- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). 167 selections, updated August 2023.
- Paul Fieldhouse. Bahá'í: Religion and Diet (2003). Short overview of fasting, feast, and diet.
- Bahá'í Fast: A compilation (2018). Description and purposes of the Fast; how to fast; additional insights.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Bahá'í Fast, The: Warwick Leaflets (2012). A summary of the laws and principles of the Fast.
- Anonymous, comp. Bible Stories and Themes in the Bahá'í Writings and Guidance (2021). Bahá'í interpretation of Biblical stories and topics.
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Dawn Fasting Prayer (1982). Essay from ‘Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum's book The Desire of the World.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Mirza Asad'Ullah. Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Explanations Concerning Sacred Mysteries (1902). Essays on the book of Daniel, and on the mysteries of: daily sacrifice, the kingdom, death, prayers for the dead, the figure 9, Jonah, fasting, and prayer.
- Christopher Buck. Fast, Bahá'í (March 2 (2011-09).
- John Walbridge. Fasting (1996).
- William P. Collins. Fasting: The mercy and grace of God (1998). Brief overview of the purpose and backround of fasting.
- Jamsheed K. Choksy. Fasting among Zoroastrians, Manicheans, and Bahá'ís (1999). Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Fasting and the Bahá'í Fast: Warwick Leaflets (1993/2001).
- Ted Slavin. Fasting period ends Sunday (2011-03-19). The Fast helps us remember the goals of eradicating poverty and achieving gender equality.
- Paul Fieldhouse. Food, Justice, and the Baha'i Faith (2005). PhD Dissertation tests the claim that "food," both literal and metaphorical, provides a practical way through which Bahá’ís can articulate and achieve their ethical goals.
- Hooper Dunbar. Forces of Our Time: Lecture Series (2011-04). Six lectures series at Bosch Bahá'í School, April 15-17 2011.
- Universal House of Justice. Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Further Application of (1999-12-28). Announcement to the Bahá'í world that all elements of the laws dealing with obligatory prayer and fasting are now applicable.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). Tablets of ‘Abdul-Bahá describing aspects of the life of Bahá’u’lláh including the tribulations He suffered, events in His homeland, the purpose and greatness of His Cause, and the nature and significance of His Covenant.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). The classic Bahá'í reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Juan Cole, trans. Miracles and Metaphors (1981). Collection of essays on metaphysical topics and Bahá'í answers to old religious controversies: are the Scriptures to be taken literally? Do miracles occur? What is an angel? Are the stories of the Old Testament to be believed?
- Anil Sarwal. Miracles in Religion: A Study of the miraculous in religion in context of the Baha'i Faith (1996-11). Guide to spirituality, offers insights on the purpose of religion, experiences of Himalayan masters, worship of gods and goddesses, idol worship, psychic phenomena, prayer, meditation, and fasting.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, The Importance of (2000-09-27).
- Duane L. Herrmann. Observing the Fast When You Are Not to Abstain from Food (1989). What meaning can the Fast have if one is not able to observe it? The spiritual and symbolic natures of the Fast remain.
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Oracion Obligatoria y el Ayuno, La Importancia de la (2000-05).
- Rúhíyyih Khánum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). Essay about various prayers and meditations of Bahá'u'lláh.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, trans, Pierre Daoust, trans. Prière révélée par Bahá'u'lláh le premier jour du Jeûne (2020). Provisional French translation by Daoust from an English rendering by Masumian of Bahá'u'lláh's prayer on the first day of the Fast.
- Denis MacEoin. Rituals in Babism and Baha'ism (1994). On practices of prayer, invocations, talismans, jewelry, fasting, purity, birth, death, marriage, festivals, pilgrimage, and Feast. Includes 26 appendices with texts and translations.
- Dawn Staudt. Songs of the Spirit: A Collection of Poems Written during the Fast 2003 and 2004 (2004).
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masumian; listed here for the sake of search engines and tagging.
- Stephen Lambden. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A (2023). Translation of and commentary on the Shí'í "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadán, and its symbolic exploration in Bábí and Bahá'í texts. Link to article (offsite).
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká (2019). Talks from 1904-1907.
- 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 realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
- National Youth Committee, comp. Unrestrained as the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Bahá'u'lláh (1985). Compilation of quotations on topics of especial interest to Bahá'í youth.
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