the Universal House of Justice and its agencies as distinct from compilations. *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 2001 |title = Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_unity_nations_peace }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 1992 |title = Bahá’u’lláh |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/bic/SB/ }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 2001 |title = Century of Light |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432945 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/bic/COL/ }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 1972 |title = Constitution of the Universal House of Justice |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_constitution }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 2002 |title = Letter to the World's Religious Leaders |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_religious_leaders_2002 }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |editor = Marks, G.W., (Ed.) |year = 1996 |title = Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432392 |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_messages_1963_1986 }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 2005 |title = One Common Faith |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877433151 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/bic/OCF/ }} *{{cite book |author = Universal House of Justice |authorlink = Universal House of Justice |year = 1986 |title = The Promise of World Peace |publisher = Oneworld |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 1851680020 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/uhj/PWP/ }} ---- ===Other authors=== ====Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání==== *{{cite book |author = Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání |authorlink = Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl |year = 1998 |title = The Brilliant Proof |publisher = Kalimát Press |location = Los Angeles |id = ISBN 1890688002 |url = http://www.bahai-library.com/books/brilliant.proof/ }} *{{cite book |author = Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání |authorlink = Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl |year = 1981 |title = Miracles and Metaphors |publisher = Kalimát Press |location = Los Angeles |id = ISBN 0933770227 }} ====Balyuzi, H.M.==== *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 2001 |title = `Abdu'l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980438 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1973 |title = The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980489 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 2000 |title = Bahá'u'lláh, King of Glory |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853983283 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1970 |title = Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980233 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1985 |title = Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853981523 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1981 |title = Khadijih Bagum, the Wife of the Báb |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853981000 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1976 |title = Muhammad and the Course of Islam |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984786 }} *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1972 |title = Trustees of the Merciful |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 0900125098 }} ====Esslemont, J.E.==== *{{cite book |author = Esslemont, J.E. |authorlink = John Esslemont |year = 1980 |title = Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era |edition = 5th ed. |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431604 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/je/BNE/ }} ====Momen, Moojan==== *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = M. (editor) |year = 1981 |title = The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1844-1944 - Some Contemporary Western Accounts |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853981027 }} *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = M. |year = 1994 |title = Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853983844 }} *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = M. |year = 1990 |title = Hinduism and the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982996 |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=momen_hinduism_bahai }} *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = M. |year = 2000 |title = Islam and the Bahá'í Faith, An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith for Muslims |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984468 }} *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = M. |year = 1997 |title = A Short Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 1851682090 |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=momen_short_introduction_bahais }} Re-issued in 2008 as *{{cite book |title = The Bahá'í Faith: A Beginner's Guide |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 978-1851685639 }} *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = M. |year = 2007 |title = Bahá'u'lláh: A Short Biography |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 978-1851684694 }} ====Nabíl-i-Zarandí==== *{{cite book |author = Nabíl-i-Zarandí |authorlink = Nabíl-i-A`zam |origyear = 1890 |year = 1932 |title = The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative |edition = Hardcover |editor = Shoghi Effendi (Translator) |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0900125225 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/ }} ====Rabbani, Rúhíyyih==== *{{cite book |author = Rabbani, R. (Ed.) |authorlink = Rúhíyyih Khanum |year = 1992 |title = The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963 |publisher = Bahá'í World Centre |id = ISBN 085398350X |url = http://bahai-library.com/published.uhj/ministry.custodians.toc.html }} *{{cite book |author = Rabbani, R. |authorlink = Rúhíyyih Khanum |year = 1969 |title = The Priceless Pearl |edition = Hardcover |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust: 2000 |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 1870989910 }} *{{cite book |author = Rabbani, R. |authorlink = Rúhíyyih Khanum |year = 1948 |title = Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=khanum_25_years_guardianship }} ====Schaefer, Udo==== *{{cite book |author = Schaefer, U. |authorlink = Udo Schaefer |year = 1998 |edition = 2nd |title = Beyond the Clash of Religions: The Emergence of a New Paradigm |publisher = Zero Palm Press |location = Stockholm, Sweden |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=schaefer_beyond_clash_religions }} *{{cite book |author = Schaefer, U. |authorlink = Udo Schaefer |coauthors = Towfigh, N. & Gollmer, U. |year = 2000 |title = Making the Crooked Straight: A Contribution to Bahá'í Apologetics |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984433 }} *{{cite book |last = Schaefer |first = U. |authorlink = Udo Schaefer |year = 2007 |title = Bahá'í Ethics in Light of Scripture, Volume 1 - Doctrinal Fundamentals |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |isbn = 0-85398-505-1 }} ====Sears, William==== *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1985 |title = All Flags Flying |publisher = NSA of the Bahá'ís of South Africa |id = ISBN 0908420625 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1982 |title = A Cry from the Heart: The Bahá'ís of Iran |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853981345 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1973 |title = The Flame: The Story of Lua |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980306 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1960 |title = God Loves Laughter |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980195 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = |title = The Half-Inch Prophecy |publisher = NSA of the Bahá'ís of South Africa |location = |id = ISBN 1874801940 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1997 |title = In Grandfather's Barn |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = USA |id = ISBN 0877432570 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1988 |title = Prince of Peace |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = India |id = ISBN 8185091102 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1995 |title = Release the Sun |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = USA |id = ISBN 0877430039 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1991 |title = Run to Glory |publisher = Naturegraph Publishers Inc |location = |id = ISBN 0879611952 }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |origyear = 1961 |year = 2002 |title = Thief in the Night |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 085398008x }} *{{cite book |last = Sears |first = W. |authorlink = William Sears (Bahá'í) |year = 1991 |title = The Wine of Astonishment |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980098 }} ====Smith, Peter==== *{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = The Bahá'í Faith: A Short History |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 1851682082 }} *{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1988 |title = The Bahá'í Religion, A Short Introduction to its History and Teachings |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982775 }} *{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 1851681841 }} ====Taherzadeh, Adib==== *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |authorlink = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 2000 |title = The Child of the Covenant |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984395 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |authorlink = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 1992 |title = The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853983445 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |authorlink = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 1976 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982708 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |authorlink = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 1977 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980713 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |authorlink = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 1984 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 3: `Akka, The Early Years 1868-77 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853981442 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |authorlink = Adib Taherzadeh |year = 1987 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahji 1877-92 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982708 }} ====Townshend, George==== *{{cite book |last = Townshend |first = G. |authorlink = George Townshend (Bahá'í) |year = 1957 |title = Abdu'l-Bahá: The Master |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982538 }} *{{cite book |last = Townshend |first = G. |authorlink = George Townshend (Bahá'í) |origyear = 1957 |year = 1966 |title = Christ and Bahá’u’lláh |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980055 }} *{{cite book |last = Townshend |first = G. |authorlink = George Townshend (Bahá'í) |origyear = 1939 |year = 1951 |title = The Heart of the Gospel |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980209 }} *{{cite book |last = Townshend |first = G. |authorlink = George Townshend (Bahá'í) |origyear = 1948 |year = 1972 |title = The Promise of All Ages |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980446 }} ====Various==== *{{cite book |last = Afroukhteh |first = Dr. Youness |origyear = 1952 |year = 2003 |title = Memories of Nine Years in 'Akká |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984778 }} *{{cite book |last = Blomfield |first = Lady |authorlink = Lady Blomfield |origyear = 1956 |year = 1975 |title = The Chosen Highway |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = London, UK |id = ISBN 0877430152 |url = http://arthursclassicnovels.com/arthurs/bahai/choshw10.html }} *{{Citation |last = Braun |first = E. |last2 = Chance |first2 = H. |title = A Crown of Beauty, The The Bahá'í Faith and the Holy Land |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |year = 1982 |id = ISBN 0853981396 }} *{{cite book |author = Cameron, G. |coauthors = Momen, W. |year = 1996 |title = A Basic Bahá'í Chronology |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984022 }} *{{cite book |last = Collins |first = William P. |year = 1990 |title = Bibliography of English-lannguage Works on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853983151 }} *{{cite book |first = Abdu'l-Qasim |last = Faizi |year = 1968 |title = Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = New Delhi, India |id = |url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=faizi_symbol_greatest_name }} *{{cite book |last = Furútan |first = `Alí-Akbar (editor) |year = 1986 |title = Stories of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982430 }} *{{cite book |author = Hatcher, J.S. |year = 1997 |title = The Ocean of His Words: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432597 }} *{{cite book |author = Hatcher, W.S. |coauthors = & Martin, J.D. |year = 1998 |title = The Bahá'í Faith: The Emerging Global Religion |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432643 }} *{{cite book |last = Hofman |first = D. |year = 1982 |title = Commentary on the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853981582 }} *{{cite book |author = Khan, J.A. |coauthors = & Khan, P. |year = 2003 |title = Advancement of Women: A Bahá'í Perspective |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 1931847037 }} *{{cite book |first = J.A. |last = Khan |year = 2005 |title = Prophet's Daughter: The Life and Legacy of Bahíyyih Khánum, Outstanding Heroine Of The Bahá'í Faith |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 1931847142 }} *{{cite book |last = Momen |first = W. |year = 1989 |title = A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982317 }} *{{cite book |last = Ruhe-Schoen |first = J. |year = 1998 |title = A Love Which Does Not Wait |publisher = Palabra Publications |location = Riviera Beach, Florida, USA |id = ISBN 1890101176 }} *{{cite book |author = Salmani, Ustad Muhammad-`Aliy-i, the Barber |coauthors = Gail, Marizieh (tr.) |title = My Memories of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher = Kalimát Press |date = 1982 |location = Los Angeles, USA |id = ISBN 0933770219 }} *{{cite book | first = John | last = Walbridge | title = Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time | publisher = George Ronald | location = Oxford, UK | year = 1996 | id=ISBN 0853984069 }} *{{cite book |last = Whitmore |first = B. |year = 1984 |title = The Dawning Place |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877431922 }}. *{{cite book |author = Zarqáni, Mírzá Mahmúd-i- |origyear = 1913 |year = 1998 |title = Mahmúd's Diary: Chronicling `Abdu'l-Bahá's Journey to America |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853984182 |url = http://bahai-library.com/books/mahmud/index.html }}. ---- ===Periodicals=== *''The Journal of Bahá'í Studies'' (Pub. since 1988 by the [http://www.bahai-studies.ca/index.php Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America)]) available online at [http://www.bahai-studies.ca/journal.php www.bahai-studies.ca/journal.php] — leading Bahá'í studies periodical *''The Bahá'í Studies Review'' (Pub. since 1991 by the [http://www.breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/index.htm Association for Bahá'í Studies (English-Speaking Europe)]) available online at [http://www.bahai-library.org/bsr/abs.htm www.bahai-library.org/bsr] and [http://www.breacais.demon.co.uk/abs www.breacais.demon.co.uk/abs] — leading Bahá'í studies periodical *''The Bahá'í World'' *''Herald of the South'' (Pub. since 1925) *''One Country'' (2000-present) *''Star of the West'' (Pub. 1910-1924) *''Varqá - International Children's Magazine'' (Pub. 1970-1986 and 2004-present) *''World Order Magazine'' (Pub. 1935-1949 and 1966-present) *''OJBS: Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies'' (Pub. since 2007 by the [http://www.abs.org.nz Association for Bahá'í Studies New Zealand] available online at [http://www.ojbs.org] ==See also== * [[Bahá'í Faith in fiction]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== *{{cite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1970 |title = Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980233 }} *{{cite book |first = Francis |last = Beckwith |authorlink = Francis Beckwith |year = 1985 |title = Bahá'í |publisher = Bethany House |location = Minneapolis, MN, USA |id = ISBN 0871238489 }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1973 |title = Directives from the Guardian |publisher = Hawaii Bahá'í Publishing Trust |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/DG/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1944 |title = God Passes By |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877430209 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/GPB/ }} *{{cite book |first = Shoghi |last = Effendi |authorlink = Shoghi Effendi |year = 1996 |title = Promised Day is Come |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432449 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/PDC/ }} *{{cite book |last = Smith |first = P. |year = 1999 |title = A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith |publisher = Oneworld Publications |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 1851681841 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |year = 1977 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853980713 }} *{{cite book |last = Taherzadeh |first = A. |year = 1987 |title = The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahji 1877-92 |publisher = George Ronald |location = Oxford, UK |id = ISBN 0853982708 }} ==External links== These sites focus on Bahá'í texts and related documents: *[http://bahai-library.com/books/biblio/index.html The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: An Annotated Bibliography] An extensive bibliography of Bábí and Bahá'í related books, articles, and letters. Sponsored privately. *[http://bahai-library.com/ Bahá'í Academics Resource Library] An extensive online library of Bábí and Bahá'í related books, articles, and letters. Sponsored privately. *[http://www.bahaiprayers.org/ Bahá'í Prayers] Online index of, and links to, prayers sorted by topic. Sponsored privately. *[http://reference.bahai.org/en/ Bahá'í Reference Library] Searchable online editions of Bahá'í sacred texts in English, Arabic, and Persian. Sponsored by the [[Bahá'í International Community]]. *[http://statements.bahai.org/ Statements Library] Searchable online editions of statements of the Bahá'í International Community. Sponsored by the Bahá'í International Community. *[http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/ H-Bahai Discussion Network] Babí & Bahá'í texts and studies in English, Arabic, and Persian. Some texts not authenticated and provisional translations. Sponsored privately. These sites contain online or downloadable searchable databases of collected world religious works. 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