- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul, by Moojan Momen (2001). — Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretat...
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence, by Keven Brown (2001). — Includes provisional translation of Tablet on the Unity of Existence.
- Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness, by Rodney H. Clarken (1997). — Baha’u’llah’s ideas of poverty as detachment, and nothingness as selflessness. Cites some comm...
- Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, by Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani (2018). — On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment...
- Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization, by Vahid Brown (2006). — The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in ...
- Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The, by Jean-Marc Lepain Peter Terry, trans. (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
- "At Dawn the Friend came to my bed': An Early Fruit of the Supreme Pen, by Julio Savi (2015). — A quasidih, a dialogue between the Beloved and the Poet as a lover. One of eight Persian poems Baha'...
- Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume, Robert Stauffer, comp. (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Bahá'ís, The, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1928). — A "comprehensive account of the inspiration and ideals upon which Baha’ism is built up" — overvi...
- Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds, by Francis Henry Skrine (1912). — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
- Bahá'u'lláh and the Naqshbandi Sufis in Iraq, 1854-1856, by Juan Cole (1984). — The interplay of Babi themes of messianism and the Sufi mystical emphasis on internal spirituality; ...
- Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation, by Bahá'u'lláh John S. Hatcher, trans, Amrollah Hemmat, trans, Ehsanollah Hemmat, trans. (2019). — A lengthy dialogue between Baha'u'llah (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven...
- Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove", by Bahá'u'lláh Juan Cole, trans. (1997).
- Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan, by Bijan Ma'sumian (1993 Fall). — Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Baha'u'llah's life.
- Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih, by John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat (2019). — Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Baha'u'l...
- Bahá'u'lláh and the Luminous Mind: Bahá'í Gloss on a Buddhist Puzzle, by Roland Faber (2017). — Non-duality is of central importance to Buddhist thought and experience; on monism and non-dualism a...
- "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95, by Necati Alkan (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
- Camphor and Metaphor, by Dana Paxson (2023). — The single word ‘camphor’ appears once in the holy Qur’an. It also appears in the Writings of ...
- Commentary on a Verse of Rumi, by Juan Cole (1999). — Summary and paraphrase of a tablet about a debate over the unity of being (wahdat al-wujud) in Sufi ...
- Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan), by Abdu'l-Bahá Moojan Momen, trans. (1985-12). — Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Baha when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms ...
- Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The, by Juan Cole (1982). — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
- Concept of the "Perfect Man" (Pole) in Sufism and the Bahá'í Notion of the Manifestation of God, The, by Youli A. Ioannesyan (2001). — While there is an obvious similarity between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and the Baha'i co...
- Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays, by Marzieh Gail (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Death of Death, The: A Study of Self-Annihilation and Suicide in the Light of Sufi Thought and Bahá'u'lláh's Early Texts, by Bernardo Bortolin Kerr (2014). — On theories of suicide in the field of conventional psychology and the writings of Baha'u'llah.
- Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam, by Annemarie Schimmel (1994). — This book is a classic, groundbreaking survey of Islamic practices and beliefs. While the book conta...
- Dervish of Windsor Castle, The: The Life of Arminius Vambery, by Lory Alder, Richard Dalby (1979). — Two-paragraph discussion of Curzon and the Babis.
- Development of Metaphysics in Persia, The: A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy, by Muhammad Iqbal (1908). — Short philosophical observations on the theology of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Baha'u'llah, by John Walbridge (1997). — Mystical symbolism in early Baha'i poetry.
- Excerpts from the Risáliy-i-Dhahabiyyih, by The Báb Keven Brown, trans. (2001). — On effulgences, essence, and unity of existence.
- Firm Cord of Servitude, The, by Theo A. Cope (2001). — A call for a revisioning of mysticism's claims of "union with God" in light of the Baha'i Teachings ...
- Four Levels of Detachment in Doris Lessing's Shikasta,, The, by Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis (2004). — The concept of detachment in Baha’u’llah’s Writings and its application to Doris Lessing’s S...
- From Iran East and West, Juan Cole, ed, Moojan Momen, ed. (1984). — Essays on Baha'i history in the Middle East, the United States, and India.
- Hagiography: The Art of Setting Inspirational Examples for a Religious Community, by Iscander Micael Tinto (2016). — The life of Jesus was the example against which saints were measured, and the lives of saints were t...
- He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man 'arafa nafsahú faqad 'arafa Rabbahú): Commentary, by Bahá'u'lláh Shoghi Effendi, trans, Juan Cole, trans. (1996). — Translation by Shoghi Effendi, completed by Cole. Themes include Islamic mysticism and the meaning o...
- Human Intellect, The: A Bahá'í-Inspired Perspective, by Adrian John Davis (2001). — A study of some of the analogies and differences between the Sufi concept of the "Perfect Man" and t...
- Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A, by Julio Savi (2015). — A ghazal, a mystical song of love about The Beloved, meaning God or a Manifestation. One of eight Pe...
- Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism, by Michael W. Sours (1992). — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
- Inayat Khan's meeting with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris, by Inayat Khan (1913). — One-paragraph recounting of Khan, the founder of "Universal Sufism," meeting with Abdu'l-Baha in 191...
- Individualism and the Spiritual Path in Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i, by Juan Cole (1997-09). — On Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i's criticisms of aspects of Sufism, and whether he could be considered a "m...
- Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The, by Julio Savi (2014). — Translation of the early mystical Tablet "Nightingales Are Inebriated" and an analysis of its themes...
- Influence of Bábí Teachings on Ling Ming Tang and Nineteenth-century China, The, by Jianping Wang (2002). — A possible historical linkage between the followers of Babi and Baha'i Movements in Iran and the bel...
- Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith, by Annemarie Schimmel (1990). — One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed v...
- List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations, by Stephen Lambden Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2018). — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
- Literary Imitation in Three Poems Attributed to Tahirih Qurrat al-ʿAyn, by Sahba Shayani (2023-12). — The poetry of Tahirih has largely been ignored by historians, partly from politico-religious intoler...
- Lover's Way, The: A Critical Comparison of the Nazm al-Sulúk by Ibn al-Fárid with the Qasídih-yi Varqá'iyyih by Bahá'ulláh, by Brian A. Miller (2000). — Link to document offsite.
- Martyrdom in Jihad, by Jonah Winters (1997). — Unlike Judeo-Christianity, Islam does not contain a core of martyrdom. Rather, it occurs in three di...
- Mathnaví-yi Mubárak, by Bahá'u'lláh Kay Lynn Morton, trans. (2024). — Provisional translation of a mathnavi (poem) written in Constantinople in 1863 following His initial...
- Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak, by Bahá'u'lláh Frank Lewis, trans. (1999). — Provisional translation
- Mystic Journey of the Soul, The, by Gul Afroz Zaman (1998). — On the journey a soul must make to attain union with the Eternal from the confines of material life ...
- Mystic's Flight, The: The Parable of Majnún and Laylí, by Jack McLean (2001-07). — This classic love tale of the Middle East, quoted by Baha'u'llah in the Seven Valleys, is prized by ...
- Mystical Aspects of the Baha'i Faith as presented in the Seven Valleys, by LeRoy Jones (1998-03). — Mystical aspects of the Baha'i Faith are of paramount importance and may sometimes get overlooked in...
- Mystical content and symbology of Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys, by David Langness (1997). — Symbology of the Four Valleys, and a brief overview of a four-stage spiritual growth model.
- Mystical Dimensions of Islam, by Annemarie Schimmel (1975). — Detailed history of Sufism and its thought, Islamic theosophy, and Persian and Turkish mystical poet...
- Mysticism and the Bahá'í Community, by Moojan Momen (2002). — The five characteristic features common to mystical orders in Buddhism, Christianity or Islam. Baha'...
- Mysticism and the Bahá'í Faith, by Farnaz Ma'sumian (1995 Spring). — An examination of the Baha'i Faith's relation to mysticism and mystic themes and ideas present in th...
- New Religious Movements, Tolkien, Marriage, by Universal House of Justice (1994-07-06). — Various questions: new religious movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; eternality...
- Ode of the Dove, by Bahá'u'lláh Juan Cole, trans. (1997). — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
- Oneness of Reality, The: A Response to Moojan Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Baha'i Metaphysics", by Peter Terry (2018). — Dialogue on epistemology and ontology as presented in the core literature of the Baha’i religion.
- Poetry as Revelation: Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak', by Frank Lewis (published as Franklin Lewis) (1999). — On Baha'u'llah and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date...
- Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology, by Jack McLean (1992). — Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Baha'i theology.
- Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies, by Ismael Velasco (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
- Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith, by Moojan Momen (1984-03). — Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-cent...
- Realms of Divine Existence as described in the Tablet of All Food, by Bijan Ma'sumian (1994 Summer). — Baha'i theoretical theology in the Lawh-i-Qullu'Ta'am.
- Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The, by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1914). — Early history of the Babi and Baha'i movements, life stories of their participants, and their contem...
- Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics, by Moojan Momen (1988). — "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religion...
- Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Steven Scholl (1983-12). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
- Rumi: Quotations from the Mathnáví of Rúmí in the Bahá'í Writings, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2001/2015). — Rúmi’s Mathnavi is quoted in many places in the Baha'i Writings, as noted in the footnotes to the...
- Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community, by Margaret Caton (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
- Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God: Gems of Divine Mystersies (Javáhiru'l-Asrár) and Seven Valleys, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani (published as Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani) (1923-02). — Address given to an American audience in 1923, probably translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, who accomp...
- Seven Cities of Bahá'u'lláh, The, Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2002). — This is a compilation of only those passages from Baha'u'llah’s Gems of Divine Mysteries that rela...
- Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison, by Bahá'u'lláh Adib Masumian, comp, Daniel Azim Pschaida, comp. (2019). — New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
- Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh and Farid ud-Din Attar, by Sheila Banani (2000). — An overview of the similarities between the Seven Valleys by Baha'u'llah and the Conference of the B...
- 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, by Frank Lewis (2001). — Three alternative renderings of a translation of one of Baha’u’llah’s early poems, writing dur...
- Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif, The, by Todd Lawson (1992). — The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees G...
- Sufi and Baha'i Spiritual Practices, by Michael McCarron (2009). — Brief overview of some commonalities.
- Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Bahá'í traditions, by Michael McCarron (1997). — Introduction to some meanings of the various realms of God.
- Tablet of All Food and the Nature of Reality, The, by Karl Weaver (2016). — Review of the Tablet's historical background, antecedents for specific phrases, English literary com...
- Tablet of All Food, The: The Hierarchy of the Spiritual Worlds and the Metaphoric Nature of Physical Reality, by Jean-Marc Lepain Peter Terry, trans. (2010-04). — Terminology employed by Baha'u'llah to describe the hierarchy of the spiritual worlds: Hahút, Lah...
- Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation, by Universal House of Justice (1997/1998). — Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the transla...
- Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds), by Bahá'u'lláh Juan Cole, trans. (1996).
- Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Translation, by Bahá'u'lláh Moojan Momen, trans. (2010).
- Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Introduction, by Moojan Momen (2010). — The conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential onenes...
- Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl), by Bahá'u'lláh Mehran Ghasempour, trans. (2001). — An undated tablet from the Akka period on the interpretation of sacred scripture, with references to...
- Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl), by Bahá'u'lláh Juan Cole, trans. (n.d.). — Tablet on "the legitimacy of figurative scripture interpretation."
- Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih), by Bahá'u'lláh Joshua Hall, trans. (2023-01-01). — Baha’u’llah’s Tablet of the Simple Reality examines Mulla Ṣadra's dictum "The Simple Reality...
- Tablet on the Unity of Existence (Sharh Wahdat al-Wujúd), by Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. (2001).
- Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, by Bahá'u'lláh Juan Cole, trans. (1995). — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age, by Nader Saiedi (2014). — A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Baha'i history, key writings, and the need for schola...
- "The active force and that which is its recipient", by Betty Hoff Conow (published as Betty Conow) (1988). — Metaphysics of gender and the Lawh-i-Hikmat; universal spiritualism; social indoctrination of gender...
- Themes of 'The Erotic' in Sufi Mysticism, by Jonah Winters (2017 (forthcoming)). — Mystical writing is replete with symbolism of love and eros, and it can also be found in the mystica...
- Three Stages of Divine Revelation, The, by Guy Sinclair (2002). — Shoghi Effendi states that the Kitab-i-Iqan "adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages o...
- Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography, by Julio Savi (2003). — Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Stu...
- Towards the Summit of Reality, by Julio Savi: Review, by Ismael Velasco (2008).
- Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks, by Steven Phelps (2017-09-18). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
- "What I Want to Say is Wordless": Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship, by Ismael Velasco (2001). — If the Word of God transcends words and letters, what point is there to Scripture, let alone to scho...
- What is Baha'u'llah's Message to the Sufis?, by Roberta Law (1998-02). — Nature of Sufism and Baha'u'llah's teachings for the Sufi community, especially as contained in the ...
- Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys, by Julio Savi (1994). — Exploration of some of the "seemingly abstruse" concepts of the Four Valleys.
- World as Text, The: Cosmologies of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i, by Juan Cole (1994). — Shaykh Ahmad's creative use of mythic symbols can be seen as an escape from the limitations of the c...
- Worlds of God, The, by Iscander Micael Tinto (2013). — Creation is an act of divine manifestation across five realms: Hahút, the unknowable Essence of God...
- Zen Gloss on Baha'u'llah's Commentary on "He who knoweth his self knoweth his Lord", A, by Juan Cole (1996). — A Buddhist interpretation of themes in Baha'u'llah's tablet on Islamic mysticism and a saying about ...
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