- Muhammad Afnan. Báb's Bayan, The: An Analytical Survey (2000 Summer). Analysis of the Bayan and its contents: fundamental beliefs and worldview, moral principles, laws, administration of society, and future expectations. Articles.
- Universal House of Justice, Iraj Ayman, Muhammad Afnan, Robert Stockman. Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí and Bayán-i-'Arabí), The: Letters and Letters of the Living (1994-10-02). Study.
- Muhammad Afnan. Adib Masumian, trans. Invocation 'Is There Any Remover of Difficulties Save God...', The (2023). Short overview of the historical background of the Báb's invocation. Essays.
- Muhammad Afnan, Todd Lawson, Peter Smith, et al.. Letters of the Living (Hurúf al-Hayy) (2009). Title given by the Báb to His first eighteen disciples. Encyclopedia.
- Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher, Denis MacEoin. Note on Maceoin's 'Bahá'í Fundamentalism' and 'Afnán, Hatcher and an old bone' (1986). Two shorter follow-up essays, offering closing thoughts on a previously-published debate about issues of historical accuracy, academic neutrality, and faith-based scholarship. Essays.
- Muhammad Afnan. Number of the Letters of the Living (2004). Resources.
- Muhammad Afnan. "Point" and "Letter" in the Writings of the Báb (2001). In the Báb’s writings, the Point of Truth is the source of all existence in both the spiritual and the material world, and letters and words are given spiritual meaning. His system is distinctively different from that of the Hurúfís and Nuqtavís, however. Articles.
- Báb, The. Muhammad Afnan, reader. Readings from the Writings of The Báb (2012). Link to audio recordings of a descendant of the Báb reading from two of his most important works, Qayyúm al-Asmá' "Surah to the Kings" and the Bayán-i-farsí (Persian Bayán). Audio.
- Muhammad Afnan. Role of the Bahá'í Scholar in Defending the Faith, The (2001 Winter/Spring). The role of apologetics in the Bahá'í Faith is not merely to defend or prove, but to demonstrate that the Faith provides the means for obtaining knowledge of the truth, and to present the truths revealed by the Sacred Writings. Essays.
- Muhammad Afnan, William S. Hatcher. Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins (1985). A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Bahá'í interpretations of history vis-à-vis academic criticism. Articles.
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