Spiritual Spring - Holley,Horace (1956)
A talk on divine renewal, given at the temple foundation hall, Wilmette, Naw Ruz 1956.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.

Spiritualism, Reincarnation and Related Subjects - Author unknown, compiler (Bahá'í Institutions (A Compilation), 1973)
Includes psychic phenomena, spiritual healing, and astrology.
Much of this compilation is also included in Lights of Guidance.
Keywords: Astrology; Dreams and visions; Faith healing; Health and healing; Intuition; Occultism; Psychic powers; Psychology; Reincarnation; Science; Speculation; Spiritual healing; Spiritualism; Superstition

Spirituality in Medicine: Reflections of a Bahá'í Physician - Hatcher,Sharon Nur (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
A self-reflective piece by a family physician and educator; personal experiences and challenges with patients, students, and colleagues related to the integration of spirituality into medicine.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/470.
Keywords: Health and healing

Spirituality of Games - Price,Tom (2012)
Talk on the science of spirituality as it relates to a quotation of Abdu'l-Bahá comparing life to a game: what are the rules of life, and how does one win the "game" of life?
From "The Science of Spirituality," a series of talks given by Price once a week in Calabasas, California, from November 2011 to June 2012.
Keywords: Games; Spirituality

Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community: A Plan for Teaching - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland; Taherzadeh,Adib (1982)
A three-part collection consisting of a letter from the NSA of Ireland, a letter from Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community, and the preamble for a plan of action for teaching.
This document is in 3 parts: (1) a letter of introduction from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Republic of Ireland; (2) a letter from Mr. Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community; (3) a preamble for the teaching plan (the actual plan itself was omitted from the copy that was distributed beyond Ireland—only the preamble to the plan is included below).
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Ethics; God, Worlds of; Life after death (afterlife); Living the life; Obligatory prayer; Prayer; Purpose of life; Reading the Writings; Requisites for spiritual growth; Service; Soul; Spirituality; Spiritualization; Teaching; Teaching

Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions - Khan,Ali Kuli (2013)
Proofs of the Bahá'í Faith, written by a prominent translator and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes short biography of Khan regarding the history of this document, with photographs.
Dr. Khan signed this copy of the book and personally gave it to Randolph in 1965, just prior to his passing in Washington, DC. Randolph then scanned it in 2012. See more details in the introduction, below. See also Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran and His Book, the Zend Avesta. For more about Dr. Khan, see bahaistories.blogspot.ca.
Keywords: Biography; Philosophy; Questions and answers; Talks

Springtime metaphors and spring-related imagery - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (1995)
Introduction and Compilation, interspersed with editorial comments. Includes discussion of "plain English" translation.
This was assembled for posting to a listserver, and retains some informal tone and conversational formatting. Some excerpts below have been rendered into standard English by the compiler.
Keywords: Metaphors and allegories; Spring; Symbolism

Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Ama (cloud); Clouds; Outlines and summaries; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Velasco,Ismael; Savi,Julio (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing (Rashh-i-'Amá) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1984)
The first extent Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh.
First published in BSB 3:2 (1984); revised translation posted by Stephen Lambden to Talisman I in 1995. See also an authorized translation, released in 2019.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Sri Aurobindo Movement and the Bahá'í Faith - Sarwal,Anil (2001)
Summary historical connections between the two communities.
Keywords: Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Meditation; Peace; Philosophy; Sri Aurobindo; Unity; Yoga

St. Lucia - Kolstoe,John E. (1991)
Article written in the mid-nineties for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, posted with permission at bahaihistorycaribbean.info. See also photos and history.

Star of the West Book 1: Contents lists of the Persian sections - McGlinn,Sen, compiler (Star of the West, 2000)
This is a compilation of the English introductions to the Persian sections of Star of the West. The original pages were unformatted, see a sample page.
Keywords: Star of the West

Star of the West Extracts - Thomas,Mike, compiler; McGlinn,Sen, compiler (Star of the West, 1910)
Lengthy, annotated compilation of the writings and talks of Abdu'l-Bahá from Star of the West which are not readily available elsewhere. Includes pilgrim's notes, historical records, and reports relating to Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). These new documents include correct transcription for most words and names that were so poorly transcribed in the past that they are difficult to identify; also, additional background information is given regarding people and places.
Keywords: Star of the West; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Star of the West Volume 1 - Windust,Albert R., editor; Buikema,Gertrude, editor (Star of the West, 1910)
See all volumes online in multiple formats at bahai.works/Star_of_the_West, and some individual articles at bahai-library.com/series/Star of the West; single-volume PDFs also archived at bahai-library.com/star_of_the_west.
Keywords: Indexes and catalogues; Star of the West

Star of the West: Complete issues - Various (Star of the West, 1910)
Star of the West was a US Bahá’í newsletter published between 1910 and 1935.
Star of the West was one of the few ways for the western friends to receive Tablets and news about the Bahá’í Faith at that time and contains many translations of Tablets and communications which have to date not been published elsewhere. The first volume of Star of the West was published under the title of Bahai News. Some individual articles are at bahai-library.com/series/Star of the West. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Periodicals; Pilgrims notes; Star of the West

Star of the West: Use of, in Electronic Form - Universal House of Justice (1999)
Guidance on use of the publication Star of the West in electronic form as well as advice on how to describe the authoritativeness of the material
Names retained with permission of recipient. Obtained from the Sifter - Star of the West CD-ROM jacket (pp. 12-13).
Keywords: Authenticity; Bahá'í history; Periodicals; Pilgrims notes; Publishing; Star of the West

Star Wars or World Peace - Posin,Dan Q. (dialogue magazine, 1986)
How a "missile defense system" might work and ways in which it would not, ramifications for achieving global peace, and discussion by Robert Bowman, the first director of the Star Wars program. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also Dr. Bowman's contemporary work, on 9/11 studies, at his website thepatriots.us (disclosure: Bowman is also a member of the group I helped found in 2003, Scientific Panel Investigating 9/11 [-J.W.]). See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Collective security; Military; Peace; Weapons

State and Society: Implications of the Most Holy Book - Hassall,Graham (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book, vol. 1, 1996)
The purpose of law is for the order of the world and the security of people; the Kitáb-i-Aqdas reinstates authority and renews the linkages between society, law, virtue, and spirituality; the situation in future Bahá'í states.
Mirrored with permission of author from archive.org.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); World order

Statecraft, Globalization, and Ethics - Lerche,Charles O. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
The impact of cosmopolitan morality on international statecraft in an era of globalization; globalization is a process of world economic, political, and social change; globalism is a positive, and potentially corrective, dimension of globalization.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/280.

Statement in Rebuttal of Accusations Made against the Bahá'í Faith by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations - Bahá'í International Community (1982)
In a document distributed to the UN, "Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran made a number of false and damaging statements concerning the Bahá'í Faith. The BIC wishes to refute these false statements and to present the true facts.
Also available as a facsimile of original document [PDF, 4.5MB] and as Word document.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Opposition; Statements; United Nations

Statement on Mason Remey from the Western Hands of the Faith - True,Corinne; Grossmann,Hermann; Sears,William (1960)
Background information on the claims of Remey, compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God in the Western hemisphere.
Title given for this online posting, not in original. See the PDF scan of the original pages.
Keywords: Charles Mason Remey; Corinne True; Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Guardianship; Hands of the Cause; Hermann Grossmann; William Sears

Station and World Order of Baha'u'llah - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Two separate talks on similar topics; PDF transcripts not yet available (as of 2013-05).
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; World order

Station of Baha'u'llah: Three Letters - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Three letters on the station of Bahá'u'lláh, the souls of the Manifestations, the varying intensities of their Revelations, the phrase "most precious Being," and on teaching the Faith to Christians.
The first letter was published in Bahá'í Journal, the second circulated online with no recipient's name attached, and the third was shared by the recipient, whose name has been removed.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Burning Bush; Christianity; Deepening; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Future Manifestations of God; God; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Manifestations of God; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Teaching; Trinity; Unity of religion

Station Wagon Odyssey: Baghdad to Istanbul; A famous American traveler continuing a journey across the Moslem East - Douglas,William O. (National Geographic Magazine, 1959)
Very short mention in this travelogue by a Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Iran (documents); Tabríz, Iran

Statistical Information on the Bahá'í Faith - Bahá'í International Community (The Baha'is, 1994)
Brief statistics on the number of Bahá'ís in the world and in certain territories and the activities of Bahá'ís.
These statistics taken from The Bahá'ís magazine.
Keywords: Statistics

Statistical information on the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1979 - Bahá'í World Centre (1979)
Document issued to delegates to the annual National Spiritual Assembly elections, April 1979.
Keywords: Statistics; United States (documents)

Statistics on Members of the Universal House of Justice - Fatheazam,Shahbaz, compiler (The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice, 2015)
2-page chart showing the nationality, years served, and membership changes of the Universal House of Justice, 1963-2015.
This chart does not show the first contingent elected in 1963; they were Hugh Chance, Hushmand Fatheazam, Amoz Gibson, Lutfu'llah Hakim, David Hofman, Borrah Kavelin, Ali Nakhjavani, Ian Semple, and Charles Wolcott. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/papers3.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Statistics; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Election of; Universal House of Justice, Members of

Steadfastness - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2004)
Compilation on "The King of all acts."
Keywords: Steadfastness

Stem Cells - Universal House of Justice (2001)
There is nothing in the Writings related to stem-cell research or therapy; individuals are free to come to their own conclusions.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Ethics; Health and healing; Science; Stem cells

Stepping Out - Herrmann,Duane L. (Herald of the South, 1998)
A young man asserts his independence and sets off to begin his own life.
Keywords: Fiction; Stories

Stewardship and Development - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2005)
Deepening tool for understanding the spiritual nature of giving, and a reference tool for use by NSAs and their treasurers. Includes previously-untranslated passages.
From the introduction: "The second edition of this expandable manual is intended to serve two important functions. As a deepening tool, this manual provides an invaluable benefit to the friends as they gain more knowledge and a deeper understanding and appreciation for the spiritual nature of giving. As a reference tool, it is meant to be read and used by both the Spiritual Assembly or registered Bahá'í Group...and by the Treasurer, to whom certain tasks and responsibilities have been delegated by the Assembly .... There are several passages here that have not been published elsewhere..." Posted with permission.
Keywords: Administration; Funds

Still Lives - MacEoin,Denis (New Jerusalems: Reflections on Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Rushdie Affair, 1993)
The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the lives of Tahirih and Shoghi Effendi.
Originally published under pseudonym Daniel Easterman.
Keywords: Andaruni and biruni; Arts and crafts; Biographies (general); Criticism and apologetics; Culture, Persian; Individualism; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Middle East; Priceless Pearl (book); Privacy; Purity; Shoghi Effendi; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Veils; Women

Still the Most Challenging Issue - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
"From the Editor's Desk": On race, racism, and the American Bahá'í community.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/251. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: John Hatcher; Race; Race unity; Racism

Stories from the Dawn-Breakers: For Children - Sears,William (Children's Stories from the Dawn-Breakers, 1998)
Stories for children about Shaykh Ahmad, Siyyid Kazim, Young Man in the Green Turban, The Letters of the Living, and The Bab, taken from the book Children's Stories from the Dawn-Breakers, by Zoe Meyer, illustrated by Winifred Barnum Newman (1998).
See this book at amazon.com. No information is given about the date or context of this reading; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Children; Childrens books; Dawn-Breakers (book); Stories

Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí - Haydar-Ali,Haji Mirza (Kalimat Press, 1980)
Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follower of Bahá'u'lláh and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2025). Read about the author at bahaiblog.net.
Keywords: Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; Akka, Israel; Biography; Egypt; Haifa, Israel; Humor; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Iran (documents); Persecution; Sudan; Teaching; Turkey

Stories of 'Abdul-Baha - Kelsey,Curtis (1957)
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.

Stories of 'Abdul-Baha and the Guardian - Kelsey,Curtis (1957)
Kelsey was serving in Haifa when 'Abdu'l-Bahá passed away. These are his recollections and stories of his time with Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi.
Audio from bahaiexplorer.com, which notes "It is also an exceptionally good quality recording for its age. From the content of the talk it appears that it was recorded sometime between 1957 to 1963."
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers - Taherzadeh,Adib (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2003)
Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, Volumes 1-4.
Mirrored from bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í history; Biography; E-books; Kiser Barnes; Stories

Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Elizabeth Cheney - Barrow Newhall,Muriel Ives (1998)
One-paragraph account of an incident in the life of Elizabeth Cheney, pioneer Bahá'í teacher in Paraguay.
See also more stories by Newhall.
Keywords: Biography; Elizabeth Cheney

Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Grace Robarts Ober - Barrow Newhall,Muriel Ives (1998)
Brief account of Grace Ober's interactions with 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit to the USA.
See also more stories by Newhall.
Keywords: Biography; Grace Robarts Ober; United States (documents)

Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Harry and Ruth Randall - Barrow Newhall,Muriel Ives (1998)
Brief account of William Henry ('Harry') Randall (1863-1929) and his wife Ruth's first encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Randall became a prominent American Bahá’í and was named a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi.
See also more stories by Newhall.
Keywords: Biography; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Ruth Randall; William Harry Randall

Stories of the Martyrdom - Jahanpur,Rouhi
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm

Story of David and Esther Tanyi, by Enoch Tanyi Nyenti: Review - Momen,Moojan (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2018)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/the-story-of-david-and-esther-tanyi-adam-and-eve-of-the-bahai-faith-in-cameroon [archive.org].

Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions - Stokes,Jim (World Order, 1997)
The parable of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and Islam. Prefaced by comments by Moojan Momen.
I've prefaced the following two articles with some notes by Moojan Momen on the symbolism of the story of Joseph. These notes were originally posted to a Wilmette Institute private listserver on the Qur'an on Jan. 17 2001, and are included with permission. See also The Story of Joseph in the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Symbolism

Story of Mr. Rufino Gualvisí - Dexter,Ralph (2020)
Biography of a well-known travel teacher in Ecuador. English and Spanish text by Dexter; includes section by Isabel Pavon de Calderón; includes photographs.
See also Reseña Biográfica de la Vida de la Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón. Shared by, and posted with permission of, Oficina Nacional Bahá'í del Ecuador.
Keywords: Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Biography; Ecuador

Story of Mulla Husayn - Author unknown
Life of the first Bahá'í. Speaker not known.
Date, speaker, and context not given; contact me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Letters of the Living; Mulla Husayn

Story of Quddus - Author unknown
Quddus was one of the early notable Bahá'ís. Speaker not known.
Date, speaker, and context not given; contact me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Quddus

Story of the Prophets - Ma'sumian,Farnaz (2013)
Biographies of nine Manifestations, from Abraham to Bahá'u'lláh. Designed for junior youth by a retired professor of world religions, it provides a compact source of information on the founders of the world's major religions in readable language.
Keywords: Abraham; Bahá'u'lláh; Buddha; Buddhism; Báb, The; Childrens books; Christianity; E-books; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Krishna; Moses; Muhammad (Prophet); Stories; Youth; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Strangers Passing Through Town - Herrmann,Duane L. (2021)
Brief historical fiction short story, based on the finding that 'Abdu'l-Bahá passed through Kansas on his way to and from Denver when he visited North America in 1912.
Mirrored with permission from adirondackcenterforwriting.org. See the author's many other pieces for that site.
Keywords: Denver, CO; Kansas, USA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Strategies and Processes of Social Change - Buchbinder,Howard (The Baha'i Faith and Marxism, 1987)
The theoretical and analytic context within which Marxists approach issues of social change; Marxists believe in the notion of praxis, i.e. the linkage of social theory and social action/practice.
Keywords: Change; Marxism; Philosophy

Strategies for Spiritualization - Fotos,Sandra S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
If the spiritualization process in adults is similar to other learning tasks, then active use of learning strategies may facilitate the development of spiritual virtues; a possible cognitive, language-based pathway for spiritualization.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/111.
Keywords: Spiritualization

Striving for Human Rights in an Age of Religious Extremism - Ghanea-Hercock,Nazila (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
Bahá'í perspectives on global human rights law, community duties, religion as a pillar of justice, and the oneness of humanity.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/203.
Keywords: Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Human rights; Justice; Unity of humanity

Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations, by Charles Kimball: A Jihad for All Seasons: Review - Fazel,Seena (World Order, 1994)
For clarity: the full title of this review is "A Jihad for all Seasons: A review of Charles Kimball's Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations."
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam

Strong Foundationalism in the Bahá'í Faith?: An Analysis of Michael Karlberg's 'Ontological Foundationalism' - Boicu,Filip (2022)
A close reading of Michael Karlberg's Constructing Social Reality. An Inquiry into the Normative Foundations of Social Change, and reflections on the Bahá’í methodology for social justice and social change that he has put forward.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu. See also a reworked excerpt from this article, Karlberg's Notion of Consultation and Bahá'í Consultation (Boicu, 2022).
Keywords: Michael Karlberg

Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions vol. 5, ed. Moojan Momen: Review - Lewis,Frank (Iranian Studies, 1999)
Review of a collection of five articles about various subjects.
The book itself is available from Kalimat Press.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Relativism; Shoghi Effendi; United Kingdom

Study Guide for Baha'i Marriage and Family Life - Author unknown, compiler (National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Canada, 1986)
This study guide is a companion to the compilation Bahá'í Marriage and Family Life.
Keywords: Family; Marriage; Study guides

Study Guide of the Tablet of Maqsúd - Oliveira,Marco (2009)
The Tablet of Maqsúd is a good presentation of the principles and teachings of the Bahá’í Faith. Its structure is suitable for a first contact with the Bahá'í Writings.
See also an accompanying presentation, in either PDF or Powerpoint [33MB]. Posted by author at academia.edu. See also a version in Portuguese.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Principles; Study guides; Teaching

Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Comment on Issues Related to the - Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
A follow-up to the "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith" letter.
See also Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums; Irfan Colloquia; Scholarship

Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Issues Related to the - Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United States; Baha'i Canada, 1998)
Letters from the House and the International Teaching Center, and compilation on the nature of opposition to the Faith from within academia, especially as conducted via the Internet.
This compilation consists of three parts. The last of the three is a compilation on scholarship, "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith," which was published in Bahá'í Canada, May 1998. Copies were distributed by the Canadian NSA to a number of other NSAs. In 1999 this compilation was reprinted by the US NSA (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1999). It was distributed in booklet form with a cover letter from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies, dated 7 April 1999. This cover letter, scanned by Duane Troxel, was appended to the compilation already online in May, 1999, and later published in Bahá'í Canada in June and in The American Bahá'í in November 1999. The International Teaching Center then released a letter elaborating on the themes of the April 7 1999 letter, which follows it. This compilation is available in other formats at bahai.org. See also Comment on Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums; Scholarship

Study of the Bahá'í Writings on Economics - Shams,Badi (2021)
Annotated compilation on: divine economy, Bahá'í economic system, station of humankind, material civilization, nature of the economic problem, cost of warfare, cooperation vs competition, capitalism, the golden rule, wealth and equality, agriculture.
See more at badishams.net. See this in Spanish translation.
Keywords: Economics

Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, by Morten Bergsmo: Review - Smith,Melanie (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/69. See also original scan.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Study guides

Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review - Bradbury,Miles L. (1998)
Keywords: Arabic language; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Language; Style (Writings); Translation

Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review - McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Keywords: Arabic language; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Language; Style (Writings); Translation

Styles of piety: Notes on the relationship between Bahá'í scholars and the Bahá'í institutions with reference to academic methodology - Lawson,Todd (Baha'i Studies Review, 2003)
On the role of the scholar in the community, the phenomenon of the internet, and the institution of the Covenant, as seen in the light of the intellectual heritage of the Islamic world.
Keywords: Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Institutions; Internet; Scholarship

Subhi Ezel Mirza Yahya ve Ezeliler (Subhi Azal Mirza Yahya and the Azalis) - Ipek,Yasin (Bilimname, 2021)
History of the Bábí community following the execution of the Bab, which split into three sectarian divisions: the Bahá'ís, the Azalis, and the Bayanis.
Mirrored from avesis.kayseri.edu.tr.
Keywords: Azali Bábís; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Substance Abuse Alcohol and Drug Abuse: A Psychosocial and Spiritual Approach to Prevention, by A.M. Ghadirian: Review - Guilfoyle,John (The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2011)
Keywords: Alcohol; Drugs; Prevention

Substance Abuse: A Bahá'í Perspective - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Bahá'í Canada Publications, 2000)
Up-to-date information about diverse addictive substances that are widely abused worldwide, including alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. Written for both the general public, the health professional, and government policy-makers.
See also the author's paper "Bahá'í Perspective on Drug Abuse Prevention." Available for free download from palabrapublications.com/downloads.
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol; Drugs; Health and healing; Psychology; Smoking (tobacco)

Subud, Membership in - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Whether a person may be allowed to be a member of both the Bahá'í Faith and "Subud," an international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
Read more about Subud at Wikipedia.
Keywords: Membership of other organizations; Other organizations; Subud (organization)

Suffering of the Exalted Letters - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Tablet written in Baghdad about death and the development of the human soul.
See also a brief essay about this Tablet, and see Adib Taherzadeh's Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh vol 1 pp. 122-125.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Burial (funeral); Death; Havvá; Huruf (letters); Iraq; Life after death (afterlife); Maryam (cousin of Bahá'u'lláh); Muhammad Vazír; Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters); Soul; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

Suffering, The Meaning of: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Keywords: Introductory; Purpose of life; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

Sufi and Baha'i Spiritual Practices - McCarron,Michael (2009)
Brief overview of some commonalities.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Practices; Sufism

Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics - Foster,Mark A. (1999)
Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility: Sinlessness and Prophetic Ecology," "The Case of Some Answered Questions [pedagogy and evolution]," and "The Gospel According to Nabíl."
Mirrored with permission from www.markfoster.net/hermeneutics.html.
Keywords: Bible; Bábí history; Christianity; Dawn-Breakers (book); Evolution; Infallibility; Interfaith dialogue; Nabil-i-Azam; Philosophy; Science; Some Answered Questions (book)

Suicide and the Bahá'í Faith - Anonymous (2003)
Inspired by the death of David Kelly, see bahai9.com/wiki/David_Kelly. Prepared by a Bahá'í physician who prefers to remain anonymous.
Keywords: David Kelly; Death; Ethics; Suicide

Sul Valore Scientifico delle Profezie: Considerazioni di uno Studioso - Avaregan,Hossein (Opinioni Baha'i, 1987)
Illustrazione del “calcolo della probabilità”, ramo della scienza matematica scoperto dal matematico Blaise Pascal, applicato alla religione.
"The scientific character of prophecies: personal scholarly reflections": An explanation of the "calculus of probability" (a branch of mathematical science discovered by the mathematician Blaise Pascal) applied to religion.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Prophecies; Science

Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History - Alkan,Necati (2000)
On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translation of passages on Tahirih.
Adapted from h-net.org/~bahai/notes/vol4/nazif.htm.
Keywords: Biography; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Nasirid-Din Sháh; Ottoman Empire; Qajar dynasty; Shahs; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)

Summary of Baha'i Activities on Worldwide Computer Networks (1995) - Bahá'í Computer and Communications Association (1995)
A snapshot of the very early online Bahá'í community, when there were "over 1,000" Bahá'ís on the internet!
This document, which has not been updated since 1995, is preserved here out of historical interest only. Its content is entirely out-of-date. See also an older document, Computers in the Bahá'í Community through Ridván 1992. Read about the newer Bahá'í email lists, and for up-to-date discussions of computer technology in the Bahá'í community, join our email list "Tech," bahai-library-lists.com/tech.
Keywords: Internet

Summary Statement of the ANISA Model - Jordan,Daniel C. (1974)
ANISA is a comprehensive educational system defined by specifications which insure its replicability, evaluation, and refinement. Its objectives are the actualization of human potential and explanations of how to achieve them.
Keywords: Alfred North Whitehead; Anisa Educational Model; Dan Jordan; Education; Philosophy; Process philosophy

Summon Up Remembrance - Gail,Marzieh (George Ronald, 1987)
Memoir left by Ali-Kuli Khan, one of the first translators of Bahá'í Writings; writings of his wife Florence; other family papers and memories.
See also Arches of the Years. Also available as a Word document (proofed by M. Thomas) and as a scan of the original [21 MB]. See also just the image plates. Text from Ocean. Purchase book from grbooks.com.
Keywords: Arminius Vambery; Biography; Burial (funeral); Cremation; Culture, Persian; Florence Breed; Hair, fur and bones; Interracial marriage; Iran (documents); Marzieh Gail; Pilgrims notes; Race; Taaruf (Tarof); Tablet of Cremation; Translation; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Alí Kulí Khán

Summons of the Lord of Hosts - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá’í World Centre, 2002)
A collection of the tablets of Baháʼu'lláh, written to the kings and rulers of the world during his exile in Adrianople and in the early years of his exile to the fortress town of Acre.
Original digital version provided by the Bahá'í World Center, online at bahai.org/library. Add or read links or comments pertaining to The Summons of the Lord of Hosts here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Czar Alexander II; Fuad Páshá; Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha); Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II); Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III); Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX); Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Napoleon III; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Peace; Pope Pius IX; Queen Victoria; Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings); Suriy-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Tablets to kings and rulers; World peace

Summons of the Lord of Hosts: Cross-Referenced to Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, the Leiden List, and Other Works - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Keywords: Cross-reference; Leiden List; Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); Tablets to kings and rulers

Sunburst - Schopflocher,Lorol (Rider & Co., 1937)
Autobiography of the life story, and travels on behalf of the Bahá'í Faith, of prominent socialite and wife of the Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher. (Author name misspelled as Shofflocher.)
Some related links: See Siegfried Schopflocher's profile on the NSA of Canada website; see bahaichronicles.org/florence-lorol-schopflocher; and see various mentions in Bahá'í World Volume 8.
Keywords: Biography; Lorol Schopflocher; Siegfried Schopflocher

SunWALK: A Bahá'í-inspired Model of Education - Prentice,Roger (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
A model for a spiritualizing pedagogy based on development of the individual's Caring, Creative and Critical abilities, developed within the Community (the 4Cs), inspired by the light of higher-order values.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #58, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 8-11, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/58/prentice_pedagogy.
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Irfan Colloquia; Knowledge

Supplication To the Believers of God and the Maid-servants of the Merciful, Portland, Oregon: 1914 August 4 - Abdul-Bahá (Star of the West, 1914)
Text, and photograph of a small poster, of a translation of a one-paragraph Tablet.
There is no date on this document or translator listed. The poster below was found in a box in the Portland archives, and was probably printed for distribution in the community for an occasion. The letter was published in Star of the West, Vol. 5 #11 (Sept. 27, 1914), with the date for the tablet as August 4, 1914, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Syria, Asiatic Turkey. See this page in Star of the West. See also Letter to the Portland Spiritual Assembly (1914-10) and Letter to the Believers in Portland, Oregon (1914-06).

Supplications by Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Collection of two-hundred provisionally translated prayers and supplications. Link to translator's website for PDF download.
See joshuahalltranslations.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Prayer; Prayer texts

Supreme Tribunal (Mahkamiy-i-Kubra) - Nakhjavani,Ali (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Meaning of "Bahá'í Court" in the writings of the Guardian and how it compares with the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Mirrored here with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/nakhjavani_tribunal.
Keywords: Government; Supreme Tribunal; United Nations; World order; `Alí Nakhjavání

Sur l'histoire de la première lettre du Báb envoyée à Bahá'u'lláh - Balyuzi,Hasan M. (2020)
Extrait du livre de H. M.Balyuzi, Bahá'u'lláh The King of Glory (George Ronald, 1980, pp. 35-37), contant l'histoire de la première lettre du Báb envoyée à Bahá’u’lláh. Traduction française provisoire.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, The

Surah of God - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1992)
Includes essay about the "Most Great Separation" (1866) and historical events in Bahá'u'lláh's household in the mid-1860s.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Edirne, Turkey; Most Great Separation; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Súratu'lláh (Surah of God); Turkey

Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán) - Bahá'u'lláh (Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, 1968)
The Surah of Sorrows is Bahá'u'lláh's lament for his predecessor, The Bab. [Late Edirne/Adrianople period, 1867-68.] This Tablet was addressed to `Ali Sayyah Maraghih-`i: See `Abdu'l-Hamid Ishraq-Khavari, Ganj-i Shayigan (Tehran: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 124 B.E.).
Keywords: Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows)

Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-Qadir) - Bahá'u'lláh (2000)
Short tablet on the virtues and meaning of qadir, one of the 99 names of God
Mirrored from h-net.org/~bahai/trans/vol4/qadir.htm.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; God, Names of; Qadir (Almighty); Surat al-Qadir (Surah of the Almighty)

Surah of the Arabs - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Tablet revealed in the early `Akká period to the Bahá'ís of Arab extraction living in Iráq.
This Surah is also discussed in Ramsey Zeine's Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, Part I (1753-1863).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs)

Surah of the Companions - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
One of Bahá'u'lláh's first public proclamatory tablets, following his private proclamation in 1863.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

Súrah of the Pen: Súratu'l-Qalam - Bahá'u'lláh (2002)
Prepared by a group of contributors to the "Tarjuman" translation email list.
Translated by Franklin Lewis, Peter Terry, Moojan Momen, Kavian Milani, J. Vahid Brown and Ismael Velasco. The translation is based on Athar-i-Qalam-i-Alá,Vol. 4, pp 258-267 and Risáli-yi-Tasbih-u-Tahlil, pp. 124-139. The two sources are cited below as "AQA" and "TT".
Keywords: Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Keywords: Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice)

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h): Revealed for Siyyid Ja'far-i-Yazdí - Bahá'u'lláh (2012)
A tablet in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies with God and speaks as His mouthpiece, describes the appearance of the Prophets from Adam to the Báb, counsels the learned to be ready for the Promised One, and refers to his enemy Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn-i-Tihrání.
Mirrored with permission from nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=tablet145. The Leiden List titles this "Sura of the Counsel" and dates it to Baghdad, circa 1861-1862. See discussion of this tablet in Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh vol. 1.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel)

Surih of the Sun (Súriy-i-Vash-Shams): Introduction and Commentary - Cole,Juan (1994)
Overview of a tablet of Bahá'u'lláh touching on matters of interpretation and theology.
Add comments or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Commentaries; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Quran; Sun; Symbolism; Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

Surih of Visitation - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
Addressing Mulla Husayn's sister Leaf of Paradise, Bahá'u'lláh recounts the oppression of past prophets at the hands of an adversary, tells of his own sufferings, affirms his spiritual victory, and reveals a prayer of visitation for the Báb.
Original published in Athar Qalam al-A`la vol. 2. See also an earlier translation by Will McCants (2002). To comment on or improve this translation, please email the translator.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Mulla Husayn; Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn); Tablets of Visitation; Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Husayn; Varaqatu’l-Firdaws (Leaf of Paradise, Mulla Husayns sister)

Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1998)
The problems of consumption and their solutions.
Presented at the 2nd International Conference of the Environment Forum, 6-8 November, 1998, De Poort, The Netherlands. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl98c.htm.
Keywords: Consumption; Prosperity; Sustainable development

Sustainable Development and Prosperity - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
The goal of development is to achieve prosperity, but prosperity has multiple dimensions, it’s not just something material, but also includes environmental, social, and spiritual prosperity.
Unedited transcript of a conference lecture. Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Prosperity; Sustainable development

Sustainable Development and the Environment of the World: An Overview - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1997)
Presented at the International Bahá'í Environment Conference, de Poort Netherlands, 24-26 October 1997. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl97d.htm.
Keywords: Environment; Sustainable development

Sustainable Development, A Bahá'í View: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1995)
Keywords: Introductory; Sustainable development

Sweet and Enchanting Stories - Rohani,Aziz, compiler (Juxta Publishing Co., 2005)
Stories and memoirs by and about ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Zia Baghdadi, ‘Ali Akbar Furutan, Adib Tahirzadih, Abul-Qasim Faizi, and other loved and historic figures.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/sweet-and-enchanting-stories. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í history; Biography; Stories; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Sweet Scented Dreams: Poems for Devotion - Herrmann,Duane L. (n.p., 2011)
Selection of twelve poems of a devotional nature from a Bahá'í perspective, some previously published individually.
Keywords: Poetry

Sydney Sprague: In Memoriam - Hatch,Willard P. (Baha'i World, 1945)
Sprague (1875-1943) was an American Bahá’í who traveled the East to promote the religion in the early 1900s. He became alienated from the Bahá’í community at some point but reconciled shortly before his passing.
See also Sprague's book A Year With the Bahá'ís of India and Burma.
Keywords: Biography; In Memoriam; Sydney Sprague

Symbol and Secret and Revisioning the Sacred: Reviews - Winters,Jonah (Iranian Studies, 1999)
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Revisioning the Sacred (book)

Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan - Buck,Christopher (1995)
Comparative study of tafsir, exegesis, and theology in the Qur'an and the Kitab-i-Iqan. Includes Persian translation.
See also the following reviews of this book: Review by Frank Lewis, in Bahá'í Studies Review, vol. 6 (1996); Review by Jonah Winters, in Iranian Studies 32:1 (1999); and Review by Jonah Winters, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 9:3 (1999). See also An Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude and Dating Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude (offsite). See also the original final chapter, published as "Bahá'u'lláh as World Reformer." Also available in Persian, translated by Khosrow Dehghani: Ramz va Raz. This online version was first scanned partly by Duane Troxel in 1996 and partly by Jonah Winters in 1997. It was then proofread by Lynn Jaluvka in 1998, Nicholas Sanders in 2006, and Bobbi Lyons in 2012. It was formatted by Winters in 1997 and by Christopher Buck in 2012. It was further edited by Lyons and Buck in 2012. More updates and corrections 2021 and 2024 (see details in Acknowledgements, p. xiii of the PDF below).
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Baghdad, Iraq; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt; Finality; India; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Iran (documents); Iraq; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lithography; Mumbai, India; Seal of the Prophets; Symbolism; Tehran, Iran

Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review - Winters,Jonah (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
See also original scan.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Symbolism

Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review - Lewis,Frank (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quran; Symbolism

Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Bahá'í traditions - McCarron,Michael (1997)
Introduction to some meanings of the various realms of God.
This writer uses the given names for figures known more commonly by their "divine" names: "Mirza Husayn-'Ali" is Bahá'u'lláh, "Sayyid 'Ali-Muhammad" is The Bab, and "Effendi" is Abbas Effendi, i.e. Abdu'l-Bahá. This article is somewhat unpolished and may contain errors.
Keywords: Cosmology; Creation; God, Worlds of; Philosophy; Sufism

"Symbolism in the Badí' Calendar," by Robin Mihrshahi: Review - Velasco,Ismael (2004)
Keywords: Arc of ascent and descent; Badi calendar; Cosmology; Numerology; Symbolism

Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God - Rollins,Cal E. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
Stevens’s novel records impressions of the Bahá'í community in ‘Akká and Haifa in 1911. The two main characters are moving through an "individuation process" which could lead them to the Bahá'í Faith. Jungian literary criticism explains the symbolism.
See also The Mountain of God excerpts (Stevens, 1911), and see a review.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Carl Gustav Jung; E.S. Drower (E.S. Stevens); Haifa, Israel; Literature; Literature, English; Mount Carmel; `Abdu'l-Bahá

"Symbols of Individuation in E. S. Stevens's The Mountain of God," by Cal E. Rollins: Review - Woodman,Ross (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
See also original article, and see excerpts from The Mountain of God (Stevens, 1911).
Keywords: Carl Gustav Jung

Symbols of Transformation: The Gardens and Terraces on Mount Carmel - Afnan,Elham (Baha'i World, 2002)
Article, with photo gallery, about the development, design, and philosophy of the terraces surrounding the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel in Haifa.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, in the series Bahá'í Community and Administrative System.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Environment; Gardens; Haifa, Israel; Letters of the Living; Mount Carmel; Nature; Nine concentric circles; Symbolism; Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa)

Synopsis and Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í World Center, 1973)
Original 1973 version, different than the version incorporated in the 1992 English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
This is the original, incomplete version released in 1973. Not only does the old preface and introduction presented here contain different information than that in the completed and updated newer version and not only do the notes of this older printing use different wording, but the older notes even have some descriptions not detailed in the newer version (though the newer version mostly incorporates them). To take one example, in note 26 on pilgrimage, there is information not contained in the notes of the new edition. There are also links from within the synopsis leading to the notes, thereby indicating in some cases more clearly what synopsis item pertains to which paragraph. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Cross-reference; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Synopsis; Laws; Outlines and summaries

Synopsis of the Bahá'í Administrative Order - Finks,Oni A.
Chart showing relationships between different levels, and functions, of the Bahá'í Institutions.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date not given; after Bahá'í News #64 (July 1932).
Keywords: Administrative Order; Outlines and summaries; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

Systems Approach in the World Heritage Site Bahá'í Gardens - Jakulin,Tadeja Jere (Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 2023)
Functioning and management of the Bahá'í gardens in harmony with the social environment, the natural surroundings, pilgrims, and tourists; the interplay between theory and the practical application of systems thinking for tourism and UNESCO heritage.
Hosted by Creative Commons at academica.turistica.si/index.php/AT-TIJ/article/view/536.
Keywords: Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Haifa, Israel; Systems theory

Tabla a los Cristianos - Bahá'u'lláh
Spanish translation of "Tablet to the Christians," also known as "Most Holy Tablet", from Tablas de Bahá'u'lláh Reveledas Despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet)

Tabla de 'Abdu'l-Bahá a Amír Khan - Abdul-Bahá (2007)
Traducción provisional de la traducción inglesa publicada en Messengers of God in North America, Revisited: An Exegesis of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán by Christopher Buck and Donald Addison published in Online Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 1, page 206.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Native American messengers; Native Americans; Tablet to Amir Khan; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tabla de Ahmad - Bahá'u'lláh
Spanish translation of Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic))

Tabla de Fuego - Bahá'u'lláh
Spanish translation of the English translation "The Fire Tablet" of the Arabic Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqa`l-Mukhlisún.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Qad-Ihtaraqal-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet)

Tabla de la Medicina - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
Spanish translation of Lawh-i-Tibb, from an English translation by S. Lambden.
English translation from Persian by Stephen Lambden, online at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu; Spanish translation from his English by Hasan Elias. Translation first posted by Elias in 2004, using English translated by K. Fananpazir; updated 2022 working from Lambden's version.
Keywords: Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle

Tabla de la Sabiduría: preguntas y respuestas - Abdul-Bahá (Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, the Life and Times of England's Outstanding Bahá'í Pioneer Worker, 1995)
Traducción provisional de una traducción autorizada de Tablas no publicadas de 'Abdu'l-Bahá dirigida a Ethel Rosenberg en 1906 en respuesta a sus preguntas sobre la Tabla de la Sabiduría.
Traducción al español de la traducción al inglés preparada por el Departamento de Investigación, Centro Mundial Bahá'í.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Questions and answers

Tablas de Baha'u'llah Reveladas despues del Kitab-i-Aqdas - Bahá'u'lláh (1988)
Spanish translation (date unknown) of Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1988).
Keywords: Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Tablas del Plan Divino, Las - Abdul-Bahá
Spanish translation of Tablets of the Divine Plan.
Keywords: Tablets of the Divine Plan

Table Talks and Notes Taken at Acca - True,Corinne; Hadi,Mirza (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1907)
Notes of a pilgrimage in 1907, and Abdu'l-Bahá's answers to questions posed by True, published as a book.
PDF below from Microsoft Word version prepared from original html by Mike Thomas (2022). See also Authorized translation of the table talks (BWC, 2018).
Keywords: Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Akka, Israel; Corinne True; Pilgrims notes; Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká

Table Talks at Acca - Agnew,Arthur S. (1907)
Description of his visit to 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Akká in 1907 by an early American Bahá'í.
This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Akka, Israel; Pilgrims notes

Table Talks with Abdu'l-Baha - Winterburn,George F.; Winterburn,Rosa V. (Bahá'í Publishing Society, 1908)
Lengthy notes taken in February 1904, published as a 32-page book in July 1908 at the request of Thornton Chase.
The names on the manuscript copy of these notes read "Geo T. and Mrs. Winterburn," but presumably the correct and full names are George F. and Rosa V. Winterburn. See many mentions of the Winterburns, and brief discussions of the publication of these notes as a book, in Stockman's Notes from the National Bahá'í Archives on the Chicago House of Spirituality and Notes on the Thornton Chase Papers. This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Akka, Israel; Pilgrims notes; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Tablet (Lawh) in Bahá'í Usage - Lawson,Todd (2005)
Meanings of the common Bahá'í terms lawh (tablet), ketáb (book), sahífa (treatise), resála (epistle), etc.
Keywords: Chrysolite; Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Kitáb (book); Lawh (tablet); Light; Prophecies; Return; Risala (epistle); Sahifa (treatise); Typology; Words and phrases

Tablet 27 Feb 1913 to Graham Pole (Secretary General Theosophical Society) - Abdul-Bahá (1913)
Tablet to Graham Pole, Secretary General of the Theosophical Society (Scotland), from France, 27 Feb 1913. Original translation by Ahmad Sohrab.
Typed from the original in the Edinburgh Archives.
Keywords: Edinburgh, Scotland; Graham Pole; Scotland; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet about Jonah and the Whale - Abdul-Bahá (1893)
Short Tablet for an Iranian Baháʼí named Yúnis (Jonah), discussing the story of Jonah and the whale. Translated in the early 20th century by Ameen Fareed.
Source for the translation:
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jonah (Bible); Judaism; Metaphors and allegories

Tablet Concerning Covenant-Breakers: Excerpt - Abdul-Bahá (1998)
Translation, posted to email list, of a portion of a Tablet revealed on the occasion of the expulsion of Tamaddunu'l-Mulk, who had caused dissension in Tehran around 1913.
Keywords: Covenant-breaking; Iran (documents); Tablet concerning Covenant-Breakers; Tehran, Iran; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet Concerning the Day of the Martyrdom of His Holiness, the Exalted One: Le Tablette Concernant l'Anniversaire du Martyre de Sa Sainteté, Exaltée - Abdul-Bahá (Ayyam-i-Tis'ih [The Nine Days], 1981)
Three translations: a French version by Rochan Mavaddat, an English rendering from the French by Peter Terry, and an English translation from the original Persian by Khazeh Fananapazir.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet from Our Lord, Abbas Effendi, Presented by Abdel Karim Effendi, to the American Beloved, and Tablet from the Master - Abdul-Bahá (Home Circle Assembly, Publishers)
Two Tablets self-published in the early 1900s. (Date of illustration 1889.) Translator and context not given.
Keywords: Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani; Covenant; Crescent (symbol); Cross (symbol); Metaphors and allegories; Moon; Sacrifice; Stars; Symbolism; Tree of Life; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha Concerning Arius - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Arius was an early Christian theologian whose rejection of the Trinity, Abdu'l-Bahá said, destroyed the unity of the Church.
Letter about a Christian theologian who lived about 400 C.E. and who emphasized that Jesus Christ was subordinate to God the Father. His approach discarded the trinity (where Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all equal) but in the process he also destroyed the divinity of Christ. The memo consists of comments by `Abdu'l-Bahá about Arius's theology but, more importantly, his destruction of the unity of the church. Transmitted by email, via recipient. See also Compilation of Extracts Regarding Arius.
Keywords: Arius; Christianity; Covenant; Interfaith dialogue; Research Department, Questions and answers; Trinity; Unity

Tablet of Abdu'l-Bahá to Shoghi Effendi: With Introduction by Zia Bagdadi - Abdul-Bahá (1902)
One-paragraph Tablet revealed for the Guardian when he was five years old, followed by an explanation by Zia Bagdadi, translator.
This tablet is undated; Shoghi Effendi was born March 1, 1897, placing this tablet in 1902 or early 1903. From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi; Zia Bagdadi; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of Ahmad and Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Date of publications of translations of the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
Add or read comments or links pertaining to the Tablet of Ahmad here and for the Tablet of the Holy Mariner here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Maid of Heaven; Research Department, Questions and answers

Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Analysis of Figurative Language in the Tablet of Ahmad - Skrenes,Ruhiyyih (1998)
Introductory analysis of the metaphors and symbols used in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year one
Keywords: Both worlds; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Symbolism; Words and phrases

Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1984)
What follows is my translation of the Lawh-i kull al-ta`am ("Tablet of All Food"; c. 1854 CE). Various texts were consulted though I mostly followed the superior ms in INBA 36:268-277. The texts printed in Ishraq Khavari's Ma'ida-yi Asmani (4:265-276) and *Rahiq-i makhtum* (2:416-426) contain quite a few textual errors. No critical edition exists. [-S.L.] Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2024).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Cosmology; Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food)

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Afnani,Muin; Lambden,Stephen; Momen,Moojan (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'ám (Tablet of All Food); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Translation of Súriy-i-Damm.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Suriy-i-Damm (Tablet of Blood)

Tablet of Consolation - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Letter to an early believer following the death of his father, in which Bahá'u'lláh teaches that death should not be a cause of grief, but is a transition in the journey of drawing nearer to God, who is the true source of comfort and solace.
Commissioned by and mirrored with permission from Windflower Translations. See also Arabic side by side with the English translation.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Death; Lawh-i Taziya (Tablet of Consolation); Life after death (afterlife); Soul

Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq) - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
Tablet revealed in Firayjat, a place where Bahá’u’lláh stayed in Baghdad, which is about 5km north of the Riḍván Garden. Translator, date, and source unknown. Includes scan of the original Arabic, and background materials including excerpt from Balyuzi.
See detailed chronology and more references here: locations/Firayjat.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Firayjat, Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Lawh-i-Firayjat (Tablet of Firayját)

Tablet of Glad-Tidings: A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen - Buck,Christopher; Buck,Nahzy Abadi (2012)
The Lawh-i-Bishárát as a Proclamatory Aqdas and public announcement of principles from 'The Most Holy Book'; a proclamation to scholars and statesmen; Cambridge manuscripts from the E.G. Browne Collection; response to modernity; Persian original.
Presentation at Grand Canyon Bahá'í Conference, Phoenix Arizona, December 24 2012. See also Buck's article Bahá'u'lláh's Bishárát (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen.
Keywords: Baron Rosen; Bisharat (Glad Tidings); Cambridge, England; E. G. Browne; Proclamation; Reform; United Kingdom

Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih yá Bisharát) - Bahá'u'lláh (1983)
Two versions: a literalistic translation by Stephen Lambden and a poetic one by Sen McGlinn.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Glad Tidings; Lawh-i Halih, Halih, Halih ya Bisharat (Tablet of Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah O Glad Tidings)

Tablet of Holiness - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
An ethical exhortation stressing humanity's oneness and common origin, addressed to Arab Bahá'ís in Baghdad.
Original published in Athar Qalam al-A`la vol. 2. To comment on or improve this translation, please email the translator. In Partial Inventory, ID BH01394, this is titled Lawh-i-Quds 1 (Lawh-i-A'rabi). [-A.B.]
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Quds or Lawh-i-A'rabi (Tablet of Holiness); Unity of humanity

Tablet of Joseph (Lawh-i Yusuf) - Bahá'u'lláh (Untitled 1904 compilation, 1904)
Editor's note: Found in the Barstow Collection. The 1904 mimeographed original is in the Barstow Collection, in the possession of Thellie Lovejoy. This is an approximate facsimile, preserving most of the typing and spelling errors but not copying the layout of the original. "Volume 1" as mentioned in the cover letter is a 38 page document. It also includes the Tablet of Wisdom and extracts from the Hidden Words. The copy I possess is on professionally printed mimeographed pages held together by two brads. It has off white outside cover pages on the front and back, a little more sturdy than the rest, with "VOLUME 1" along with the publisher's name and address are printed on the front outside cover page. This copy is in excellent condition. "Zuna S. Larson 1928," is in handwriting on inside of front cover. -T.L.
Keywords: Anton Haddad; Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph)

Tablet of Maqsud - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Date of the revelation of the Tablet of Maqsúd and its mention of "Two great powers."
Keywords: Dating of Writings; France; History (general); Jews; Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Research Department, Questions and answers; Russia; Two great powers (Lawh-i-Maqsud); Words and phrases

Tablet of Maqsúd (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Guidance on Human Nature and Leadership - Neshati,Ramin (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
Reference to human aptitude and potential being contingent upon education; the need for a global conclave of world leaders and a common language and script; Prophets as intermediaries between God and creation; and praise for the Prophet Muhammad.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #40, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 23-26, 2002). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/40/neshati_maqsud.
Keywords: Collective security; Colonialism and imperialism; Education; History (general); Human nature; Irfan Colloquia; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Leadership; Talismans

Tablet of Medicine (Lawh-i-Tibb) - Bahá'u'lláh
An anonymous translation of the Tablet to a Physician.
Typed by Jera Jones from an undated typescript found in the Barstow Collection. Translator unknown. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. See other translations and study guides: bahai-library.com/title/tibb.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Health and healing; Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet to a Physician); Lifestyle

Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq) - Bahá'u'lláh (1998)
Mirrored with permission from personal.umich.edu/~jrcole.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Birds; Iraq; Istanbul, Turkey; Lawh-i-Bulbulul-Firaq (Tablet of Nightingale of Separation); Nightingales; Poetry; Turkey

Tablet of Patience (Surih Sabr): Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh and Selected Topics - Seddigh,Foad (Lights of Irfan, 2014)
This significant Tablet from Ridvan 1863 covers the Seal of the Prophets, appearance and presence of God, resurrection, and the Qayyum al-Asma. Includes context of Bahá'u'lláh's life and troubles during this period.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Sessions #123 and #125 (2014). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/125/seddigh_sabr.
Keywords: Attainment unto the Divine presence; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bible; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Golden calf; Hájí Muhammad-Taqi Nayrizi; Imam Husayn; Imams; Iran (documents); Iraq; Job (Bible); Metaphors and allegories; Nayriz upheaval; Nayriz, Iran; Patience; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Ridván; Samiri; Seal of the Prophets; Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job); Upheavals; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi)

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
A notable, and lengthy, tablet from 1863. Translation includes many footnotes, including for all the Qur’anic references found in the Tablet, as well as a short introduction to the Prophet Job offered by the Rev. C. I. Scofield.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Job (Bible); Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

Tablet of Patience, or Tablet of Job (Súrih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyúb) - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
A notable, and lengthy, tablet from 1863.
In 1863, on the first day of His arrival at the garden of Ridvan, Bahá'u'lláh revealed a singularly important Tablet known as Suriy-i Sabr (Surih of Patience), or Lawh-i Ayyub (the Tablet of Job), thus named in memory of one of the survivors of the first Nayriz martyrdoms, Haji Muhammad Taqiy-i Nayrizi, surnamed Ayyub. [- Ahang Rabbani] See also an updated version of this translation annotated by Dalton Garis. See also a version with paragraph numbers added, prepared by K. Webb for her "Exploration of the Intent of the Surih-i-Sabr", at bahaullah_surih_sabr_numbered.pdf.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Job (Bible); Patience; Promised One; Prophecies; Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj): Baghdad - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism, 1994)
A provisional English translation of instructions by Bahá'u'lláh for pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad.
See also Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb in Shiraz.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq; Pilgrimage; Prayers for pilgrimage; Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh)

Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb (Suriy-i-Hajj): Shiraz - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism, 1994)
See also Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad.
Keywords: Báb, House of (Shiraz); Iran (documents); Pilgrimage; Prayers for pilgrimage; Shíráz, Iran; Suriy-i-Hajj (Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of the Báb)

Tablet of Purity - Abdul-Bahá (Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 1978)
Emphasizing purity, cleanliness, and abstinence from harmful habits, linking physical refinement to spiritual growth.
Posted here as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes. Mirrored from bahai.org/library. See complete book.
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol; Beauty; Chastity; Cleanliness; Drugs; Fragrance; Health and healing; Heart; Lawh-i-Tanzih va Taqdis (Tablet of Chastity and Purity); Music; Prayer texts; Purity; Self-control; Sikhism; Smoking (tobacco); Spirituality; Water (metaphor); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan); Outlines and summaries; Ridván; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Ridván (Lawh-i-Ridván): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Troxel,Duane; Cole,Juan; Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ridvan (Tablets of Ridvan); Ridván; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Seven Questions (Lawh-i-haft purish) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1993)
See complete journal online at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/journals/bsb and this article at here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Haft Pursish (Tablet of Seven Questions); Tabernacle of Unity (book)

Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand): Excerpt - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i World, 1986)
This excerpt of the Tablet Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand is from The Bahá'í World, vol. XVIII, Section I entitled "Excerpts from Fire and Light", p. 11, in the section of Bahá'u'lláh's Writings. A footnote states of the compilation that "All but No. XI are excerpts translated by Mr. Habib Taherzadeh, with the assistance of a Committee at the Bahá'í World Centre, from Fire and Light [Nár va Núr] (Hofheim-Langenhain: Bahá'í Verlag, 1982), a compilation from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi."
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Fire and Light (compilation); Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand)

Tablet of Shikkar Shikan (Shikkar Shikkan Shavand): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Hai,Iskandar; Ayman,Iraj (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand); Parrots; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand - Bahá'u'lláh (2003)
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Shikkar Shikan (Tablet of Shikkar Shikan Shavand); Parrots

Tablet of Splendors (Lawh-i-Ishráqát): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Overview - Taherzadeh,Adib; Nabil-i-Azam (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Abjad system; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters); Light verse (Quran); Quran; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: What on earth is a disconnected letter? Baha'u'llah's commentary - Marshall,Alison (1999)
The meaning of the Arabic letters alif, lam, mim, as explained in Bahá'u'lláh's tablet Tafsir hurufat al-maqatt’ah. Includes List of disconnected letters in the Qur'an and Abjad values of the Arabic letters.
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year two
Keywords: Abjad system; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Huruf (letters); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters); Letters of the Living; Light; Light verse (Quran); Nuqta (Point); Pen; Quran

Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Abjad system; Alchemy; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Huruf (letters); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh-i-Ayat-i-Nur or Tafsir-i-Hurufat-i-Muqatta'ih (Tablet of the Verse of Light or Commentary on the Disconnected Letters); Letters of the Living; Light; Light verse (Quran); Nuqta (Point); Pen; Quran; Seal of the Prophets; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Báb found in British Museum - Mathews,Loulie (Star of the West, 1931)
Anecdote about the discovery of the Star Tablet of the Báb at the British Museum in London.
Mirrored from bahai.works.
Keywords: British Museum and British Library; E. G. Browne; Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); London, England; Loulie A. Mathews; Tawqi'a haykal (Star Tablet of the Báb); United Kingdom; Wanden La Farge

Tablet of the Báb Lawh-i-Vasaya, "Will and Testament"; Titles of Mírzá Yahyá - Universal House of Justice (2004)
Two questions: on the Tablet of the Bab "Lawh-i-Vasaya: The Will and Testament"; the nature of the appointment and titles of Mírzá Yahyá. Includes two attachments: Tablet of the Bab Lawh-i-Vasaya and excerpt from Making the Crooked Straight.
Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Lawh-i-Vasaya; Mustaghath; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Promised One; Research Department, Questions and answers

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Naqus) - Bahá'u'lláh (Rituals in Babism and Bahá'ísm, 1994)
Translation of a tablet written in Istanbul in fall, 1863 in honor of the Declaration of the Bab. Also known as Subhánáka-Yá-Hú, or "Praised be Thou, O He!"
Text from A di'a, pp. 141-53; Ayyam-i tis'a, pp. 100-6.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Náqús) of Bahá'u'lláh - Lambden,Stephen (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
Translation of and introduction to a poem by Baha'ullah using mystical language to impart a theophanic proclamation.
See also Notes about this Tablet. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lambden_bell.
Keywords: Irfan Colloquia; Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell)

Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i-Naqus), also known as Tablet of Praised be Thou, O He (Subhánika-Yá-hu): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Lambden,Stephen; Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Bell (Tablet for the Feast of Ridvan) - Bahá'u'lláh
Tablet revealed in declaration of Bahá'u'lláh's mission; to be recited at the Feast of Ridván. More commonly known as the "Tablet of the Bell," Khan and Gail titled this translation "Tablet for the Feast of Ridvan" because of the word Paradise in line 1.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Naqus (Tablet of the Bell); Marzieh Gail; `Alí Kulí Khán

Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i World Faith, 1966)
This rendering of the "Tablet of the Branch" (available originally in Bahá'í World Faith) has been referred to as "rather poorly translated" in a letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi in Light of Divine Guidance, vol. I, p. 65. An authoritative translation was added as an overlay to the text below in red, allowing hovering of the mouse over the red text (using a modern browser), to show a tooltip with the more up-to-date and authoritative translation made by Shoghi Effendi for that passage as published in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. However, there is now a complete, still newer, authorized translation of this Tablet, published in 'Days of Remembrance' (2017). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn) - Shodjai,Foad (1999)
History and summary of this Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch)

Tablet of the Branch (Súrih-i-Ghusn): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Suriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Centennial - Shoghi Effendi (1998)
Partial translation of an epistle to the Persian-speaking Bahá'ís, written shortly after "God Passes By" in 1944. Includes English translation of Muhammad Varqa's "Le Style persan du Gardien."
PDF below from Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2012/2023). The original text, in Arabic and Persian, can be found at bahai.org/fa/library.
Keywords: Arabic language; Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Bahá'í history; Báb, Declaration of; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Bábí history; Centenaries; God Passes By (book); Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Iran (documents); Lawh-i-Qarn (Tablet of the Centennial); Names and titles; Night of Power; Persian language; Poetry; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Shíráz, Iran

Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
See discussion of this Tablet in John Walbridge Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, an early draft of work later abridged for Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time (Oxford: George Ronald, 1996). An authorized translation of this Tablet was published in Days of Remembrance (section 27).
Keywords: Lawh-i-Ghulamul-Khuld (Tablet of the Immortal Youth); Maid of Heaven

Tablet of The Desired One (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Universal House of Justice; Cole,Juan (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Collective security; Colonialism and imperialism; Democracy; Egypt; History (general); Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Peace; Politics; Research Department, Questions and answers; Two great powers (Lawh-i-Maqsud); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Fig and the Olive - Abdul-Bahá (Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
See also translator's introduction to this Tablet. Also available as a formatted PDF, as published in BSR: alkan_fig_olive_bsr10.pdf.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran; Tree (metaphor); Turkish language; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Tablet of the Garden of Ridván (Lawh-i-Bágh-i-Ridván) - Bahá'u'lláh
Short tablet from the late ’Akká period, revealed during one of Bahá’u’lláh’s visits to the small house inside the Garden of Ridván where he joined the believers for feasting.
Copied from The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol. 4 (Oxford, George Ronald, 1987), pp. 15-16. Translator not identified. An updated, authorized version of this translation has been prepared by the Bahá'í World Centre, in Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2023).
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Gardens; Lawh-i-Bagh-i-Ridvan (Tablet of the Garden of Ridvan); Radiyyih (sister of Munirih Khanum); Ridván garden (Akká); Trees

Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) - Bahá'u'lláh (2022)
Composite authoritative and provisional translation, partially from Gleanings section 27.
Mirrored with permission from joshuahalltranslations.com, which includes the below interlinear file containing the original Persian. See bahai9.com for some comments on behalf of Shoghi Effendi regarding creation "out of utter nothingness" and the cleansing of mirrors.
Keywords: Creation; God; Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd (Tablet of the Gems of Unity); Manifestations of God; Mirrors; Patience; Tests and difficulties; Tree (metaphor)

Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Bahá'u'lláh (1924)
Complete tablet, both the Arabic (official translation) and the Persian (provisional translation) sections.
Arabic section translated by Shoghi Effendi and published in Bahá’í Prayers; Persian section translated by Mehran Ghasempour and posted to Tarjuman, 2002; web edition of complete Tablet prepared by Mehdi Wolf. See also authorized translation from the Arabic on bahai.org/library and bahaiprayers.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Poetry of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven; Poetry

Tablet of the Holy Mariner - Bahá'u'lláh (1999)
Provisional translations of both the Persian and Arabic sections of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
Mirrored from h-net.org.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven

Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations - Mboya,Aziz (2000)
Includes a provisional translation of the Persian part of this Tablet, and. two compilations on the Lesser prophets, and mini-compilations on 82 topics: "angels," "apostles," "balance," "clouds," "Maid of Heaven," "trumpet," "Youth," etc.
Custom formatting and colors by the author. See also the Tablet of the Holy Mariner (authorized translation from the Arabic part, as published in Bahá'í prayer books. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Ephrem; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven; Metaphors and allegories; Prophecies; Throne; Words and phrases; Youth (title)

Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Persian); Maid of Heaven; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Sours,Michael W.; Winters,Jonah (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner, Arabic); Maid of Heaven; Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the translation by Juan Cole.
Following this guidance from the Universal House of Justice, Cole's translation of the Lawh-i-Huriyyih is not on this website (but can be found elsewhere online).
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Lawh-i-Huriyyih (Tablet of the Maiden); Maid of Heaven; Research Department, Questions and answers; Sufism

Tablet of the Manifestation (Lawh-i-Zuhur) - Bahá'u'lláh (1998)
Translator unknown. This is the same as the translation in Bahá'í Scriptures, pp. 204-208, with slight variations (e.g. capitalization and the last sentence).
Keywords: Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation)

Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur) - Bahá'u'lláh (2023)
Tablet on the metaphysical reality of the Manifestations of God, and their divine station as cosmic, "supernatural" entities.
Mirrored with permission from joshuahalltranslations.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Birds; Body; Creation; Dove (symbol); Elements; Fire; God; God, Worlds of; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Zuhur (Tablet of the Manifestation); Manifestations of God; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Philosophy; Senses; Soul; Temples; Throne; Water (metaphor)

Tablet of the Mist of the Unknown (Rashh-i-Amá) - Bahá'u'lláh (2000)
See also an authorized translation, released in 2019.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl - Cole,Juan, translator; Marshall,Alison, editor (1863)
The Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl is a short story, which reads like a fairy tale, about the search for the Beloved.
Date unknown, written sometime during Bahá'u'lláh's stay in Edirne, circa 1863-1868. Mirrored with permission from whoisbahaullah.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Birds; Crows; Edirne, Turkey; Flowers; Gul va Bulbul (Tablet of the Nightingale and the Owl); Metaphors and allegories; Most Great Separation; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Nightingales; Owls; Roses and thorns; Turkey

Tablet of the River [Tigris] - Bahá'u'lláh (1997)
Includes introduction by translator.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Iraq; Rivers; Shahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River); Tigris River

Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Text from Ishraq-Khavari, ed., Risalih-'i Tasbih va Tahlil (New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982), pp. 174-181.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb, Declaration of; Dhikr (Remembrance); Holy days; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Lawh Laylat al-Quds (Tablet of the Sacred Night, Edirne); Night of Power; Sacred Night; Sufism

Tablet of the Son (Jesus) - Cole,Juan, translator (2001)
A tablet, partly written to a Christian priest, on the effect of Christ's revelation and Bahá'u'lláh's status as the return of Christ.
Exact date unknown, written during Bahá'u'lláh's stay in Edirne. Title given by translator. Mirrored with permission from whoisbahaullah.com. See a partial explanation by the translator at h-net.org.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Jesus Christ; Prophecies; Return

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) - Walbridge,John (Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time: Bahá'í Studies volume 1, 1996)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. An older version of this piece is online at /walbridge_encyclopedia_tablet_temple
Keywords: Maid of Heaven; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal) - Walbridge,John (1999)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. See another version of this piece at https://bahai-library.com/wilmette_surih_haykal_walbridge.
Keywords: Maid of Heaven; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple)

Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Comparison with the Prophecies of Zechariah - Shawamreh,Cynthia C. (1998)
Comparison of Bahá'u'lláh's symbol of the Manifestation as "temple" and its analogues from the Hebrew Bible.
Written as homework for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Haykal and daira; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Prophecies; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Symbolism; Temples; Zechariah (Prophet)

Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal): Study Guide - Davoodi,Fariborz Alan, compiler (2017)
Lengthy study guide, with the Arabic original, compiled by a group of nine study group participants, with notes from a talk by Nader Saiedi.
Keywords: Haykal and daira; Study guides; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Symbolism; Temples