- Iraj Ghanooni. Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage (2022). — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Answered Questions, Some (2014). — 'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Baha in ‘Akka between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions ...
- Susan Gammage, comp. Bahá'í Quotes, Prayers and Stories (2011). — Lists of around 1,500 subjects at, and links to, three websites with compilations of quotations on a...
- Todd Lawson. Bahá'í Tradition, The: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination (2012). — Overview of the status of violence in the Baha'i tradition, and the historical/social conditions in ...
- Universal House of Justice and Iraj Ayman et al. Bayan (Bayán-i-Farsí and Bayán-i-'Arabí), The: Letters and Letters of the Living (1994).
- Vahid Brown. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony (2002). — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
- Dana Paxson. Camphor and Metaphor (2023). — The single word ‘camphor’ appears once in the holy Qur’an. It also appears in the Writings of ...
- Frank Lewis. Camphor and the Camphor Fountain (1999). — What is the meaning of the camphor fount — a symbol common in the writings of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-...
- Mark A. Foster. Camphor Fountain: Compilation and Commentary (2003).
- Universal House of Justice. Celestial Pavilion, Inmates of (2003).
- Todd Lawson. Coincidentia Oppositorum in the Qayyum al-Asma: The terms "Point" (nuqta), "Pole" (qutb), "Center" (markaz) and the Khutbat al-tatanjiya (2001). — The importance of the Khutba al-tutunjiya for a study of the Bab's writings; the presence in the Qa...
- Sen McGlinn. Commentary on the Kitab-i Aqdas, verse one (1997). — Meanings why recognition of God and his Manifestations are the first two laws of the Aqdas.
- Todd Lawson. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The (2021). — On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths:...
- Foad Seddigh. Countenance of the Blessed Beauty in the Mirror of Mawlúd Tablets, The (2018). — Review of four tablets in compilation from the Universal House of Justice about the commemoration of...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Dawn Fasting Prayer (1982). — Essay from ‘Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum's book <a href="https://bahai-library.com/khanum_bah...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. Day of God (Yawmu'llah) and the Days of God (Ayyamu'llah) (1997). — Comparison of Biblical and Islamic antecedents of the symbol of the "Day of God."
- Annemarie Schimmel. Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam (1994). — This book is a classic, groundbreaking survey of Islamic practices and beliefs. While the book conta...
- Universal House of Justice. Definition of the Word "Ungodly" (2001). — Answer to a question inspired by the Hidden Word "Walk not with the ungodly and seek not fellowship ...
- Hui Bau. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) (2018). — Background of the Suriy-i-Haykal: historical context and verses primarily from the first half of the...
- Universal House of Justice. Diacritics; meaning of (1993). — Two disparate topics: the translation style adopted by the Guardian and other considerations related...
- Universal House of Justice. "Double Crusade (2018). — Comments on what the double crusade means, how it relates to the current series of Plans of the Fait...
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- 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...
- Melanie Smith. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Study Guide (1991). — A study guide distributed to students of the Wilmette Institute by the US Baha'i National Center; po...
- James B. Thomas. Exposition on the Fire Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, An (2002). — A description of Baha'u'llah's Fire Tablet, a dialogue between himself and God on suffering and sacr...
- Universal House of Justice. Fundamental Verities (1996). — Meaning of the phrase "fundamental verities of the Faith" in the writings of Shoghi Effendi.
- Universal House of Justice. God the All-Humorous (1997). — Did Baha'u'llah ever refer to God as the "All-Humorous"?
- Universal House of Justice. Goddess Religion, Ancient (1992). — Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
- Universal House of Justice. Grammatical Clarifications (2001). — Letter and memorandum in response to questions about possible misprints in published extracts from l...
- Daryl Lowery. Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77 (1999). — Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
- Sen McGlinn. Hidden Words: Bibliography (1998).
- Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
- Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani. Holy Mariner, The (n.d.). — List of meanings of some passages of the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. I know Not How to Sing Thy Praise: Reflections on a Prayer of Bahá'u'llah (2012). — Theology and the language of revelation vs. atheism and scientific discourse, and apophatic "not-kno...
- Michael W. Sours. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (1992). — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
- Julio Savi. Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The (2014). — Translation of the early mystical Tablet "Nightingales Are Inebriated" and an analysis of its themes...
- Todd Lawson. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
- Abdu'l-Bahá and Brent Poirier et al. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the "choice wine" (2000).
- 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.
- Brent Poirier. Kitab-i-Iqan: Key to Unsealing the Mysteries of the Holy Bible (1998). — Examination of the Bible in light of interpretations of its symbolism offered by Baha'u'llah's Kitab...
- Michael W. Sours and Brent Poirier et al. Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999). — Notes on various topics related to Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude.
- Universal House of Justice. Krishna, historiography of; Meaning of "Qayyúm" (1983). — Two questions: historical information about Krishna, and the meaning of the term "qayyum".
- Iraj Ayman. Lawh-i-Dunyá, Tablet of the World: Meaning of Urvatu'l-Vuthqá, "Sure Handle" (1999).
- Universal House of Justice. Letters of the Quranic Dispensation and Letters of the Living (huruf) (2003). — Some meanings of the term huruf ("letters") in Baha'i texts, including Letters of the Bayan, Letters...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2021). — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
- 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.
- Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009). — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
- Ali Nakhjavani. Long Obligatory Prayer, The (2000). — Notable talk from March 2000 by Ali Nakhjavani, who served on the Universal House of Justice from 19...
- Moojan Momen. Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure (2007). — The argument about exactly when Baha'u'llah became aware of his mission. Relevant issues and rival p...
- Moojan Momen. Robert Stockman, comp. Names of the Bahá'í Months, The: Separating Fact from Fiction (2012). — A blog post, compiled for the Wilmette Institute, on the original source of the names of the months ...
- Universal House of Justice. New Race of Men and the meaning of "Tread Under", A (2013). — The meaning of the phrase "A race of men ... will tread under all who are in heaven." Includes compi...
- Violetta Zein, comp. Personal Teaching: A Florilegium (2023). — What does it mean to share the teachings of the Faith with another soul; the import of promulgating ...
- Universal House of Justice. Pioneering, Language, Arts, Example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1998). — Pioneering; Serving parents; Serving where need is; Gardens; International Auxiliary Language; Arabi...
- Romane Takkenberg. Pocketful of Meaning, A: Compilation of Terms, Phrases and Symbols as Used in the Sacred Writings of all Faiths in the World (2019). — A compilation from the Baha'i Writings explaining the meaning of terms and symbols used in the sacre...
- Julio Savi and Faezeh Mardani. Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances (2017). — 'Abdu'l-Baha mentions at least seven aspects of poetry: inspiration, beauty, eloquence, versified la...
- Ruhiyyih (Mary Maxwell) Khanum. Prayers of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1945). — Essay about various prayers and meditations of Baha'u'llah.
- Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration (2022). — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
- Roshan Danesh. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some (2014). — The concept of law in the Baha’i Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language an...
- Amrollah Hemmat. Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (2021). — Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the la...
- Steven Scholl. Remembrance of God, The: An Invocation Technique in Sufism and the Writings of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (1983). — Dhikru'llah, the invocation or "remembrance" of God, is a Sufi technique of chanting or repeating pr...
- Universal House of Justice. Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms (1992). — Two questions: (1) what is the function of the Research Department, and (2) etymologies of the three...
- Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
- 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...
- Abu'l-Qasim Faizi. Seven Valleys, The: Notes from a Deepening Class (1966). — Lengthy notes from a deepening led by Hand of the Cause Faizi in Haifa, Israel.
- Amelia Danesh. Some Reflections on the Different Meanings of the Word Báb (1990). — While Baha'is associate the Arabic word bab with Sayyid ‘Ali-Muhammad, to Muslims it has several o...
- Arline J. Bogie. Study Guide to The Seven Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2018). — This book-length study guide was the life's work of Arline Bogie, who recently passed (April 2020). ...
- Moojan Momen. Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2000). — Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophec...
- Kavian Sadeghzade Milani and Nafeh Fananapazir. Study of the Pen Motif in the Bahá'í Writings, A (1999). — Theology and background of the "pen" metaphor — the creative force presented by the Manifestation ...
- Todd Lawson. Tablet (Lawh) in Bahá'í Usage (2005). — Meanings of the common Baha'i terms lawh (tablet), ketab (book), sahifa (treatise), resala (epist
- Ruhiyyih Skrenes. Tablet of Ahmad, Arabic (Lawh-i-Ahmad): Analysis of Figurative Language in the Tablet of Ahmad (1998). — Introductory analysis of the metaphors and symbols used in Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic).
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet of Maqsud (2001). — Date of the revelation of the Tablet of Maqsúd and its mention of "Two great powers."
- Aziz Mboya. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations (2000). — Includes two compilations on references to the Lesser prophets, and mini-compilations on 82 topics: ...
- Iraj Ayman. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
- Todd Lawson. Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph, The (1989). — Who is the "voice" of the Qayyum al-Asma: the person Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, the hidden Imam through T...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. 'Thee' and 'thee' in the translation of the Súrih of the Temple (Súriy-i-Haykal) (2003).
- Robert W. McLaughlin. These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah (1982). — Detailed study of a section from Ishraqat and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.
- 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...
- 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...
- Abdu'l-Bahá Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Twelve Table Talks Given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká (2019). — Talks from 1904-1907.
- Ismael Velasco. "Two Great Powers" in the Lawh-i Maqsud (2014). — On the identity of the two countries that arose against the followers of Moses, referenced by Baha'u...
- Todd Lawson. Typological Figuration and the Meaning of "Spiritual": The Qurʾanic Story of Joseph (2012). — Meanings of the famous shirt (qamis) as a symbol of Joseph's spiritual journey and travails in the Q...
- John S. Hatcher. Unsealing the Choice Wine at the Family Reunion (1994). — Baha’i scripture portrays human progress as propelled by two inextricably related capacities: inde...
- Universal House of Justice. Various questions: Wordings in Promised Day is Come, Transliteration of vav, Pluralization and Case of Certain Words (2021). — Answers on four topics: differences in wording in editions of The Promised Day Is Come; transliterat...
- Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
- Shirley Macias. Verse of Light, the Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine Lote Tree), and the Unfoldment of God's Plan, The (1991). — Relationship of a key mystical Quranic verse, Súrih 24:35, to Baha'i theology; includes a brief com...
- Susan Maneck. Wisdom and Dissimulation: The Use and Meaning of Hikmat in the Bahá'í Writings and History (1996). — Examination of hikmat within the Baha'i community, especially as it refers to survival strategies in...
- Universal House of Justice. Women on the House of Justice; meaning of "Umumi" (1997). — Clarifies that 'Abdu'l-Baha, in a tablet to Corinne True, indeed refers to the Universal House of Ju...
- 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...
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