- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians (1956). — Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, the 19...
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Christopher Buck. "And universal peace — in what Book is this written?": How and Why 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified "New" and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles (2022). — Reflections on ‘Abdu’l-Baha's answer to the question "What has Baha’u’llah brought that we h...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Answered Questions, Some (2014). — 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Baha in ‘Akka between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions ...
- Universal House of Justice and Ahang Rabbani. Aqa Husayn Ashchi's narrative (1996). — A letter to the House requesting permission to translate and publish Aqa Husayn Ashchi's narrative a...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
- Brian A. Miller. Art of Translation, The (2017). — Translation is a form of art — an act of transposition, transformation, and interpretation. Illust...
- Olga Mehti. Ashgabat Collection (2019). — On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Baha'i history.
- Universal House of Justice. Authorization of Translations and the Authority of Publications from the Research Department (1994). — On the process by which new translations are authorized; the authority of translations by the Guardi...
- Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Bahá'í Prayers: Cross-reference list (2004). — Complete list of all prayers revealed by the Central Figures, sorted by Prayer Book, Author, Subject...
- Gerald Warren, comp. Bahá'í Translation Work: A Compilation (2008). — Quotations by the Central Figures, the House, and the International Teaching Centre about translatin...
- Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 18 (1979-1983) (1986). — Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
- Christopher Buck and Youli A. Ioannesyan. Bahá'u'lláh's Bishárát (Glad-Tidings): A Proclamation to Scholars and Statesmen (2010). — Historical and textual study of the one of the major writings of Baha'u'llah, and new theories as to...
- Daniel Azim Pschaida. Baha'u'llah's Long Healing Prayer: Parallel Translation and Notes on Iterations / Recensions (2019). — Comparison of minor variations between two published versions of Baha'u'llah's Long Healing Prayer, ...
- Universal House of Justice. Bible, Preferred English Translation of (1996). — While Shoghi Effendi recommended the use of the King James translation of the Bible, Baha'is are yet...
- Ted Brownstein. Black and Beautiful: Skin Color in the Biblical Song of Songs (2023). — Racial biases can be found in several translations of the biblical Song of Solomon; a look at the or...
- Anjam Khursheed. Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit (1998). — The Baha'i view of human nature involves an interaction between spirit, soul and body — these thre...
- William Ridgers. Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory, The: A Summary of Glorious Revelation (2000). — Baha'i interpretation of St. John's Book of Revelation.
- Hussein Ahdieh and Hillary Chapman. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries (2017). — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Universal House of Justice. Diacritics; meaning of (1993). — Two disparate topics: the translation style adopted by the Guardian and other considerations related...
- Dictionaries: English-Arabic (1810). — Links to Google Books and Archive.org for online versions of many English-Arabic dictionaries.
- Dictionaries: English-Persian (1841). — Links to Google Books and Archive.org for online versions of English-Persian dictionaries.
- Universal House of Justice. Dictionary Used by the Guardian (1997). — Clarification/confirmation that the English dictionary used by Shoghi Effendi was Webster's (1934).
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Difficult Art of Translation, The: Selected Extracts From Letters Written By and On Behalf of the Universal House of Justice Concerning the Translations of Shoghi Effendi (2002). — Seven selections, from 1964-1999, on various matters regarding translation.
- Amine De Mille. Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer (1973). — Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian.
- Ismael Velasco. Entering into Obligatory Prayer: Introduction and Commentary (2006). — Overview of Baha'i prayer, its historical background, and a detailed commentary on the preamble to t...
- Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011). — Six lectures series at Bosch Baha'i School, April 15-17 2011.
- Geza Farkas. God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible, by Adam Nicolson: Review (2005).
- Dergham Aqiqi and Todd Lawson. Haykal or "Star Tablet" Written in the Báb's Own Hand: Form, Content, and Provisional Translation (2021). — Detailed analysis of the content and translation of an undated haykal; the relation between the Bab...
- Peter Terry. Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg: Short Biographical Monograph (1997). — Biography of a travel-teacher, translator of the Writings into Italian, and the first pioneer to Ita...
- Universal House of Justice. Hidden Word #63; quote from Promulgation of Universal Peace (2010). — Two minor questions regarding matters of translation: a passage from Hidden Words Persian #63, and a...
- Sen McGlinn. Hidden Words: Bibliography (1998).
- Universal House of Justice. Interlinear Editions of the Bahá'í Writings (2015). — Reasons why interlinear or "parallel editions" of the Writings, in which the original Arabic or Pers...
- Jonah Winters, comp. Khatt-i-Badí' (The New Script): Transliteration and Notes (2018). — Latin transliteration of Mirza Muhammad-'Ali's "conlang" alphabet by Grover Gonzales. Includes notes...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Jonah Winters, comp. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): "Multilinear" Translation project and Glossary (1999). — Side-by-side comparisons of the authorized translation with earlier translations of Anton Haddad and...
- Suheil Badi Bushrui. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1995). — The near-similarity between the style of the Qur'an and that of the Aqdas.
- Various. Kitáb-i-Aqdas Research Tools (2018). — Links to six sites providing research materials for the Aqdas: translations, audio recitation, cross...
- Duane Troxel, comp. Kitáb-i-Íqán and the Qur'an: Quotations from the Iqan Compared with their Counterparts in Rodwell's Translation of the Qur'an (2001). — Includes table of Qur'anic quotations from the Íqan compared with their counterparts in the Qur'an,...
- Universal House of Justice. Language of Revelation and Status of Guardian's Translations (1992). — English translations as a "basis" for translations into other European languages;. Though Shoghi Eff...
- Suheil Badi Bushrui. Pierre Daoust, trans. Le Style du Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Aspects du Sublime, livre du Professeur Suheil Bushrui (2018). — Une analyse du Kitab-i-Aqdas, un ouvrage rédigé en prose rimée typique des écrits arabes les plu...
- Gerald C. Keil. Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (2021). — Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan...
- Shoghi Effendi. Letter to Dr J. W. Freudenberg, Auckland, New Zealand (1946). — Letter on behalf of Shoghi Effendi about philosophy, body, mind, soul, evolution, and about not taki...
- William P. Collins. Library and Archival Resources at the Bahá'í World Centre (1985). — Overview of the nature of the Baha'i World Centre; historical resources at the BWC; Centre for the S...
- Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu'l-Bahá et al. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Literary Style — Translation (n.d.). — Compilation including a statement from Abdu’l-Baha about translation, extracts from letters writte...
- Bahá'u'lláh Utterance Project, ed. Long Healing Prayer, The: Original Arabic, Transliteration, and Authorized English Translation (2021). — A table showing the Long Healing Prayer in Arabic, in Roman transliteration, and in translation. Inc...
- Long Obligatory Prayer: Printable, Foldable Version (2021). — Layout of the Long Obligatory Prayer designed to be printed, trimmed to pocket size, and foldable. A...
- Brian Whitaker. Lost in Translation (2002). — Transcribing Arabic into the Roman alphabet is fraught with difficulty. And in an age of electronic ...
- Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi et al. Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings, and Matters of Translation (2002). — A collection of letters about gender pronouns in Writings, a compilation concerning the translations...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Kay Lynn Morton, trans. Mathnaví-yi Mubárak (2024). — Provisional translation of a mathnavi (poem) written in Constantinople in 1863 following His initial...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Message to the Indian and Eskimo Bahá'ís of the Western Hemisphere (1969). — Letter to Native American and Inuit believers, about the assurance given in the Baha'i Writings that...
- Universal House of Justice. Mirza Mihdi, (1998). — Five unrelated questions about Mirza Mihdi; use of the title "Holy Family"; capitalization of person...
- Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi, trans. Most Holy Book, The: Parallel Translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1901). — Two translations, side-by-side: the authorized one (1992) and a more literal one by Anton Haddad (19...
- John Walbridge. Notes on the Zuhuru'l-Haqq series (1996). — Brief overview of this historical work. Includes letter from the World Centre explaining that no off...
- Virginia Orbison. Notes on Words of the Guardian (1956). — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ...
- Universal House of Justice. On "Simplified English" Translations of the Bahá'í Writings (1998). — Explanation that it is not necessary or acceptable to produce simplified "dilutions" of Shoghi Effen...
- Iraj Ayman and Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez et al. "On Human Origins: A Bahá'í Perspective," by Craig Loehle: Commentary and Responses (1991). — Ayman comments (1) on determinism vs. fate and (2) that Loehle's article doesn't take into account t...
- Christopher Buck. On Jesus' Cry from the Cross (1983). — Comments on an article by Stephen Lambden on "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"
- Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Overview of Translations of Bahá'í Texts on bahaiprayers.net (2020). — Table detailing languages and sources of all translations of Baha'i scripture available in almost 10...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Parallel Hidden Words in English (Early and Authorised) (1904). — Early Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah with authorised Version - Ibrahim Kheirella (Arabic HW, 1900), Hus...
- Universal House of Justice. Persian Manuscript of Nabíl's History (Táríkh-i-Nabíl), The (2009). — Answers to various questions, including: have any publications made use of the original manuscript u...
- Persian Translation of Arabic verses (2018). — There are no authorized Persian translations of any of the Arabic Writings; personal translations ar...
- Iraj Ayman and Robert Stockman. Persian, Arabic, and Provisional Translations (1999). — Words relating to the titles of Baha'i Writings, "Pure" Persian and "Pure" Arabic, and information o...
- Universal House of Justice. Persian-speaking Believers in Anglophone Communities (1996). — Some Persian expatriates feel deprived of participation in Baha'i gatherings because of an inability...
- Frank Lewis. Poetry as Revelation: Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak' (1999). — On Baha'u'llah and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date...
- Universal House of Justice. Prayer of the Bab "God Sufficeth...," Two versions of (1996). — The original text of the prayer "God Sufficeth" has not been found, and there may be two versions.
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). — Essay about various prayers and meditations of Baha'u'llah.
- Shoghi Effendi. Prayers of Shoghi Effendi (1994). — Why the Guardian's prayers are not translated into English.
- Universal House of Justice and Susan Maneck. Primary Source Texts, Access to (1998). — One scholar's query why the Baha'i World Centre's copies of primary sources in Babi and Baha'i histo...
- Universal House of Justice. Provisional Translations of Bahá'í Writings and their Publication (1999). — Sent by the House to a number of NSAs, publishing trusts, and publishers to say that "favorable cons...
- Universal House of Justice. Provisional Translations, Policy Concerning (1994). — Authorized vs. provisional translations of texts and the policies regarding their publication. Inclu...
- Brett Zamir, comp. Qur'án, The: Renderings by Rodwell & Sale and Multilinear Qur'án with Bahá'í References by Verse (2003). — Compilation on Islam and the Qur'an, and parallel translation of The Qur'an as translated by George ...
- Dominic Parvis Brookshaw. References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi to the Hidden Words: Introduction (1999). — Essay written as introduction to the <a href="http://bahai-library.com/compilation_hidden_words_b...
- G. T. Plunkett. Report of the Transliteration Committee (1895). — The 10<sup>th</sup> Orientalist Congress in Geneva, 1894, produced the system of transli...
- Robert Stockman. Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings (1997). — The complexities of the Baha'i concepts of revelation, interpretation, infallibility, and elucidatio...
- Moshe Sharon. Seas Not Oceans (2013). — References to "seas" and "oceans" in classical literature, Judaism, Islam, and metaphors in the Baha...
- Universal House of Justice. Secret of Divine Civilization Translation, Capital Punishment, and Other Questions (1991). — On the capitalization of pronouns, reference to "we Muslims," works of Abdu'l-Baha revealed during t...
- Todd Lawson. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, comp. Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison (2019). — New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
- Nobel Augusto Perdu Honeyman and Ismael Velasco. Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation (2004). — On the technical and literary features of Shoghi Effendi's translations of Baha'i scriptures: transl...
- Moojan Momen. Shoghi Effendi's Translation of Terms Related to Law in Bahá'í Scripture (2015). — Patterns in the Guardian's translation of terms related to the word law; different Arabic/Persian wo...
- Jeffrey R. Brown, comp. Short Obligatory Prayer in Conlangs (2014). — Provisional translation of the Baha'i prayer in Esperanto, Klingon, Interlingua, and 10 other "const...
- Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages (1981). — Three files: Short Obligatory Prayer in 501 languages (as published in Baha'i World), and in a colle...
- Frank Lewis. Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A: An Introduction and Three Versions of Provisional English Translations (2001). — Three alternative renderings of a translation of one of Baha’u’llah’s early poems, writing dur...
- Todd Lawson. Signs: Quranic Themes in the Writings of the Báb (2017). — With the composition of the Qayyum al-asma, the Bab demonstrated the incredible breadth and depth of...
- Miles L. Bradbury. Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review (1998).
- Sen McGlinn. Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review (1996).
- Vahid Behmardi and William F. McCants. Stylistic Analysis of the Báb's Writings, A: Abridged Translation of Vahid Behmardi's Muqaddamih-yi dar bárih-yi sabk va siyáq-i áthár-i mubárakih-yi ḥaḍrat-i rabb a`lá (2007). — English translation by McCants of Behmardi's Persian article "Stylistic Analysis of the Bab’s Writ...
- Marzieh Gail. Summon Up Remembrance (1987). — Memoir left by Ali-Kuli Khan, one of the first translators of Baha'i Writings; writings of his wife ...
- Edward Price. Taking Care with Translation of Sacred Scripture (2016). — Examination of the importance of using reliable translations of the Qur’an. Includes technical dis...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. 'Thee' and 'thee' in the translation of the Súrih of the Temple (Súriy-i-Haykal) (2003).
- Julio Savi. Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography (2003). — Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Stu...
- Anthony Lee. Translating Rumi (2016). — Reflections on the challenge for a translator to bring a poem from one language and culture into ano...
- Craig L. Volker. Translating the Bahá'í Writings (1990). — In translating the Baha’i writings, faithfulness to the original text is paramount, reflecting bot...
- Shoghi Effendi and Universal House of Justice Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Translation and provisional translations (n.d.).
- Universal House of Justice. Translation and Review (1991). — Whether certain scholars were authorized as translators, and that the institution of review is not b...
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- Universal House of Justice. Translation of Authoritative Bahá'í Texts into the Spanish Language (1993). — Regarding issues related to the translation of authoritative Bahá’í Texts into the Spanish lan...
- Emily McBride Perigord, trans. Translation of French Foot-Notes of the Dawn-Breakers (1939). — Translation of the French footnotes of The Dawn-Breakers.
- Universal House of Justice. Translation of Key Bahá'í Terms (2015). — Arabic terms such as "Alláh-u-Abhá", "Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá", “Mashriqu’l-Adhkár," "H...
- Universal House of Justice Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Translation, brief compilation on (1999). — A collection of letters from the House and the Guardian on policies regarding translation, provision...
- Universal House of Justice. Translations of the Bible Used by Abdu'l-Baha (1996). — Which translations of the Bible were used by Abdu'l-Baha.
- Universal House of Justice. Translations of the Qur'án and Introductory Books on the Bahá'í Faith, Recommendations Concerning (2002). — On translations of the Qur'an, and introductory books on the Baha'i Faith.
- Todd Lawson. Translator of Desires: Poems by Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabí, trans. by Michael Sells: Review (2022). — Book review includes a brief discussion of the word tarjuman, "translation" (and the name of a Baha'...
- Hajir Moghaddam. Transliteration of the Long Obligatory Prayer (2021). — Trilateral presentation of the Prayer in Arabic, English translation, and roman transliteration in t...
- Universal House of Justice. Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The (1990).
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
- Frank Lewis. Unveiling the Hidden Words, by Diana Malouf: An Extended Review (1998). — Book review, and a commentary on the need for Baha'i academia aimed at a secular audience, and the p...
- Dominic Parvis Brookshaw. Unveiling the Hidden Words, by Diana Malouf: Commentary on "Translating the Hidden Words,' review by Franklin Lewis (1999).
- Ann Boyles. Unveiling the Hidden Words, by Diana Malouf: Review (1999).
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Use of Masculine Pronouns and Images (2002). — Overview of the use of gender terms in language, and a "cover letter" introduction to four compilati...
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá (1991). — On the meaning and correct transliteration of "Ya 'Aliyyu'l-A'la" (O Thou Most High"), where it can ...
- Universal House of Justice. Yá Alláhu'l-Mustagháth": Original Source, Correct Transliteration and Translation (2001). — About an invocation revealed by the Bab, prescribed for recitation in times of trouble and difficult...
- Hamed Eshraghian, comp. مجموعۀ لغات منتخبه از آثار امری بزبانهای فارسی، عربی و انگلیسی (Majmú'iy-i-Lughát-i-Muntakhabih az Áthár-i-Amrí bih Zabán-háy-i-Fársí, 'Arabí, va Inglísí): A Collection of Selected Words from the Bahá'í Writings in Persian, Arabic, and English (1989). — Glossary with more than 2,200 words in the original languages of the Writings and their correspondin...
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