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  1. Posted 2026-05-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Infallibility of the Manifestations of God (1986). Affirming the essential infallibility of the Manifestations of God, clarifying individual interpretation’s limits, and emphasizing humility, faith, and contextual understanding of scripture.
  2. Posted 2026-05-15 in Essays and short articles:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. 'Abdu'l-Bahá — the Master: Warwick Leaflets (2021). Introductory biography of 'Abdu'l-Bahá — Bahá'u'lláh's son, appointed leader, authorised interpreter, and selfless exemplar of Bahá'í life.
  3. Posted 2026-05-15 in Introductory:   Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Life of Service — Following the Example of Abdu'l-Bahá, A: Warwick Leaflets (2021). Service to humanity as a spiritual duty, a form of worship, and the path to personal and collective happiness.
  4. Posted 2026-05-13 in Unpublished articles:   Mohammad Norozi. Execution of the Jewish Tribe of Banú Qurayẓih, The: Historical, Religious, and Ethical Considerations (2025). Examination of the historical context of this event from the days of the Prophet Muḥammad, 627 CE.
  5. Posted 2026-05-12 in Books:   Peter J. Khan, Janet A. Khan. Advancement of Women: A Bahá'í Perspective (1998). Explores Bahá’í teachings on gender equality, women’s education, family transformation, moral dignity, and how equal partnership between sexes advances peace and society.
  6. Posted 2026-05-12 in Videos:   Filip Boicu, Steven Phelps. Games of Religion and the Game of Knowledge (2025). On the roles religion plays relative to growth, social change and development, justice, knowledge, and cosmology.
  7. Posted 2026-05-12 in Published articles:   Neha Mohajer. No Shaykh, No Slave: Anti-Structure and Egalitarian Mysticism in Tahirih's Liminal Poetics (2026). Tahirih’s poetry rejects clerical and social hierarchy, using liminal mystical imagery to envision equality, women’s emancipation, spiritual renewal, and communal justice.
  8. Posted 2026-04-23 in Unpublished articles:   Bahman Nadimi. Structural Assessment of the Bahá'í Peace Program, A (2026). Examination of the structural and theoretical foundations of Bahá'u'lláh's peace program and assesses the degree to which it departs from the inherited tradition of earlier peace proposals.
  9. Posted 2026-04-21 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2025: Bahá'í Era 182 (2025). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  10. Posted 2026-04-21 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Ridván 2026: Bahá'í Era 183 (2026). Annual message to the Bahá'ís of the world.
  11. Posted 2026-04-16 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck. Shaykhi Religious School: Historical Subjects, Teachings, by Y. A. Ioannesyan: Review (2026).
  12. Posted 2026-04-11 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. On Community Building and the Nine Year Plan: A Balancing Point? (2026). This paper explores community building in the Bahá'í Nine Year Plan as a balance between inner and outer community spheres, emphasizing expansion, consolidation, and guiding individuals across the “threshold” into committed membership.
  13. Posted 2026-04-11 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. On How to Increase Universal Participation in the Work of Community Building: A Proposal for Mature Local Spiritual Assemblies (2026). This proposal outlines how Bahá’í assemblies can increase universal participation in community building by engaging individuals, fostering service, and aligning personal initiative with collective goals via consultation, co-support, and systematic action.
  14. Posted 2026-04-11 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. On the Need for One-on-One Mentoring (2026). Proposal for the systematic integration of one-on-one mentoring into the Bahá’í community’s efforts under the Nine Year Plan; mentoring should be voluntary and could be coordinated by LSAs or committees; 16 topics for deepening new believers.
  15. Posted 2026-04-08 in Books:   Daniel Nelson Wegener. Divine Springtime: Louise Caswell Recalls the Early Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Central America and Panama (1977). Overview of Bahá'í pioneering to and growth in Central America, covering the period from the late 1930s to 1975.
  16. Posted 2026-04-05 in Published articles:   Dariush Maani. Explanations Concerning Passage No. 1 of the Persian Hidden Words (2017). Chapter #4 from the book, provided as a sample by the publisher.
  17. Posted 2026-04-05 in Poetry:   Stanwood Cobb. Poems to Live By (1969). Poems of youth, of nature and love, and poems of the spirit.
  18. Posted 2026-04-02 in Videos:   Filip Boicu, W. Andy Knight. Interregnum, The (2026). An open, candid interview offering a unique view of what he terms the "interregnum," linking today's turbulent world to xeno-racism and structural racism, and showing how honest intellectual dialogue can help society reflect and find hope.
  19. Posted 2026-04-01 in Personal letters:   Rúhíyyih Khánum. Letter to the NSA of the Bahá'ís of Canada (1986). Letter summarizing a recent trip to Canada and experiences visiting Indian reservations; Bahá'ís must find new ways to approach and respect native culture and spirituality in order to attract them to the Faith; the Peigan Pipe Ceremony.
  20. Posted 2026-04-01 in Poetry:   Jaine Toth. Scent of Spirituality, The: Jaine's Poems in Search of the Divine (2026). A selection of poems on taking a poetic path in search of the Divine.
  21. Posted 2026-04-01 in Poetry:   Jaine Toth. Write from My HeART: Jaine's Musings on Writing and Creativity (2026). A selection of poems addressing the quest for creativity.
  22. Posted 2026-03-26 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department. Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Badí'u'lláh (2026). Regards the translation of a Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh (“Be generous in prosperity…”) by Shoghi Effendi.
  23. Posted 2026-03-26 in Unpublished articles:   Filip Boicu. "Knowledge Game" and the Bahá'í Faith, The: Ten Perspectives from Bahá'í Scholarship (2026). What does the Revelation have to contribute to the modern system of knowledge and academic disciplines? To what extent does the understanding of the Revelation depend on the modern system of knowledge? This problematic is the knowledge game of religion.
  24. Posted 2026-03-26 in Study Guides:   Anonymous. One Common Faith: A Summary (2005). Summary of a commentary prepared in 2005 under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, that reviews passages from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the scriptures of other faiths against the background of the contemporary religious crisis.
  25. Posted 2026-03-24 in Published articles:   H. E. Chehabi. Anatomy of Prejudice: Reflections on Secular Anti-Baha'ism in Iran (2008). On social attitudes toward Bahá'ís in Iranian society; religious and cultural prejudice; anti-Bahá'í arguments and conspiracies; their political prominence under the Sháh; Iranian nationalism and Bahá'í cosmopolitanism; Bahá'ís and Persian culture.
  26. Posted 2026-03-24 in Books:   Ronen A. Cohen. Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran, The: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present (2013). History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading an anti-Khomeini agenda; spiritual background to Imamite Shi'ism and the historical context; a counter-revolutionary movement that echoes today.
  27. Posted 2026-03-24 in Published articles:   Leila Chamankhah. Persianization of Shaykhīsm: The Doctrine of Rukn-i Rābiʿ from Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī to Karīm Khān Kirmānī (2021). On the concepts of authority, leadership, and the doctrine of the Fourth Pillar in Shaykhism; the theology of maʿrifa (gnosis); how Kirmání and his successors deal with the Bábí cause; Kirmání's attempts to Persianize the Shaykhi creeds.
  28. Posted 2026-03-23 in Published articles:   Uzi Rabi, Ronen A. Cohen. Iran, Israel and the "Shi'ite Crescent" (2008). Conference proceedings on the relations between the regional powers of Iran and the Arab world, and the relations between Iran and Israel since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Only passing mention of Bahá'ís, but of general relevance.
  29. Posted 2026-03-23 in Links:   Arash Abizadeh. Publications of Arash Abizadeh (1998). Listing of articles and other material, including audio/visual, online at the author's website, many with content related to Bahá'í studies.
  30. Posted 2026-03-21 in Unpublished articles:   Benjamin Schewel. Concept of Spiritual Force, The: Teilhardian and Bahá'í Perspectives (2013). The concept of spiritual force - purpose, and growth in capacity - constitutes an important component of both Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s thought and a Bahá’í conceptual framework; overview of historical approaches to the concept of spiritual force.
  31. Posted 2026-03-21 in Published articles:   Amanah Nurish. Social Injustice and Problem of Human Rights In Indonesian Bahá'í Community (2012). Religious freedom in Indonesia; political and social dynamic with the Muslim majority; religious conflicts and minority rights; political and social consequences of surviving as a Bahá'í.
  32. Posted 2026-03-21 in Unpublished articles:   Benjamin Schewel. Subtraction Narratives (2013). On the claims that religion flourishes when ignorance, powerlessness, and passivity govern human life, giving way to a more secular rationalism; on the thought of Daniel Dennett, John Dewey, and Maurice Gauchet.
  33. Posted 2026-03-21 in Published articles:   Ronen A. Cohen. Triple Exclusion of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, The: Their Activities for Human Rights in Iran as a Voice in the Wilderness (2013). On the Iranian Islamist semi-Marxist organization founded by students in Tehran in 1965 to oppose the Shah; history of repression in contemporary Iran. No mention of the Faith other than in footnotes.
  34. Posted 2026-03-21 in Published articles:   Ronen A. Cohen. אגודת החג'תיה: בין השיעה לדת הבהאית, בין פילוסופיה למהפכנות (2012). On the historical background of the Hojjatieh Society and its philosophy; the Islamic revolution; Khomeini and Halabi.
  35. Posted 2026-03-20 in Presentations:   Marco Oliveira. Book of Certitude, The: The Main Theological Principles (2017). Detailed presentation on the historical background of the Íqán; its content and structure; the themes of God, the Manifestations of God, and the Human Being; signs of a new revelation.
  36. Posted 2026-03-20 in Unpublished articles:   Christopher Buck. Figurative Structure of Eschatological Arabic, The (1989). Much of the Qur'an concerns heaven and hell and the final judgment to come, using various kinds of figures of speech, like transference, metaphor, symbol; exploration of these figures as phenomenological, cognitive, and meaning-intended.
  37. Posted 2026-03-20 in Published articles:   Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá'í (Social, Economic and Religious Problems from the Bahá'í Perspective) (2022). 15 articles in a journal issue dedicated to Bahá'í studies.
  38. Posted 2026-03-20 in Essays and short articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. منابع مطالعه، حبیب‌الله حسامی: مقدمه (Research Sources, by Ḥabíbu'lláh Ḥisámí: Introduction) (1968). Short introduction praising the author for this study, beneficial for those who are engaged in teaching and for seekers of knowledge.
  39. Posted 2026-03-20 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá مَکاتیب عَبدُالبَهآء: جلد نهم (Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, volume 9).
  40. Posted 2026-03-19 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan. Balancing Constancy and Change in the Bahá'í Faith (2010). Address to the 2010 United States Bahá'í convention: transcript, video, and audio.
  41. Posted 2026-03-19 in Unpublished articles:   Christopher Buck. Comparison and Transposition of Metaphors in Bahá'í and Syriac Christian Conceptual Systems (1992). Comparison of doctrinal metaphors found in Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith through the lens of Saint Ephrem, the greatest poet of the era; this pairing of metaphors with doctrinal concepts is a theological contribution to the phenomenology of religion.
  42. Posted 2026-03-19 in NSA Compilations:   Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. Continental Boards of Counselors, The: Letters, Extracts from Letters, and Cables from The Universal House of Justice (1981). Compilation covering all aspects of this institution. Includes address by Edna True on the relationship of the boards of counselors to national spiritual assemblies.
  43. Posted 2026-03-19 in Published articles:   Daniel C. Jordan. Knowledge, Volition, and Action: The Steps to Spiritual Transformation (1973). A comprehensive deepening program on knowledge of God's purpose for man; the role of volition in spiritual transformation; the role of self-disciplined action in spiritual transformation.
  44. Posted 2026-03-19 in Notable talks:   Edna M. True. Relationship of the Continental Boards of Counselors to National Spiritual Assemblies, The: An Address (1971). On the true nature and theory of operation of Bahá'u'lláh's Administrative Order.
  45. Posted 2026-03-19 in Books:   Aleksandr Kazem-Beg. Баб и бабиды: Религіозно-политическія смуты въ Персіи въ 1844-1852 годах (The Bab and the Babis: Religious and Political Unrest in Persia in the years 1844-1852) (1865). On the origins of the Bábí Faith; the Mazandaran, Nayriz, and Zanjan events; the life of the Bab; and religious doctrine.
  46. Posted 2026-03-18 in Notable talks:   John Robarts. About the Long Obligatory Prayer (n.d.). Gives examples how through the Long Obligatory Prayer, believers gain divine guidance, find receptive souls, and achieve confidence, unity, and effective service. Transcript not formatted.
  47. Posted 2026-03-18 in Books:   John Wiegley. Collected Essays (2005). Dozens of essays on numerous topics of Bahá'í thought and practice.
  48. Posted 2026-03-18 in Book reviews:   Farzin Aghdasi. Color Conscious - The Political Morality of Race, by K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann: Review (2002).
  49. Posted 2026-03-18 in Unpublished articles:   Farzin Aghdasi, Abbas Shaker. Community Development Using Spiritually Based Indicators in the South African Bahá'í Community (2002). On creating measures to assess development progress through the perspective of five ethical and spiritual principles: unity in diversity equity and justice; equality of the sexes; trustworthiness and moral leadership; independent investigation of truth.
  50. Posted 2026-03-18 in Essays and short articles:   Enos Makhele. Concept of Religious Democracy, The: An Introductory Bahá'í Perspective on the Democracy of the Conscience (2002). On the meaning of religious democracy in Bahá’í literature compared with political literature; the obligations and roles of institutions and the government vs. Bahá’í collective institutions such as feasts, Spiritual Assemblies, and conventions.
  51. Posted 2026-03-18 in Unpublished articles:   Sylvia Kaye. Creating a Culture of Learning (2002). Transformation of human character and existence; evolution toward a new world order; change of culture; pedagogy and learning; collective evolution.
  52. Posted 2026-03-18 in Essays and short articles:   Parashtu Meidany. Health and Healing (2002). On four general themes in the Bahá'í Writings that address healing and infirmities, along with a short collection of quotations.
  53. Posted 2026-03-18 in Presentations:   Roy Steiner. Internet and Knowledge Management for the Bahá'í Faith, The: A Slide Presentation (2002). Slides on what is knowledge management, knowledge sharing, access to information within Bahá'í communities, the Institute Process, and changing community culture.
  54. Posted 2026-03-18 in Essays and short articles:   Sylvia Schulman-Benatar. Music - The Ladder for the Soul (2002). How music can elevate our spirit; brief overview of some highlights of music history from different cultures; quotations from the Writings and other sources on the importance of music.
  55. Posted 2026-03-18 in Unpublished articles:   Robert Sarracino. Principles for Bahá'í Scholarship (1999). On the use and development of the intellect; the nature and importance of scholarship; its pursuit in contemporary context; the Bahá'í model as an example.
  56. Posted 2026-03-18 in Unpublished articles:   Farhad Aghdasi. Science, Religion and Development (2002). Development planning must take into account the culture of the people they're working with; incorporating the spiritual dimensions of human existence into programs to alleviate poverty; the failure of materialism.
  57. Posted 2026-03-17 in Unpublished articles:   Farzin Aghdasi. Characteristics of Bahá'í Administrative Order and Liberal Democratic Notions: A Comparative Study (1999). Characteristics of Western civilization and its forms of democratic government; the Bahá'í Administrative Order differs in almost every respect; the Bahá'í ideals and practices represent a higher stage of the development of human social organization.
  58. Posted 2026-03-17 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Enos Makhele. Fundamentals of a True and Lasting African Renaissance, The: An Introductory Bahá'í Perspective (1999). On Africa's many challenges. The African Renaissance is essentially the transformation of society; moral and spiritual change is at the root of all aspects of its development, be they political, economic, educational, social, cultural, or scientific.
  59. Posted 2026-03-17 in Unpublished articles:   Khoeli Pholosi. Reflections on the Teachings of the Faith on Some Aspects of Basotho Culture (1999). On issues that have faced the Bahá'í community in the 45 years since the Faith was introduced in Lesotho; challenges faced by these early and latter-day believers; responsibilities of teaching and administration; brief history of the Faith in the region.
  60. Posted 2026-03-17 in Unpublished articles:   Geoff Marks. Universal House of Justice, The: Bahá'u'lláh's Agent of Change (1999). On the nature of change within a community, its methods and authority; the rate and parameters of socially-acceptable change; how the Universal House of Justice exercises wisdom in leading the Bahá'í community.
  61. Posted 2026-03-16 in Essays and short articles:   Robert Sarracino. Divine Philosophy and the Gift of Understanding (2001). On the need for a basic understanding of the concepts of religion for the improvement of society.
  62. Posted 2026-03-16 in Unpublished articles:   Mojgan Derakhshani. Ethics of African Culture and Its Relation to the Bahá'í Faith (1996). Overview of some aspects of African traditional practices from a Bahá'í perspective.
  63. Posted 2026-03-16 in Unpublished articles:   Farhad Aghdasi. Gender Equality Based on the Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, and its Application in Southern Africa (2001). The nature of prejudice; the role of religion in advancement of women; the first educator; tradition and culture; the William Mmutle Masetlha Foundation; education programs; the practice of consultation and gender equality in Bahá'í communities.
  64. Posted 2026-03-16 in Essays and short articles:   Phil Christensen. Information Dispensation, The: The Bahá'í Faith and the Information Age (2000). Outline of the Information Age: its nature and potential, its history, and relevance in Bahá'í teachings.
  65. Posted 2026-03-16 in Essays and short articles:   Robert Sarracino. Proofs of the Existence of God (2000). Outline and summary of traditional proofs of God, and cosmological, teleological, and ontological; theological arguments from Abdu'l-Bahá.
  66. Posted 2026-03-15 in Links:   Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa: Website archive (1999). Backup of the homepage of ABS-SA, with local links to any material imported into BLO. — in process
  67. Posted 2026-03-15 in Study Guides:   Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Study Course on Abdu'l-Bahá's Secret of Divine Civilization, A: Web Pages for Distance-Education Courses Offered Via Email (2005). Support material for a structured course on the this book's context, importance, and contents. Includes excerpts from various materials, study questions, and outline. Online at archive.org
  68. Posted 2026-03-15 in Study Guides:   Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Study Course on Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude, A: Web Pages for Distance-Education Courses Offered Via Email (2002). Support material for a structured course at the undergraduate level, on the Íqán's context, history, importance, and contents. Includes many scholarly articles, excerpts from other materials, glossary, bibliography, outline. Online at archive.org
  69. Posted 2026-03-15 in Study Guides:   Association for Bahá'í Studies in Southern Africa. Study Course on the Century of Light, A: Web Pages for Distance-Education Courses Offered Via Email (2004). Support material for a structured course on the this book's context, importance, and contents. Includes excerpts from various materials, study questions, and outline. Online at archive.org
  70. Posted 2026-03-15 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Shaykh `Alíy-i-Turshízí (`Azím), A (2026). A brief tablet on the memory of Abraham and Moses; the verity of God’s decrees; patience amidst adversity; and mention of a "book."
  71. Posted 2026-03-14 in BWC compilations:   Pierre Spierckel, trans., Universal House of Justice, comp. Importance de l'art dans la promotion de la Foi (2023).
  72. Posted 2026-03-14 in Pilgrims' notes:   Margaret B. Peeke, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Ma rencontre avec Abdu'l-Baha en 1899 (2025).
  73. Posted 2026-03-14 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Se coordonner pour le bien commun: Institutions gouvernementales en partenariat avec l'action communautaire et l'initiative individuelle (2026). Déclaration de la communauté internationale Bahá’íe à la 64e session de la commission du développement social.
  74. Posted 2026-03-14 in Books:   The Báb. کتاب مستطاب بیان فارسی (Authoritative Book of Bayan, Farsi) (1976). A typed copy of the Persian Bayán originally in the handwriting of the Báb's amanuensis Husayn Yazdi.
  75. Posted 2026-03-13 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Pour un nouveau concept de la justice: Jeter les bases d'un monde égalitaire (2026). Une déclaration de la Communauté internationale bahá’íe à la 70e session de la Commission de la condition de la femme des Nations unies.
  76. Posted 2026-03-13 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Reconceptualizing Justice: Laying Foundations for a Gender-Equal World (2026). A statement of the Bahá’í International Community to the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
  77. Posted 2026-03-13 in Poetry:   Jaine Toth. Teardrops (2026). Poems in tribute to Bahá’í friends who’ve relocated to the Kingdom of Abhá.
  78. Posted 2026-03-12 in Book reviews:   Peter Beyer. Baha'i and Globalisation, ed. Margit Warburg, Annika Hvithamar and Morten Warmind: Review (2006).
  79. Posted 2026-03-12 in Biographies:   Author unknown. Index for Relatives of Bahá'u'lláh and The Báb (2000). Index of names of all family members; note on the construction of Persian names. Archive of an old webpage; no links active.
  80. Posted 2026-03-12 in Biographies:   Nader Masrour. Riaz Masrour: In Memoriam (2026).
  81. Posted 2026-03-12 in Biographies:   Azizu'llah Sulaymani, Adel Shafipour, trans. حاجی شیخ زین العابدین ابراری: Ḥájí Shaykh Zaynu'l-'Ábidín Abrárí (2026). English translation and Persian original, of a short biography of Shaykh Zayn-al-‘Abidin, a servant of the cause distinguished for detachment, humility, and tireless service, and recipient of a number of Tablets.
  82. Posted 2026-03-12 in Unpublished articles:   Rouhi Roshani. خاتمیت رد وحدت وجود غایت خلقت عالم وجود بدایتی ندارد (The doctrine of finality rejects the unity of existence; the purpose of the creation of the world of being has no beginning) (n.d.). On the concept of the Finality of Prophethood.
  83. Posted 2026-03-12 in Published articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. منتخباتی از مطالب کتاب مستطاب اقدس: نگاهی كوتاه به كتاب اقدس (Selections from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas) (1993). Brief introduction to the Most Holy Book.
  84. Posted 2026-03-12 in Unpublished articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Iman Motlagh Arani, comp. and ed. مکاتب فلسفی (Philosophical schools) (2025).
  85. Posted 2026-03-11 in Published articles:   Thomas Kelly. Failed Prophecies Are Fatal (2023). Academic discussion of various apocalypse cults with failed prophecies, including the Millerites and the (covenant-breaker group) Bahá'ís under the Provision of the Covenant.
  86. Posted 2026-03-11 in Books:   Rúhíyyih Khánum. Manual for Pioneers, A (1974). Book of practical and spiritual advice, and relevant quotations from the Writings, for pioneers experiencing new cultures and the challenges of both travel and teaching.
  87. Posted 2026-03-11 in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, comp. Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Bible, Some (1988). Compilation of passages from the Bible, showing parallels and prophetic fulfillment in the Bahá'í Faith.
  88. Posted 2026-03-11 in Study Guides:   Study Outline Committee. Study Outlines and Aids for World Order Letters of Shoghi Effendi (1939). Outline and summary of this series of letters, including a topical index for each, providing the thoughts of the Guardian in simplified form to be more quickly grasped by the student.
  89. Posted 2026-03-11 in Videos:   بهائیان و نوسازی ایران: Dr. Davudi (Bahá'ís and the Modernization of Iran). 1-minute video clip from a TV show, on the kidnapping of Dr. Davudi and brief introduction of his academic books.
  90. Posted 2026-03-11 in Published articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. جواب 66 سوال محفل روحانی ملی بهائیان ایران (Answers to 66 Questions of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran) (1979). A compilation of 66 answers to questions from Bahá’í youth put to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran during and after the Iranian revolution.
  91. Posted 2026-03-10 in Published articles:   William S. Hatcher. Analysis of The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, An (1993). The historical context of this book; its theological and philosophy; the content and structure of its writing; distinctive features of the Bahá'í revelation; covenant and administrative order.
  92. Posted 2026-03-10 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Comparison of Yazíd and Shimr with the Divines of Persia (2026). Tablet of Bahaullah comparing Yazíd and Shimr with the theocratic institutions of Persia.
  93. Posted 2026-03-10 in Published articles:   William S. Hatcher. Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: The Causality Principle in the World of Being (1994). On the overall philosophical framework of the Bahá’í Faith to understand the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, which is the articulation of some of the most basic laws of spiritual reality.
  94. Posted 2026-03-10 in Published articles:   A. L. M. Nicolas. Qui est le sucesseur du Bab? (1933).
  95. Posted 2026-03-10 in Biographies:   Robert Stauffer. Samuel Luke Bramwell - First Jamaican Bahá'í (2026). Brief biography of a Jamaican who moved to the Pacific Northwest and became a Bahá'í in 1908.
  96. Posted 2026-03-10 in Published articles:   Nazila Ghanea, Binesh Hass. Seeking Justice and an End to Neglect: Iran's Minorities Today (2011). Historical and current situation of Iran's ethnic, religious and linguistic minority groups; a new popular and political consciousness is emerging in Iran in regard to human rights; the disputed 2009 elections and the protests that followed.
  97. Posted 2026-03-10 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. بررسی تفسیر سوره توحید حضرت نقطه اولی (Studying the Interpretation of the Surah at-Tawhid) (2025).
  98. Posted 2026-03-10 in Notable talks:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. روح و لزوم دين ; لزوم دین و مراتب روح (The Spirit and Necessity of Religion and the Levels of the Soul) (n.d.). Three separate talks, transcribed from recordings.
  99. Posted 2026-03-10 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. ملکوت وجود (The Kingdom of Existence) (1998).
  100. Posted 2026-03-10 in Published articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Muhammad Afnan, Badi'u'llah Farid. هدف و روش (Methods and Approach in Researching Bahá'í Teachings) (date). Questions from the Youth Committee of Ahang-e Badi, with answers from Mr. Dr. Alimurad Davudi, Badi'u'llah Farid, and Dr. Muhammad Afnan.
  101. Posted 2026-03-09 in Published articles:   Benjamin Labaree, Jr.. Ali Illahees (or Nusairys) and Babees of Persia, The (1870). Sympathetic account of the Bábí Faith by an American Protestant missionary.
  102. Posted 2026-03-09 in Essays and short articles:   M. J. de Goeje. Babis, The (1893). Sympathetic overview of early Bahá'í history in a Dutch literary journal.
  103. Posted 2026-03-09 in Personal compilations:   Marian Crist Lippitt. Round Table Discussions (1950). Notes for seven discussion topics, with reference numbers for The Divine Art of Living.
  104. Posted 2026-03-08 in Newspaper articles:   Jean Cahagnet. Babism: The New Religion That is Opposed to Mohammedanism (1889). One-column overview, a "sketch from a forthcoming work on the religious beliefs of Persia."
  105. Posted 2026-03-08 in Published articles:   Helen Campbell. New Economic Movement and Young Persia, A (1910). Overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history and teachings, concluding with an inspiring story of wisdom and kindness of a Spiritual Assembly in Bombay.
  106. Posted 2026-03-08 in Book excerpts:   Author unknown. Note Sur les Sects Dans le Kurdistan (1997). Brief note dated 1872 November 10 on the Bábí population in Kurdistan, published Journal Asiatique 7:2 1873, reprinted 1997.
  107. Posted 2026-03-08 in Personal compilations:   Marian Lippitt, comp., J. Michael Kafes, ed. Reality, Soul, and the Worlds of God (2004). Lengthy compilation organized to set forth an ontological and cosmological paradigm of all existence or reality.
  108. Posted 2026-03-08 in Published articles:   Richard W. Thomas. Review of Shoghi Effendi's Vision of the Future as Expressed in The Advent of Divine Justice, A (1993). Historical and political context and worldview of this letter, and discussion of the Guardian's views of future events.
  109. Posted 2026-03-07 in Essays and short articles:   Author unknown. Persian Teacher, A (1912). A brief "Men of the Month" feature on 'Abdu'l-Bahá, "the Persian teacher of brotherhood."
  110. Posted 2026-03-07 in Letters & statements from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa Johannesburg. Statement to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1997). The Bahá’í community in South Africa opposed racial segregation through integrated communities and spiritual principles, avoiding partisan politics while promoting unity, equality, and reconciliation during apartheid.
  111. Posted 2026-03-07 in Published articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. تربیت در آئین بهائی (Education in the Bahá'í Faith) (1972). On moral education from a scientific and ethical point of view.
  112. Posted 2026-03-07 in Books:   Iman Motlagh Arani. تقریرا ی ت بر کتاب ایقان (Notes on the Kitáb-i-Íqán) (2025). A structured reading of key themes — return and recognition, symbolic cosmology, and the logic of spiritual testing — organized for study and teaching.
  113. Posted 2026-03-07 in Books:   Aristotle, Alí Murád Dávúdí, ed. and trans. درباره نفس ارسطو (Aristotle's On the Soul) (1970). Persian translation and annotation of Aristotle's De Anima (On the Soul). [No relevance to the Bahá'í Faith other than the translator.]
  114. Posted 2026-03-07 in Books:   Etienne Gilson, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. روح فلسفه قرون وسطی (The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy) (1987). Originally published in 1932, this work is considered a cornerstone for understanding the integration of faith and reason during the Middle Ages. [No relevance to the Bahá'í Faith other than the translator.]
  115. Posted 2026-03-07 in Books:   Iman Motlagh Arani. گام به گام با اُم الکتاب دور بهائی کتاب اقدس (Step by Step through the Mother Book of the Bahá'í Faith, The Kitáb-i-Aqdas) (2020). A topical overview of central laws and ethical teachings, arranged for accessibility and reference.
  116. Posted 2026-03-06 in Book excerpts:   Hamid Algar. Bábism, Bahá'ism and the Ulama (1969). On the differing approaches by the Iranian state and the clergy to the Bábí movement.
  117. Posted 2026-03-06 in Book excerpts:   Payam Akhavan. Implications of Twelver Shí'ih Mihdísm on Religious Tolerance: The Case of the Bahá'í Minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran (1993). On the human rights implications of applying Islamic law in Iran to its Bahá'í minority; alternative readings of the sharí‘a that could reconcile discrepancies between the treatment of Bahá'ís with Iran's obligations under international law.
  118. Posted 2026-03-06 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. انسان در آئین بهائی: جلد اول: فلسفه و عرفان (Station of Man in the Bahá'í Faith: Volume 1, Philosophy and Mysticism) (1987). 19 collected works of 'Alí-Murád Dávúdi.
  119. Posted 2026-03-06 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. رهایی: مجموعه ای از آثار دکتر علی مراد داودی (Freedom: A collection of works by Dr. Ali Murad Davoudi) (2010). 18 articles and various historical materials, including Dr. Davudi's will.
  120. Posted 2026-03-05 in Books:   Ernest Renan, William G. Hutchison, trans. Apostles, The (1905). One-page discussion of Bábí history.
  121. Posted 2026-03-05 in Published articles:   Samuel Graham Wilson. Babism: A Failure (1904). A theological rejection of the Bábí Faith from a Christian missionary's perspective.
  122. Posted 2026-03-05 in Published articles:   E. G. Tisdall. Babism: What Is It? (1904). A sympathetic appraisal of the Bábí Faith from a Christian missionary's perspective.
  123. Posted 2026-03-05 in Published articles:   Ashaq Hussain. Baha'ism in Iran (2013). An overview of Bahá'í history and the Iranian response.
  124. Posted 2026-03-05 in Books:   Various, Lowell Johnson, Susan Ford, Peter Goodman. Pictorial History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Africa, 1911 to 1989, A (1989). Documents the growth of the South African Bahá’í community, highlighting its multiracial community life and efforts to promote unity and peace during the apartheid era up to 1989.
  125. Posted 2026-03-05 in Published articles:   Ashaq Hussain. Religion in Iran (2013). Summary of the status of religious minorities in Iran: the Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, and Judaism.
  126. Posted 2026-03-05 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. عقل در حکمت مشاء: از ارسطو تا ابن سینا (Intellect in Peripatetic Philosophy: From Aristotle to Avicenna) (1971). Lengthy study of Islamic and Greek philosophy, on the concept of the intellect from Aristotle through later Greek and Islamic commentators.
  127. Posted 2026-03-05 in Unpublished articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. فلسفة علوم (Philosophy of Science) (n.d.). Unpublished document on the philosophy of science. Date and context unknown.
  128. Posted 2026-03-05 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Ibrahim Ashk Shirin, ed. مقالات داودی (Davudi's Articles) (2007). Seven articles on philosophy.
  129. Posted 2026-03-05 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, comp. and ed. مقالات و رسائل در مباحث متنوّعه: جلد سوم (Articles and Treatises on Various Subjects: Volume 3) (1993). 33 articles and essays on various topics, along with biographies and other historical material.
  130. Posted 2026-03-05 in Published articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. مقام انسان از نظر فلسفی (The status of man from a philosophical perspective) (n.d.). Transcript of a talk. Date and location not known.
  131. Posted 2026-03-04 in Books:   George Townshend. Altar on the Hearth, The (1927). Townshend's first work, a book of prayers and meditations emphasizing renewed revelation of truth from God and a new spiritual civilization.
  132. Posted 2026-03-04 in Biographies:   Brian Townshend. George Townshend (1970). Overview of Townshend's life and writings.
  133. Posted 2026-03-04 in Audio:   Behrooz Sabet, Riaz Masrour, Forouzandeh Masrour. Interview with Riaz Masrour and Behrooz Sabet on 'Alí Murád Dávúdí (2013). Interview (in Persian) on Bahá'í Radio discussing the perspectives and thoughts of Dr. Davudi, as a modern thinker, and on translating his work into English.
  134. Posted 2026-03-03 in Unpublished articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. الوهيّت: اَحَدِيَّت - مرتبه تجلي الهي بذاته لِذاتِه ? (Divinity: Unity - the order of divine manifestation itself?) (n.d.). Transcript from a recorded talk on Ahadiyat and the essence of God and vahediyat.
  135. Posted 2026-03-03 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Vahid Rafati, ed. الوهيّت و مظهريّت : جلد دوم فلسفه و عرفان (Divinity and Manifestation Volume Two: Philosophy and Mysticism) (1996).
  136. Posted 2026-03-03 in Books:   Léon Meynard, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. شناسائی و هستی (Knowledge and Existence) (1972). Persian translation of a French philosophy text.
  137. Posted 2026-03-02 in Essays and short articles:   Brett Zamir. Bahá'í Teachings Related to Affirmative Action (2026). Some methods the Bahá'í Faith uses to promote diversity within elected or appointed positions.
  138. Posted 2026-03-01 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Art and Spirituality (2025). A Powerpoint presentation exploring the interconnectedness of art and spirituality.
  139. Posted 2026-03-01 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Lives of Service (2008). A photographic memorial presentation of seven imprisoned Bahá'ís.
  140. Posted 2026-03-01 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. No Mud, No Lotus: Thoughts on the Wisdom of Tests and Difficulties (2025). Artistic presentation with quotations from many spiritual sources, best appreciated with soft instrumental music.
  141. Posted 2026-02-27 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Day of the Covenant (1999). A comprehensive PowerPoint program, incorporating poetry and a short video, in celebration of the Day of the Covenant. The slide presentation is accompanied by a script for three voices.
  142. Posted 2026-02-27 in Study Guides:   Bahá'í World Centre. Materials Studied at the 114 Global Youth Conferences in 2013 (2013). Compilation presenting materials studied during the global Bahá’í youth conferences in 2013, organized under the auspices of the Universal House of Justice, exploring youth identity, community-building, service, and civilization advancement.
  143. Posted 2026-02-26 in Unpublished articles:   Rowshan Mustapha. Bahá'í Faith in Algeria, The (2025). History of the period beginning with the entry of the Persian pioneers in Algeria in 1953 up to 2003.
  144. Posted 2026-02-26 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Black Inventors Who Have Improved Your Life (2020). Introduces some black inventors and their accomplishments that make our lives so much better. (No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.)
  145. Posted 2026-02-26 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Fred Mortensen: From Delinquent to Disciple (2012). A detailed biography, with some photos of Mortensen and 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Green Acre.
  146. Posted 2026-02-26 in Presentations:   Roger Coe. Order of Bahá'u'lláh: A Systemic Taxonomy (2026). A visual study exploring the hierarchy, evolution, and distinctions of the New World Order; presentation and notes on the framework Shoghi Effendi described in God Passes By as "that self-same Order."
  147. Posted 2026-02-26 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Peace Among the Nations (1999). Brief statement on world peace and the approaching turn of the millennium.
  148. Posted 2026-02-26 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Weaving the Arts into Presentations (2009). A brief slide presentation, with script for narrator, to explain the positive effects achieved when the arts are woven into presentations rather than just used as an adjunct or for entertainment.
  149. Posted 2026-02-26 in Published articles:   Alí Murád Dávúdí. امر بهائی و فلسفه شرق (The Bahá'í Faith and Eastern Philosophy) (1974).
  150. Posted 2026-02-26 in Books:   Émile Bréhier, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. تاریخ فلسفه جلد اول دوره یونانی (History of Philosophy, Volume One: The Greek Period) (1967). Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text.
  151. Posted 2026-02-26 in Books:   Émile Bréhier, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. تاریخ فلسفه جلد دوم دوره انتشار فرهنگ یونانی و دوره رومی (History of Philosophy, Volume Two: The Hellenistic and Roman Periods) (1967). Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text.
  152. Posted 2026-02-25 in Essays and short articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. After Shoghi Effendi: Guardianship, Lineage, and the Limits of Claim (2025). Theological-legal analysis of the Bahá’í Covenant as it pertains to the institution of the Guardianship, and the claims advanced by Mason Remey and the "Orthodox Bahá’ís"; the nature of the Covenant, the Guardianship, and the Aghsan.
  153. Posted 2026-02-25 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Art Is an Act of Spirituality (2025). A lengthy presentation of beautiful art along with quotes about how art affects the spirit, to be scrolled through slowly, with soft music of your choice playing in the background, as you meditate on each slide.
  154. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Bahá'í Epistemology and the Modern Landscape of Knowledge: From Scientific Realism to Discourse Theory and Virtue Epistemology (2025). On the relationship between Bahá’í epistemology and philosophical theories of knowledge including Wittgenstein, Popper, Kuhn, Foucault, Laclau, Mouffe, Fairclough, Williamson, Sosa, and Zagzebski; a teleological alternative to constructivist models.
  155. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Bahá'í Praxis, The: Translating Theology into Social Action (2025). Bahá’í theology marks a transition from classical metaphysics to an embodied, praxis-centered framework, not in doctrinal systematization but in the ethical transformation of individuals and societies. Revelation is actualized through justice and unity.
  156. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Beyond Totality: Bahá'í Ethics and the Prophetic Epistemology of the Other (2025). Bahá'í ethics are grounded in clear and manifest action, where divine command and civilizational responsibility converge. The ethical self emerges through participation in a teleological process guided by love, justice, and transformative responsibility.
  157. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. End of Theology, part 2, The: The Metaphysical Status of Cosmos and the Resolution of Kant's Antinomies in Bahá'í Metaphysics (2025). On the ontological and epistemological status of the cosmos through the lens of Bahá'í metaphysics. The hierarchy of worlds, the progressive nature of revelation, and the Manifestation of God — a cosmological axis — reveal a teleological order.
  158. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. End of Theology, The: Bahá'í Metaphysics and the Limits of Speculative Reason (2025). On the end of speculative theology, due to divine unknowability, the functions of the Primal Will, the theophanic reality of the Manifestation, and the eternal progression of the soul. Bahá’í theology clarifies the epistemological limits of metaphysics.
  159. Posted 2026-02-25 in Scripts and screenplays:   Jaine Toth. Four Scripts for Dramatic Readings on Holy Days (2024). Scripts for Ridván and the martyrdom of the Báb blending storytelling, dramatic readings, poetry and music; one for the Birth of the Bab program without a dramatic reading; a piece on equality for any occasion like Women's History Month.
  160. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Managing the Fold: Punishment, Marginality, and Apostasy as Tools of Communal Governance (2025). How religious communities draw and maintain their boundaries; substance vs. rhetoric; guidance for scholars and reformers: a proposed research agenda of anonymized administrative data, digital counterpublics, and the law of voluntary associations.
  161. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Presupposition of Revealed Truth: On First Principles, Revelation, and the Ground of Rationality (2025). On the philosophical necessity of divine Revelation as the foundational axiom of thought. Every philosophical system depends on unprovable first principles. The Manifestations are not only the source of revelation but also the ontological axis of truth.
  162. Posted 2026-02-25 in Books:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Reason in the Orbit of Revelation: Constructing a Bahá'í Philosophical Paradigm (2025). A book-length systematic proposal for a Bahá'í philosophical framework across metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics, engaging phenomenology and contemporary theory while emphasizing praxis grounded in Revelation. (Some chapters already posted separately.)
  163. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Spectrum of Knowledge in the Bahá'í Faith, The: Material, Conceptual, Existential, Moral, and Divine Forms of Knowing (2025). Seven categories identified within the Bahá’í typology of knowledge: material, conceptual, existential, moral, divine, intrinsic divine, and true knowledge in conformity with reality; this view integrates scientific, moral, and spiritual dimensions.
  164. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Superstition and the Structure of True Knowledge: A Bahá'í Critique of Khurāfāt and Epistemic Deviation (2025). Superstitions — numerology, astrology, psychic powers, esoteric myths — are an epistemic and spiritual deviation from true knowledge, incompatible with the divine purpose of human understanding; superstition's psychological, cultural, and ethical effects.
  165. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Thresholds of Just-Being: Deficiency, Demise, and the Ontology of Belonging (2025). Belonging is not a binary condition — believer or unbeliever — but a continuum shaped by varying degrees of care, orientation, and world-formation. One could self-identify as Bahá’í, participating in a shared civilizational goal but not in the community.
  166. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Timeless Principles of Religion, The: A Comparative Study across Christian, Islamic, and Bahá'í Thought (2025). Theological map of nine principles in Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith: oneness of God, unknowability of the divine essence, creation by God's sovereign act, office of prophethood, authority of revealed law, cardinal virtues, judgment and death.
  167. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Toward a Bahá'í Political Philosophy: Manifestation, Authority, and the Form of Civilizational Unity (2025). On a systematic political philosophy of the Bahá’í Faith, which unites metaphysical origins with a political consummation. The Manifestation serves as the legislator and architect of a global civilization; unity is the central teleological concept.
  168. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Toward a Unified Bahá'í Paradigm of Science: Integrating the Seven Modes of Knowledge (2025). Typology of seven interrelated forms of knowledge: material, conceptual, existential, moral, divine, intrinsic divine, and knowledge in conformity with reality. This integrates epistemological plurality, ontological humility, and a moral teleology.
  169. Posted 2026-02-25 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. Wisdom and Philosophy in the Bahá'í Faith: On the Divine Horizon of Ḥikmat and the Boundaries of Speculative Reason (2025). On a Bahá'í philosophical paradigm that reconfigures the nature of philosophy itself: a prophetic ontology in which wisdom is divinely sourced and civilizational in purpose; being, causality, and knowledge in classical, Islamic, and modern philosophies.
  170. Posted 2026-02-24 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. چند پیام بیت‌العدل اعظم الهی از انتشارات مجله پیام بدیع (Some Messages from the Universal House of Justice from the Publications of Payam Badi) (2013). Compilation of letters in Persian.
  171. Posted 2026-02-24 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Declaration of the Báb (2005). Presentation for the celebration of the holy day; includes accolades about the Báb from western notables.
  172. Posted 2026-02-24 in Biographies:   Behrooz Sabet. Dr. Alimorad Davoudi (2026). Brief bio of an Iranian philosopher, professor, writer, translator, and the Secretary General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’i of Iran, written by his nephew.
  173. Posted 2026-02-24 in Essays and short articles:   Jaine Toth. Four Talks on Some Bahá'í Principles (2000). Four talks on the Bahá´í teachings and the arts: A Place for Art; Faith, Art, and Spirituality; Race Unity Day; and The World of Humanity has Two Wings.
  174. Posted 2026-02-24 in Pilgrims' notes:   Jack E. McCants. Statements of the Guardian Providing a Framework of Events Destined to Occur between the Time of His Writing and the Year 2000 (1970). A collection of quotations and pilgrims notes on events of the latter twentieth century, projected and prophesied.
  175. Posted 2026-02-24 in Books:   Fariduddin Radmehr. سیر و سلوک‌ در رساله سلوک (Spiritual Journey of the Mystical Path in the Seven Valleys) (n.d.). شرحی بر عبارات، اشارات، كلمات، احادیث، اشعار و آیات مبارکه مندرج در هفت وادی . An explanation of phrases, allusions, words, hadiths, poems, and verses of the Quran used in in the Seven Valleys.
  176. Posted 2026-02-24 in Published articles:   پیام بدیع (New Message) (1987). 51 issues.
  177. Posted 2026-02-23 in Presentations:   Jaine Toth. Martyrdom of the Báb (2005). Presentation prepared for the commemoration ceremony July 9, 2024, at Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute.
  178. Posted 2026-02-23 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ethel J. Rosenberg. Notes Taken in 1904: vol. 1 (1904). Book-length collection of quotations from pilgrims' notes and other sources on many aspects of Bahá'í teachings on philosophy and interpretations of religious symbols.
  179. Posted 2026-02-23 in Pilgrims' notes:   Myrta Swingle Sandoz. Pilgrim Notes (n.d.). Account of Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Ohio, 1912. Date not given, but header references the author's death year of 1962.
  180. Posted 2026-02-23 in Pilgrims' notes:   Catherine Andreasen, Elsie De Crow Pilgrimage to the Bahá'í World Centre (1972). Detailed account of a visit to the World Centre in 1972.
  181. Posted 2026-02-23 in Published articles:   Todd Lawson, Necati Alkan. Qur'án in Bahá'í Writings, The (2025). Overview of the place of the Qur'án in Bahá'í theology and hermeneutics, and as featured in the writings of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and Abdu'l-Bahá.
  182. Posted 2026-02-22 in Essays and short articles:   Ruth Moffett. `Abdu'l-Bahá's Historic Meeting with Jane Addams (1935). On Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to Hull House, the community "settlement house" in Chicago, and meeting with Addams, President of the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom and future recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
  183. Posted 2026-02-22 in Pilgrims' notes:   Howard C. Struven. Acca Notes (1910). Notes of a visit to Haifa and Akka in 1910. Not proofread.
  184. Posted 2026-02-22 in Essays and short articles:   Author unknown. Concept Notes (2022). 18 essays from the Office of Public Affairs of Bahá'ís of India website, on a variety of topics related to family, women, children, peace, equality, diversity, religion, culture, and the arts.
  185. Posted 2026-02-22 in Essays and short articles:   Virginia Orbison. Kahlil Gibran (1966). Short set of anecdotes about the ties between Gibran and the Faith, from a letter to "JPL."
  186. Posted 2026-02-22 in Pilgrims' notes:   Irene Bennett. My First Pilgrimage to Haifa - 1954 (1954). Detailed account of a visit to the World Centre and meeting the Guardian.
  187. Posted 2026-02-22 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alan McCormick. Notes on Alan McCormick's Pilgrimage to Haifa (1953). Short recollection of various topics.
  188. Posted 2026-02-22 in Pilgrims' notes:   Emeric Sala. Pilgrim Notes (1938). Short answers to various question.
  189. Posted 2026-02-22 in Pilgrims' notes:   Hormozdyar Sabet. Pilgrim Notes (1910). Brief overview of visits to the shrines and meeting Abdu'l-Bahá.
  190. Posted 2026-02-22 in Pilgrims' notes:   Howard C. Struven, Charles Mason Remey. Pilgrim Notes of Charles Mason Remey and Howard C. Struven (1910). Short answers on various topics, from a visit in 1910.
  191. Posted 2026-02-22 in Books:   Iman Motlagh Arani تاملاتی در باب مقولاتی بزرگ: جلد دوم (Reflections on Great Categories, vol. 2) (2023).
  192. Posted 2026-02-22 in Books:   Iman Motlagh Arani. تاملاتی در باب مقولاتی بزرگ (Reflections on Great Categories, vol. 1) (2023).
  193. Posted 2026-02-22 in Books:   Iman Motlagh Arani. تاویل و هرمنوتیک در آثار آئین بهائی (Interpretation and Hermeneutics in the Bahá'í Writings) (2025). A methodological guide to symbolic interpretation, including case studies on "sun, moon, and stars," eschatological imagery, and principles for typological reading.
  194. Posted 2026-02-21 in Essays and short articles:   Martha L. Root. Bahá'í Movement, The: The Greatness of Its Power (1936). Tributes to the Bahá'í Faith from various notables and thinkers across Europe.
  195. Posted 2026-02-21 in Published articles:   Will C. van den Hoonaard. Etching the Idea of "Unity in Diversity" in the Bahá'í Community: Popular Notion or Organizing Principle? (2001). On the meanings of "unity in diversity" in Bahá'í culture and scholarship and its occurrence in literature; aesthetic and functional analogies; use in governance.
  196. Posted 2026-02-21 in Books:   Ruth J. Moffett. New Keys to the Book of Revelation (1977). Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith expressed through the lens of prophetic Christianity.
  197. Posted 2026-02-21 in Biographies:   Author unknown. Ruth J. Moffett: 1880-1978 (1981).
  198. Posted 2026-02-20 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen. Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í World, 1919-1920 (excerpt) (2004). Material for an unfinished chapter "Progress of the Bahá'í Movement." Excerpt pp. 62-80 only, as provided by Google Books free preview.
  199. Posted 2026-02-20 in Published articles:   Agnes Baldwin Alexander. Forty Years of the Bahá'í Cause in Hawaii: 1902-1942 (1974). Four decades of history and travel, as told partly through personal letters, including many Tablets from `Abdu'l-Bahá to local believers and travel-teachers.
  200. Posted 2026-02-20 in Published articles:   Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. "Man of Africa", A: Emotions and Political Kinship in Forming Transnational Connections (2026). On the travels and politics of Enoch Olinga, who worked with global minorities across national boundaries; the Black international experience as seen through the lens of emotions; dynamics of racial identities and diasporic connections in the 1950s–1970s.
  201. Posted 2026-02-20 in Videos:   John S. Hatcher. Online Course on the Bahá'í Faith (2020). Links to 117 Youtube videos on Bahá'í history and teachings.
  202. Posted 2026-02-12 in Audio:   Various. Proceedings and Recordings (1976). Links to archived audio and video talks and lectures given at meetings of the Association for Bahá'í Studies (North America).
  203. Posted 2026-02-12 in Unpublished articles:   Iman Motlagh Arani. آفاق برهان، انفس معنا: تأملی در دلائل سبعه حضرت باب (The Horizons of Proof, the Souls of Meaning: A Reflection on the Seven Proofs of the Báb) (2025). A critical reconstruction of the Dalā’il-i-Sab‘ih, presenting formalized arguments and assessing their logical coherence and hermeneutic depth.
  204. Posted 2026-02-10 in Published articles:   Albert P. Entzminger. Manifestation, The (1939). Explains the role and dual identities of the Manifestations of God, who guide humanity, and reveal spiritual truth progressively across religious history.
  205. Posted 2026-02-10 in Theses:   Omid Nikooeighamsari. Positive Peacebuilding: Exploring the Bahá'í Perspectives and Approaches (2024). On a proactive and preventive model for peacebuilding: building peace as "infrastructure" to prevent conflict from arising in the first place, through community empowerment and systemic social reform.
  206. Posted 2026-02-09 in Essays and short articles:   Peter Smith. Funds (2000).
  207. Posted 2026-02-09 in Books:   George Townshend. Genius of Ireland and Other Essays (1930). Irish humour; the genius of Ireland; a kinship in genius: the English poet-prophets; the language of the Commonwealth; the beauty of Ireland.
  208. Posted 2026-02-09 in Personal compilations:   Diana Dainty, comp., Don Dainty, comp. Guide for Bahá'í Funerals and Burial in Canada, A (2011). Bahá'í teachings on the body, soul, mind, spirit, and life death; preparations for burial; the graveside ceremony; appendix: quotes from the Writings and other Bahá'í sources; burial shroud examples.
  209. Posted 2026-02-09 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh. Hidden Words: Early English Translations (1921). Scans of five editions published 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1929.
  210. Posted 2026-02-09 in Essays and short articles:   Peter Smith. Law; Liberty; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (2000). Three extracts.
  211. Posted 2026-02-09 in Essays and short articles:   Peter Smith. Learned (2000).
  212. Posted 2026-02-09 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Principles of Bahá'í Education: A Brief Conceptual Review (1997). A concise review of Bahá’í educational principles offering a unified vision of learning, human potential, and social transformation.
  213. Posted 2026-02-09 in Archives:   Steven Kolins, comp. Selected Archives on Robert Durr (2026). Archival material provided by the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives about the African-American editor of the Birmingham Weekly Review.
  214. Posted 2026-02-08 in Books:   Jaine Ellen Toth. Arts, The: The Key to Spiritual Transformation (2025). A call to individuals and communities, based in part on the Bahá'í Writings, to understand the imperative of weaving the arts into the tapestry of our lives. Exercises are included to stimulate the creativity within each reader.
  215. Posted 2026-02-08 in Unpublished articles:   Ernie Jones. Ernie's Universe (2025). A compilation from the Writings on themes of spirituality and cosmology, along with personal notes; discussion of the "Universe Chart" on spiritual evolution; the "God Formula", a way to reference God using mathematical terms.
  216. Posted 2026-02-08 in Unpublished articles:   Bahman Nadimi. Rethinking the Design Question: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Revolutionary Synthesis of Design, Emergence, and Free Will (2025). On Darwinian vs the Intelligent Design movement's approach to questions of causation, complexity, and free will; description of a Bahá'í framework, sketching the conceptual terrain, promising lines of argument, and suggestions for further work.
  217. Posted 2026-02-08 in Unpublished articles:   Karl Weaver. Story of Adam and Eve, The (2026). Abdu’l-Bahá's explanations of the story of "Adam and Eve", and further interpretations and background.
  218. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Aaron J. R. Ferguson. Bahá'u'lláh's Warning to Mírzá Muḥammad-'Alí in a Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahájí: Provisional Translation and Commentary (2025). A warning concerning the possibility of Bahá'u'lláh's son straying from the cause; significance of this Tablet in light of the themes of spiritual authority and succession in the Bahá’í Faith; admonitions to remain firm in His Covenant and prevent schism.
  219. Posted 2026-02-07 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Coordination for the Common Good: Governing Institutions in Partnership with Community Action and Individual Initiative (2026). Statement for the 64th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD). Social progress emerges through coordinated partnership among institutions, communities, and individuals, grounded in trust, consultation, and shared purpose.
  220. Posted 2026-02-07 in Biographies:   Sholeh A. Quinn. Ian Kluge (1948-2023) (2025).
  221. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Todd Lawson. In the Beginning was Metaphor: Henry Corbin and the Quran (2025). Iranian Islam; the Day of the Covenant, Mundus Imaginalis, and metahistory; metaphor and ta'wil. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  222. Posted 2026-02-07 in Books:   Lights of 'Irfán Book 21 (2025). Papers delivered at Irfan Colloquia.
  223. Posted 2026-02-07 in Biographies:   Manuchehr Derakhshani (1932-2025) (2025).
  224. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Shahbaz Fatheazam. Myth or Madness: The (Lost) Joy of Religion (2025). The purpose of religion is to draw unto God through contemplation and to enjoy communion. This demands self-surrender and love.
  225. Posted 2026-02-07 in Books:   Bahá'u'lláh. Pen of Glory, The: Selected Works of Bahá'u'lláh (2008). A compilation including Gems of Divine Mysteries, two Tablets to Manikchí Sahib, Tablet of the Seven Questions, and two other tablets.
  226. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen. Potent God and the Attracting God, The: Metaphysics and its Social Consequences (2025). Two conceptual notions of God: the view of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is based on concepts of God via St Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, and chains of cause and effect. Alternately, God can be seen as the ultimate goal, attracting all of Creation to Him.
  227. Posted 2026-02-07 in Unpublished articles:   Todd Lawson. Primordial Covenant and Joseph: Metaphoricity in the Quran (2025). On metaphors of emotion as a mode of cognition in the Quran; emotions of God, represented by the Quranic names and attributes; the role of God in the life of the believer and the community. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
  228. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Vargha Bolodo-Taefi. Survey of the Cardinal Maxims of Islamic Philosophy in the Bahá'í Writings, A (2025). The influence of Islamic thought and intellectual tradition on the Bahá’í Writings; 34 cardinal maxims of Islamic philosophy that are adopted and expounded in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, with examples.
  229. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Foad Seddigh. Tablet of Fitnih (Tribulations) and Its Recipient: Shams-i Jahán (2025). Tablet to a grand-daughter of Fátḥ-i-‘Alí Sháh and an aunt of Náṣiri’d-Dín Sháh, who became one of the believers of the Báb and met Ṭáhirih, travelled to Baghdád and met Bahá'u'lláh, and became one of His ardent adherents.
  230. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   JoAnn M. Borovicka. Understanding Traditional Discourses (2025). On Gulpaygani's interpretation of the Book of Exodus to address people's quest for historical understandings; an excerpt of his discourse on this topic to selections of the Bahá'í sacred text and authoritative guidance.
  231. Posted 2026-02-07 in Published articles:   Ian Kluge. Which World Are You In? (2025). On the intellectual and affective consequences of answering the question, "Does God exist or not?"; comparison of worldviews from atheism to theism.
  232. Posted 2026-02-05 in Videos:   Bahá'í World Centre. Expressions of Equality in the Family (2025). Short documentary, on how the principle of equality is reshaping patterns of life among several families in New Delhi.
  233. Posted 2026-01-31 in Audio:   Joshua Hall, Amos Wollen. Interview with Joshua Hall on Bahá'í Philosophy of Religion (2025). In-depth interview exploring Bahá’í philosophy, theology, metaphysics, and spirituality. Includes audio and video formats, plus transcript.
  234. Posted 2026-01-31 in Essays and short articles:   Badi Shams. Nuggets, The (2020). A newsletter written from a Bahá’í perspective consisting of inspiring stories, news, and history from the culture and wisdom of Canada's First Nations and all religions, contributing to making the world a better and united place.
  235. Posted 2026-01-30 in Book reviews:   Ann Boyles. Bahá'í House of Worship: Design, Construction and Community, by Joe Carter and Nooshfar Afnan: Review (2025). Examines the evolving Bahá’í House of Worship as an emergent institution uniting architecture, community development, and the integration of worship and service.
  236. Posted 2026-01-30 in Published articles:   Pierre-Yves Mocquais. Défi lancé à la communauté bahá'íe, Un (2025). Examining Farzam Arbab’s call for intellectual renewal, this article critiques materialist thought and outlines qualities enabling the Bahá’í community to harmonize science, religion, and social transformation.
  237. Posted 2026-01-30 in Published articles:   Tahereh Khollas Pourshafie, Janice Orrell. Fostering Wisdom in Youth through Moral Education in a Bahá'í-inspired School (2025). How a Bahá’í-inspired school uses moral education to help young people develop wisdom, good character, and positive behavior.
  238. Posted 2026-01-30 in Published articles:   Douglas Perry. New Perspective on Human Evolution, A (2025). Applies modern cladistics to evolutionary biology, addressing gaps in Bahá’í scholarship and reframing perceived tensions between evolution and statements of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
  239. Posted 2026-01-30 in Book reviews:   Alex Douglas. Toward a Paradigm Shift in International Relations: (Re)Claiming World Peace, by Navid Pourmokhtari: Review (2025).
  240. Posted 2026-01-30 in Book reviews:   Patricia Verge. True Reconciliation (2025). Review of Reconciling History: A Story of Canada, by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh, and True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change, by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh.
  241. Posted 2026-01-30 in Published articles:   Farzam Arbab. Vie intellectuelle de la communauté bahá'íe, la (2025). On the need for us to have intellectual courage, a lack of elitism, and the harmony of science and religion.
  242. Posted 2026-01-28 in Published articles:   Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, Mariam Ashtiani, Michael Karlberg, Mojgan Sami, Negin Toosi. Aspirational Trends in Social Science Methodology (2025). Examines six emerging methodological trends that signal the maturation of social sciences and guide research toward more inclusive, reflective, and transformative contributions to humanity.
  243. Posted 2026-01-28 in Videos:   Rúhíyyih Khánum Shoghi Effendi's Love for Switzerland. 4-minute video about the Guardian's time in Switzerland, its historical context relative to Bahá'í history, and insights into his personal feelings about this experience.
  244. Posted 2026-01-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of Twenty Questions Revealed by the Báb and Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Jalíl Urūmī, The (2025). Answers to a range of devotional, doctrinal, and juridical questions submitted by early believers; a comprehensive reply to multiple letters conveying inquiries, greetings, affirmations of obedience, and appeals for spiritual clarification.
  245. Posted 2026-01-25 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Guidance about How to Direct the Course of One's Life (1978). Ways to conform our conduct to the Teachings and the service of the Cause and mankind, including five steps of prayer for guidance told by the Guardian to Ruth Moffett, which can be regarded as just "personal suggestions" but are "quite sound."
  246. Posted 2026-01-25 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Universal House of Justice, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. National Spiritual Assembly, The (2023). Compilation outlining the spiritual foundations, responsibilities, and evolving role of National Spiritual Assemblies in fostering unity, administration, and the society-building mission of the Bahá’í Faith.
  247. Posted 2026-01-23 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Human Suffering, the Reconstruction of Society, and the Places the Manifestations of God have Appeared (1985).
  248. Posted 2026-01-22 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Involvement in Politics and the Eradication of Injustice (1976). Letter to an individual explaining that Bahá’ís avoid partisan politics, focusing instead on spiritual transformation and building a new world order as humanity passes through upheaval.
  249. Posted 2026-01-19 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Authenticity of Passage on the "Design of your Creator" (2011). Letter from the Office of Correspondence indicating that a passage attributed to 'Abdu'l-Bahá which begins "Know that you are where you are, not by chance, but by the design of your Creator" can not be confirmed.
  250. Posted 2026-01-19 in Essays and short articles:   Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By: Foreword (1944). Introduction only, posted separate for reference as it is one of the most significant of the Guardian's writings.
  251. Posted 2026-01-19 in Essays and short articles:   George Townshend. God Passes By: Introduction (1944). Original introduction, which is often omitted from print and online versions of the book.
  252. Posted 2026-01-19 in Published articles:   Saleha, Ayesha Zaka, Humaira Tehsin. Negotiating Gender Equality among Pakistani Bahá'ís: A Qualitative Study (2025). Explores how Pakistani Bahá’ís negotiate religious ideals of gender equality within everyday life, revealing tensions between egalitarian beliefs and patriarchal social norms.
  253. Posted 2026-01-17 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Social and Economic Development (2018). Letter to the Bahá’ís of the world, urging to coordinated social and economic development, and announcing the inauguration of the Bahá’í International Development Organization.
  254. Posted 2026-01-12 in Book excerpts:   Shoghi Effendi. Description of Tablets Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A (1944). Overview of Bahá’u’lláh’s later Tablets clarifying His laws and teachings, proclaiming human unity, justice, peace, world order, and principles guiding humanity’s collective maturity. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference.
  255. Posted 2026-01-12 in Book excerpts:   Shoghi Effendi. Description of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, A (1944). Overview of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas as Bahá’u’lláh’s Most Holy Book, establishing His laws, institutions, and Covenant, and serving as the charter of a new world order. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference.
  256. Posted 2026-01-12 in Book excerpts:   Shoghi Effendi. Description of the Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, A (1944). Overview of Bahá’u’lláh’s proclamation to world rulers and religious leaders, calling them to justice, unity, peace, and recognition of His Revelation. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference.
  257. Posted 2026-01-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors (2025). Regarding the progress of the Nine Year Plan of the worldwide Bahá’í community (2022–2031).
  258. Posted 2025-12-28 in Bibliographies:   Index to Some Answered Questions (2014). Topic references to chapter and paragraph numbers of the 2014 revised authorized translation of this collection of table talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  259. Posted 2025-12-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb on the Mi'rāj of the Prophet Muhammad, Addressed to Mīrzá Ḥasan Nūrī (2025). A response to questions concerning the bodily Ascension of the Prophet Muḥammad, and whether the Mi‘rāj should be understood in corporeal, allegorical, or metaphysical terms; on allegory and three modes of existence, Sarmad, Dahr, and Zamān.
  260. Posted 2025-12-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb Revealed for Mullá Ḥusayn Concerning the Practice of Dissimulation, Patience, and the Reward of the Faithful (2025). On the guarded exercise of faith under conditions of trial; the spiritual necessity of dissimulation can be a means of preserving faith amid adversity, coupled with the assurance that divine truth is ultimately established while falsehood is erased.
  261. Posted 2025-12-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í, Revealed at Bushíhr, An: On the Cessation of Revelation and the Appointment of the First Believer (2025). At epistle in which the Báb announces the suspension of further revelation for a period of five years; the cessation of revelation, which is both a chastisement and a trial, identifies the Báb’s Revelation as the locus of divine utterance in this age.
  262. Posted 2025-12-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. One of the Tablets of Visitation in Glorification of the Station of Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed by the Báb (2025). Tablet of visitation in honour of Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í affirming his exalted station, the unsurpassable nature of his rank, the cosmic magnitude of his affliction, and the eternal efficacy of his sacrifice.
  263. Posted 2025-12-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Response to the Inquiry of Mullá Ibrāhím Maḥallātí (2025). A response to questions concerning five Qur’ánic verses long marked by contention; the Báb refrains from explicit exegesis, treating the verses as axiomatic declarations whose meaning is disclosed through divine authority rather than disputation.
  264. Posted 2025-12-18 in Essays and short articles:   Bahman Nadimi. `Abdu'l-Bahá on Humanity's Ability to "Break" the Laws of Nature (2025). On Abdu’l-Bahá’s "breaking of nature" statements and whether they can be thought of as as lawful redirection; human reason leverages and reorganizes nature's forces into tools to override nature's local tendencies.
  265. Posted 2025-12-18 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to His Grandmother and Mother, An (2025). A letter of tender care, intimate guidance, and spiritual insight for His family; the Báb addresses their anxieties regarding His return and expresses His hope of reunion, entrusting all to the Will of the Lord of the world.
  266. Posted 2025-12-18 in Books:   Julio Savi. New Garden, The: Bahá'í Poems (2022). Anthology of 80 poems presented by the Association for Bahá’í Studies on the occasion of the centenary of the passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
  267. Posted 2025-12-17 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb in Reply to Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí Qazvíní: A Divine Remedy for Sorrow and the Attainment of Certitude (2025). An Epistle of counsel and support in reply to the inquiries of Muḥammad ‘Alí Qazvíní, one of the Letters of the Living.
  268. Posted 2025-12-17 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to His Beloved and Blessed Wife (2025). A letter of counsel and trust, advising his spouse to seek serenity through glorification of God and anticipating the ultimate reunion of the Lord; true comfort lies in contentment with God’s decree; affectionate salutations to His mother and family.
  269. Posted 2025-12-17 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn, Revealed at Búshihr: On the Inimitable Book and the Guidance of the Faithful (2025). On the authority of the Book of the Remembrance; the principles of divine unity, the immutability of God’s decree, and the inimitability of the Báb's revelation; guidance on the City of Safety and pilgrimage.
  270. Posted 2025-12-17 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Prayer of the Báb on Divine Sovereignty and the True Mirror (2025). On the omnipotence of God and the station of He Whom God shall make manifest, and the metaphor of the True Mirror: other mirrors imagine themselves to contain the Sun, but the sun shines only in the true mirror of recognizing the Manifestation.
  271. Posted 2025-12-17 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Proclamation of the Cause, and the Manifest Sign, The (2025). A Tablet of proclamation and admonition, offering warning, guidance, and spiritual insight to those who possess the eyes to perceive, using the Qur’anic allegory of the She-Camel, symbolizing both a divine test and a sign.
  272. Posted 2025-12-17 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Utterances of the Unlettered and the Proof of the Divine Call, The (2025). The Báb's divine inspiration appeared organically and naturally, not from the result of human education or via sermons or supplications; His God-given inner nature bears witness spontaneously.
  273. Posted 2025-12-16 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'í Literature in Urdu (2025). Compilation of links to Bahá'í sacred writings, introductory books, and PDFs in Urdu.
  274. Posted 2025-12-16 in Published articles:   Arthur Lyon Dahl. Climate Change and Its Ethical Challenges (2007). Climate change’s scientific realities demand ethical and spiritual transformation, urging global unity, justice, and sustainable stewardship to address systemic inequality and build a balanced, resilient future.
  275. Posted 2025-12-16 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Templar House Ownership Transferred to Bahá'ís (2025). The city of Haifa has agreed to transfer to the Bahá’í World Centre the ownership of the Templar house on the lower slopes of Mount Carmel.
  276. Posted 2025-12-15 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Letter to an Individual (on Belief, Development, and the Covenant) (1982). Regarding questions raised about sharing Bahá'í beliefs, participation in social and economic development activities, and the significance of the Covenant.
  277. Posted 2025-12-15 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department. Twelve Table Talks, Categories of Prophets, and Unlocated Pentacle Tablets (2025). Clarifies the authenticity of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Twelve Table Talks, explains Prophet classifications, and confirms that two pentacle Tablets remain unlocated in the Bahá'í World Centre Archives.
  278. Posted 2025-12-14 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Regarding a Number of Questions Related to Politics (1967). Explains Bahá’í non-involvement in politics, asserting unity and spiritual regeneration through Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation as humanity’s sole path to lasting peace.
  279. Posted 2025-12-11 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Sustainable Communities in an Integrating World (1996). Concept paper prepared for the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) held in Istanbul, Turkey.
  280. Posted 2025-12-04 in Books:   Zia'u'lláh Zabihi, Foad Seddigh, ed. عاقبت بخیر: شرح حیات عبدالو ه اب ذبیحی، بستگان و آباء و اجداد (Blessed End: A History of the Zabihi Family) (2018). Story of the life of Abdu'l-Vahhab Dhabihi, as narrated by his son.
  281. Posted 2025-11-19 in Published articles:   Tiffani Betts Razavi. Elements of a Culture of Peace: A Bahá'í Perspective (2025). A Bahá’í framework for peace emphasizes shared beliefs, moral purpose, and collective agency, illustrating how spiritual principles and community practices foster a constructive culture of peace.
  282. Posted 2025-11-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Exalted Prayer of the Báb for Imām Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, The (2025). A prayer for the second Imam, extolling the sovereignty, grandeur, and sanctity of God, creation, and His divine omnipotence, and likening God's transcendence to the purity of camphor.
  283. Posted 2025-11-19 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Letters (Ḥurūfāt) Revealed by the Báb, The (2025). On the interrelation of the Divine Names, the cosmos, and the hierarchy of creation.The Báb enumerates 32 letters, each linked to a domain of creation or aspect of spiritual authority, conveying how God ordains, sustains, and animates reality.
  284. Posted 2025-11-13 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Báb's Epistle Revealed in Isfahán in Response to Four Questions, The (2025). On the mystery of the resurrection; the divine Word and the station of Tahirih; calls to moderation, steadfastness, and to avoid exaggeration in invoking the Divine Names; servitude and submission to the Will of God.
  285. Posted 2025-11-13 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablet to a Group of Believers in the United States (1905). Response to a letter that was signed by 422 believers in the United States, and sent on July 4, 1905.
  286. Posted 2025-11-12 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Báb's Commentary on the Ḥadíth Every Day is ʿĀshūrāʾ, The: A Treatise on the Eternal Reality and Divine Mystery of the Martyrdom of Imām Ḥusayn (2025). A mystical commentary on this hadith, portraying the martyrdom of Imam Husayn as the Countenance of God, in as a timeless drama of divine revelation and sacrifice, eternally renewed in every age.
  287. Posted 2025-11-12 in Published articles:   Iqan Shahidi. Principled Engagement: The Bahá'í Community of Iran's Approach to Social Change (2025). Analyzes the Iranian Bahá’í community’s principled, non-adversarial engagement in social change, highlighting constructive resilience, community building, and non-political contributions despite persecution.
  288. Posted 2025-11-10 in Audio:   Bahá'í World News Service. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field (2023). Links to 42 interviews and narratives highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society.
  289. Posted 2025-11-06 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Báb's Epistle of Consolation and Counsel to a Beloved Follower, The (2025). On the descent of the celestial expanse and the unveiling of the Sun of Mercy, summoning the believer to ascend spiritually, with symbolic imagery — limpid springs, lamps within niches, ruby tablets, and gardens of fruits; a mystical allegory.
  290. Posted 2025-11-06 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi. Vast, Majestic Process, A (1953). Passage outlining humanity’s progressive evolution through ten stages.
  291. Posted 2025-11-05 in Audio:   William Sears, Robert Quigley, Nosheen Shabani, ed. کتاب صوتی "شعله" تجلیلی در حیات "امّ المبلّغین جامعهٔ ”بهایی آمریکا لوآ گتسینگر" (Audiobook "The Flame" A Celebration of the Life of "Umm al-Mablabighin" of the Bahá'í Community of America by Lua Getsinger) (2025). زندگی‌نامه‌ای پراحساس و الهام‌بخش است که به روایت حیات پربار لوآ مور گتسینگر می‌پردازد. Audio of The Flame in Persian translation, read by a group of Bahá'ís in Australia. Links to Youtube.
  292. Posted 2025-11-04 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Báb's Mystical Commentary on the Hadith of the Maid (Hadith al-Jāriyyah) and the Knowledge of the Unseen, The (2025). An allegory about Imám Ja'fár al-Sádiq and a maid who hid and concealed herself, symbolizing the relationship between the Manifestation and creation, the veiled nature of the Unseen, and the sanctity of divine knowledge.
  293. Posted 2025-11-04 in Published articles:   Sivan Lerer. From 'the Most Great Prison' to the 'Holy Land': The Transformation of 'Akká in Bahá'í Sacred Geography (2025). Examines how ‘Akká transformed from Bahá’u’lláh’s place of exile into a Bahá’í sacred center through reinterpretation, memory, and sacred spatial construction.
  294. Posted 2025-11-04 in Research notes:   Michael W. Thomas. Hamza in Tanscription: Should It Be Included?, The (2025). Discussion of including the hamza in the words al-ʾAwwal and al-ʾÚlá ("first", masculine and feminine), and why Wehr does not include it in the root listing.
  295. Posted 2025-11-04 in Poetry:   Jaine Toth. Selected Poems (2002).
  296. Posted 2025-11-03 in Scripts and screenplays:   Jaine Toth. Amazing Grace: Stories of Personal Transformation from Slavery to the Present Day (2024). A lengthy script, with accompanying slides, depicting real life stories of Americans, both black and white, who overcame issues of race, transforming their own lives, and in turn, the lives of others.
  297. Posted 2025-11-03 in Unpublished articles:   Genevieve Metro-Corbin. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Reno and Northern Nevada (1978). Baha'i history and its epochs and ages; history of the Faith in Nevada in the twentieth century; construction of the Shrine of the Báb.
  298. Posted 2025-11-01 in Published articles:   Hasan M. Balyuzi. ‘Abdu'l-Bahá: Through the War Years (1971). Extract from Balyuzi's Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh covering the years 1915-1919.
  299. Posted 2025-11-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. ‘Alíyu'lláhí and Nusayrí Sects and the Infallibility of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2002). On the Alíyu’lláhí vs. the Nuṣayrí sects of Islam; whether Abdu'l-Bahá's infallibility extends to remote historical events; the extent of the Master's infallible knowledge.
  300. Posted 2025-11-01 in Encyclopedia articles:   Alessandro Bausani. Bāb (n.d.). Brief article "Báb: a term applied in early Shi'ism to the senior authorised disciple of the Imam", followed by Bausani's biography of The Báb.
  301. Posted 2025-11-01 in Books:   William S. Hatcher. Logic and Logos (1990). Platonism and pragmatism; myths, models, and mysticism; from metaphysics to logic: a modern formulation of Avicenna’s cosmological proof of God’s existence; a logical solution to the problem of evil; science and the Bahá'í Faith.
  302. Posted 2025-11-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Original of Prayer for Children (2017). On the original Persian text of a prayer of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá that begins, "O God! Educate these children..."
  303. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Hasan M. Balyuzi. 'Abdu'l-Baha - The Centre of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah (1971). Link to book (offsite).
  304. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Hushidar Motlagh. Come Now Let Us Reason Together (2003). Response to the objections raised by a pastor against the Faith; obstacles that prevent Christians from recognizing the return of the Son in the glory of the Father. Link to book (offsite).
  305. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Hasan M. Balyuzi. Edward Granville Browne and The Baha'i Faith (1970). Link to book (offsite).
  306. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Hasan M. Balyuzi. Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Bahá'u'lláh (1985). Link to book (offsite).
  307. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Natalie M. Reyes, comp. Guide to Bahá'í Funeral and Burial Practices, A (2001). Bahá'í preparations for end-of-life; with tips on body preparation and information on arranging one’s affairs. Unformatted text.
  308. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Hasan M. Balyuzi. Khadijih Bagum - Wife of the Bab (1981). Link to book (offsite).
  309. Posted 2025-10-31 in Books:   Hasan M. Balyuzi. Muhammad and the Course of Islam (1976). Link to book (offsite).
  310. Posted 2025-10-31 in Published articles:   Omid Ghaemmaghami, Shahin Vafai. Qiblih in Bahá'í Thought and Comparative Perspective, The (2025). Examines the theological, symbolic, and historical significance of the Qiblih in Bahá’í thought, situating it within Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic comparative perspectives.
  311. Posted 2025-10-30 in Chronologies/genealogies:   J. Thomas Pawlowski. Chronology of Bahá'í History (1998). A relatively comprehensive timeline, 1844-2006.
  312. Posted 2025-10-30 in Scripts and screenplays:   John Chesley. My Beloved Coloured Brother, Louis Gregory (1999). A play focused on the race unity situation in the early 20th century and an imagined meeting between John Good, a street person from the Bowery Mission, and Hand of the Cause Louis Gregory, imagined as old friends. The setting is Green Acre Baha'i School.
  313. Posted 2025-10-29 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck. Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Laws and Teachings of the Bahá'í Faith, by Omid Ghaemmaghami and Shahin Vafai: Review (2025).
  314. Posted 2025-10-29 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Behrooz Sabet, Filip Boicu. Developmental Model for Religion, A: A Bahá'í Philosophy and Social Theory (2025). A review of Bahá’í scholarship and philosophy within the historical evolution of religion, accompanied by a taxonomy of key areas of Bahá’í research and inquiry.
  315. Posted 2025-10-29 in Published articles:   Steven Phelps. Harmony of Science and Religion, The (2021). Background; antecedent teachings; ineffability, metaphor, and epistemic humility; intelligibility of the universe and the elevation of rational thought; emanation and degrees of being; necessary relationships; relativity of religious truth.
  316. Posted 2025-10-29 in Pilgrims' notes:   Kevin Locke. Impressions of Bahji (2001). Brief impressions of a visit to Bahji, ca. May 22, 2001.
  317. Posted 2025-10-29 in Introductory:   Omid Ghaemmaghami. Life of the Báb, The (2021). Historical overview of the biography of the Báb; included as an excerpt of the book provided by Google Books.
  318. Posted 2025-10-29 in Notable talks:   Peter J. Khan. Need for Bahá'ís of Capacity and Expertise, The (2002). Slightly edited transcript of a talk given by Dr. Khan at a meeting of a group of Bahá’ís in Sydney, 14 August 2002.
  319. Posted 2025-10-29 in Notable talks:   Alí Nakhjavání. Prayer Requires Preparation: Extracts from a talk (2001). Brief talk on various topics, including Teaching.
  320. Posted 2025-10-29 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Behrooz Sabet, Filip Boicu. Rebalancing Knowledge: An Informal Dialogue on the Crisis and Promise of Social Sciences (2025). The social sciences still lean on reductionist models. They need to be integrated into a broader framework that fosters the unity of knowledge.
  321. Posted 2025-10-29 in Introductory:   Robert Stockman, ed. World of the Bahá'í Faith, The: Excerpts (2021). Comprehensive reference book on the Bahá’í Faith. Select articles as shared by their authors; front-matter and excerpt as shared by Google books.
  322. Posted 2025-10-29 in Bibliographies:   Marian Lippitt. Worlds of God: Basic Classifications of Existence as Defined in the Bahá'í Writings: A Compilation (1950). Comprehensive set of notes and cross-references intended to analyse the nature of reality according to Bahá'í categories: the world of Deity, the world of Prophethood, the world of servitude; a subject index to Bahá'í-related topics. (Offsite links.)
  323. Posted 2025-10-29 in Bahá'í Writings:   Бахайн Мөргөлийн Түүвэр (Selection of Bahá'í Prayers) (2004). Prayer book in Mongolian.
  324. Posted 2025-10-29 in Books:   Эв Нэгдлийн Асар (The Wonder of Unity: An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith) (2010). Introductory book in Mongolian.
  325. Posted 2025-10-28 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Báb's Epistle Refuting the Claims to the Station of Bābiyyat (Gatehood), The (2025). On the wisdom underlying the Báb's early declarations and the measured manner in which He unveiled His Cause; Shí‘í expectations concerning the promised Qá’im; spontaneous revelation of the Word of God as a true proof.
  326. Posted 2025-10-28 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Divine Proof and the Challenge of Revelation (2025). Epistle in response to the opposition of Mírzá Ibráhím-i-Shírází; the essence of religion lies not in ritual, but in submission to the command of the Qa'im; commentary on the Súrah of Joseph, the Qur'án, and the Ṣaḥífa as proofs surpassing human ability.
  327. Posted 2025-10-28 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Asadu'lláh Qazvíní, The: The Báb, the Mystery of Divine Servitude (2025). Epistle revealed in reply to ten questions submitted by an eminent theologian of Qazvín who later became a supporter; on the mystery of servitude as the axis of all revelation; the paradox of the Manifestation’s station: exaltation concealed in humility.
  328. Posted 2025-10-28 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to The Greatest Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, Revealed in Isfahán, The (2025). An epistle which alludes to a confrontation that was to take place publicly in the Masjid-i-Jámi‘ of Isfahán between the Báb and the divines of Isfahán, invoking the judgment of God between truth and falsehood.
  329. Posted 2025-10-27 in Books:   Zia'u'lláh Zabihi, Foad Seddigh, ed., Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh, trans. Profitable End, A: A History of the Zabihi Family (2018). Detailed account of the life of ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb Dhabíḥí and his family, including bios of 17 martyrs — a vivid portrait of the early Bahá’í community in Yazd and beyond. Incl. extensive endnotes, historical documents, rare family materials, translations.
  330. Posted 2025-10-27 in Essays and short articles:   Jalal Sunstrum. Why Only Men are Allowed on the Universal House of Justice (2025). A brief essay on why only men are allowed to be elected on the Universal House of Justice, from the perspective of one believer.
  331. Posted 2025-10-26 in Pilgrims' notes:   Corinne True, Mabel Rice-Wray Ives. Notes from Talks of Mrs. Corinne True Based on Her Recent Conversations with the Guardian (1955). Notes from talks of True, as taken by Ives; followed by Ives' own comments on the talks, and a colophon.
  332. Posted 2025-10-26 in Pilgrims' notes:   Corinne True. Notes Taken at Haifa, Palestine (1931). Brief, undated notes on seven topics.
  333. Posted 2025-10-26 in Pilgrims' notes:   Hassan Safa Baghdadi. Pilgrim Notes (1974). Memories of Abdu'l-Bahá during the war years, by the nephew of Zia Bagdadi; on Zia Baghdadi's then-unpublished volumes of Abdu'l-Bahá's statements.
  334. Posted 2025-10-26 in Theses:   Harry Timbrell Dyson Rost. Possible Nature and Establishment of Bahá'í Universities and Colleges Based Upon a Study of Bahá'í Literature, The (1969). An attempt to clarify the possible nature of Bahá'í colleges and universities and the means by which such institutions could be established; includes appendix: letter from Sarah Farmer, 1898.
  335. Posted 2025-10-25 in Biographies:   Hussein Ahdieh. Biographies from nayriz.org (2011). Twenty-three biographies, with photographs; Naskhi calligraphy.
  336. Posted 2025-10-25 in Documents from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Messages from the Universal House of Justice: 2001—2022, The Fifth Epoch of the Formative Age (2025). 395 letters, with Glossary, Index of names and General index.
  337. Posted 2025-10-22 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters. Donor Update Letters (2023). Letters sent as periodic updates to supporters of the Baha'i Library Online redevelopment project, which serve as a change-log.
  338. Posted 2025-10-15 in Biographies:   Hussein Ahdieh. Biography of Mullá Muhammad Shafí (2010). Brief outline of the life of an eyewitness to the upheavals of 1850 and 1853 in Nayríz.
  339. Posted 2025-10-15 in Biographies:   Mullá Muḥammad Shafí, Hussein Ahdieh, trans. Diary of Mullá Muhammad Shafi, The (2010). Translation of a diary so thorough that it became the prime source of information for many future historians (incl. Nicolas, Mazandarani, Avareh, Rouhani, Faizi, and Shaykh Bahá'í), much of which was used in Nabíl's The Dawn-Breakers.
  340. Posted 2025-10-14 in Pilgrims' notes:   Muḥammad-Shafi‘ Rouḥání, Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani, trans. Glimpses of Abdu'l-Bahá (1994). Excerpts from memoirs of a 39-day pilgrimage in April/May 1921.
  341. Posted 2025-10-14 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ella C. Quant. In the Presence of Abdu'l-Bahá (1956). Memories of a few days with the Master in New York, April 1912, two versions: as published in 1956, and as hand-typed some time after October 1962.
  342. Posted 2025-10-14 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alí M. Yazdí. Memories of Shoghi Effendi (1994). Brief recollections of time with Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, adapted from an oral account.
  343. Posted 2025-10-12 in Provisional translations:   Shoghi Effendi, Shidan Ashraf, trans. Some Prayers by Shoghi Effendi (2025).
  344. Posted 2025-10-07 in Pilgrims' notes:   Alice Tyler. Pilgrim Notes (1965). Notes of a tour around the Holy Land, undated, but apparently in March 1965.
  345. Posted 2025-10-07 in Pilgrims' notes:   Georgie Ralston. Reminiscences of an Early Believer (1936). Account of many travels and personages in the American Baha'i community of the 1910s-1930s, written by a recipient of sixteen Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  346. Posted 2025-10-06 in Published articles:   Daniel C. Jordan. Developmental Universals and Their Implications for Parental Competence (1980). Philosophical and theoretical considerations of developmental universals; role of parents in actualizing biological, psychological, and leadership potentials; foundations for language, math, and arts; parents' role in moral and philosophical competency.
  347. Posted 2025-10-06 in Essays and short articles:   Behrooz Sabet. From Sensate Decline to Spiritual Renewal: Sorokin, the Crisis of Meaning, and the Bahá'í Faith (2025). On Sorokin’s cyclical theory of cultural change in light of the contemporary crisis of meaning and the possibilities for spiritual renewal; no civilization can endure without some form of transcendental orientation; the Faith and integrative spirituality.
  348. Posted 2025-10-06 in Pilgrims' notes:   Jack E. McCants. Notes from Mr. Edward Struven, and Hebie Struven (1961). Two sets of notes: recollections of Edward Struven at Bradenton Florida in 1961 recalling Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to New York City and Washington, DC, and of Hebie Struven at Green Acre in the mid-60s, recalling times of early Western pilgrimage to Akká.
  349. Posted 2025-10-06 in Published articles:   Daniel C. Jordan. Process Approach, The (1976). Developing full human potential; nature of development and the meaning of process; a theory of curriculum; perceptual / cognitive / affective / volitional processes; value formation and personal identity.
  350. Posted 2025-10-06 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shidan Ashraf, trans. Tablets by Bahá'u'lláh, Some (2024). A Tablet of Baha'u'llah addressed to Abdu'l-Bahá, on His spiritual power and station, and Selections from Writings of Baha'u'llah for November 6.
  351. Posted 2025-10-05 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í from al-Mukhā, An (2025). Brief tablet revealed shortly after the Báb's return to Búshihr at the close of his pilgrimage, which glorifies God for the descent of the Spirit upon Mullá Ḥusayn, extols his faithfulness, and enjoins steadfastness, patience, and trust in God.
  352. Posted 2025-10-05 in Pilgrims' notes:   Florence Mayberry. Great Adventure, The: Chapter 40: Pilgrimage (1994). Recollections of a pilgrimage in April 1957.
  353. Posted 2025-10-05 in Pilgrims' notes:   Amy G. Raubitschek. Haifa Notes (1955). Notes of a pilgrimage February 2-11, 1955.
  354. Posted 2025-10-05 in Pilgrims' notes:   Florence Mayberry. Pilgrim Notes (1957). Notes of a pilgrimage April-May 1957. Includes addendum and letter to A. A. Furútan, September 30, 1969.
  355. Posted 2025-10-05 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shidan Ashraf, trans. Tablets by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some (2024). Four Tablets: for spiritual qualities, sacrificial service and martyrdom, for the departed and the families, and for the zealous seeker.
  356. Posted 2025-10-04 in Pilgrims' notes:   Juliet Thompson. Abdu'l-Bahá's First Days in America (n.d.). A variation of Thompson's diary, published as a stand-alone booklet. Content has different wording from the published book.
  357. Posted 2025-10-04 in Book reviews:   David George Hogarth. Báb, The (1892). One page review of Browne's Traveler's Narrative, published anonymously in 1892; includes information discovered in 2025 by Kurt Asplund identifying the author as Hogarth, with background and historical context.
  358. Posted 2025-10-04 in Biographies:   Marzieh Gail. Familiar `Akká Voices (1985). Historical context of Phelps' 1903 collected memoirs Master in `Akká and some of the personages involved, with photographs.
  359. Posted 2025-10-04 in Books:   Myron Henry Phelps. Master in 'Akká, The: Including the Recollections of The Greatest Holy Leaf (1985). Abdu'l-Bahá's life, partly as told by his Bahiyyih Khanum in 1903, with additional experiences by Phelps. Includes introduction by E. G. Browne and foreword by Marzieh Gail, and many photographs.
  360. Posted 2025-10-04 in Books:   Tarázu'lláh Samandari, Mehdi Samandari, trans., Marzieh Gail, trans. Moments with Bahá'u'lláh: Memoirs of the Hand of the Cause of God Tarázu'lláh Samandarí (1995). Two versions of Samandari's written memoirs, translated by his son, along with a talk given on December 27, 1967 which was recorded on tape and later translated by Marzieh Gail.
  361. Posted 2025-10-04 in Pilgrims' notes:   Saichiro Fujita. Pilgrim's Notes (1919). Two versions of notes of a pilgrimage in November and December, 1919. Includes detailed accounts of days spent with 'Abdu'l-Baha and snippets of various Tablets; some content translated by Shoghi Effendi.
  362. Posted 2025-10-04 in Pilgrims' notes:   Margarite (Peggy) True. Pilgrims Notes: March 2-11, 1955 (1955). Two versions of notes of a pilgrimage March 2-11, 1955.
  363. Posted 2025-10-04 in Pilgrims' notes:   M. R. Shirazi. Twenty-one Days with Abdu'l-Bahá in the Holy Land (1914). A lecture delivered at the Lodge of the Karachi Theosophical Society on the 13th June 1914.
  364. Posted 2025-10-03 in Books:   Anthony A. Reitmayer, comp. Adrianople: Land of Mystery (1992). Short book on the history of Adrianople and Constantinople and Bahá'u'lláh's exile and travels in the Ottoman territory; distributed to visiting pilgrims by the NSA of Turkey, and now out of print.
  365. Posted 2025-10-03 in Notable talks:   Zikrullah Khadem. Beloved of All Hearts, The: Shoghi Effendi (1984). Personal memories of the Guardian, given in a talk at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Association for Baha'i Studies, Ottawa, Canada.
  366. Posted 2025-10-03 in Published articles:   Robert Weinberg. Creation of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, The: 'Textbook' of the Bahá'í Faith (2025). Examines Esslemont’s book, highlighting its creation, review by Bahá’í leaders, translation, global dissemination, and enduring role as the Faith’s introductory “textbook.”
  367. Posted 2025-10-03 in Published articles:   William Barnes. Mythoi: Stories of the Origin, Fall and Redemption of Humanity: A Study in the Topology of the Holy Books (1997).
  368. Posted 2025-10-03 in Essays and short articles:   Howard MacNutt. Unity through Love (1906). Address delivered May 7 1905, at Genealogical Hall in New York, published from stenographic notes by Hooper Harris, on the essential principle of the Bahá'í Revelation "as we received it from the Master during our late visit."
  369. Posted 2025-10-03 in Published articles:   John S. Hatcher. Validity and Value of an Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Works of Bahá'u'lláh, The (1997). The objectivist approach; role of the Manifestation in the creative process; Manifestation as participant in history; social and religious context in the Revelation; example of the Tablet of Ahmad; historical context in understanding topical allusions.
  370. Posted 2025-10-02 in Essays and short articles:   Anonymous. Bahá'í Holy Places in Turkey (n.d.). Undated trifold brochure, with text largely from Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh vol. 4, distributed to visiting pilgrims by the NSA of Turkey, and now out of print.
  371. Posted 2025-10-02 in Essays and short articles:   Tokujiro Torii. Bahá'í Movement in Japan, The (1931). Summary of Bahá'í visitors to, activities in, Tablets to, and publications in Japan, 1914-1930.
  372. Posted 2025-10-02 in Books:   Alí M. Yazdí. Blessings beyond Measure: Recollections of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1988). Personal memoir with much history, records of meetings with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and his public talks, and the life and works of Shoghi Effendi.
  373. Posted 2025-10-02 in Books:   Bahá'í International Community. In Full Partnership: Thirty Years of Women's Advancement at the United Nations and Beyond (2025). Collection of statements by the Bahá’í International Community on the subject of gender equality.
  374. Posted 2025-10-02 in Pilgrims' notes:   Pilgrims Notes to Add to BLO (2025). List of 117 sets of pilgrims notes that are not yet in the BLO main catalog (the database), waiting to be imported.
  375. Posted 2025-10-02 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Titles of the Aghsán (2018). On whether Mirzá Badí‘u’lláh was designated by Bahá’u’lláh as Ghuṣn-i-Anvar (the Most Luminous Branch), and if, after the passing of Mírzá Mihdí, the title of Ghuṣn-i-Aṭhar (the Purest Branch) was given to Mírzá Ḍíyá’u’lláh.
  376. Posted 2025-10-01 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá ʿAbdu'l-Karím Qazvíní on Mirzá Yahyá, An (2025). On a Tablet entrusting ʿAbdu’l-Karím with preserving the Writings of God, enshrining the prerogatives of the Beauteous Fruit, and the safeguarding of Yahya's heart, pure and without shadow; on "The Mirror of God and His Countenance."
  377. Posted 2025-10-01 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Shaykh ʿAlí Turshízí, An (2025). Brief tablet of praise for God and His unity; call to the followers to sanctify their deeds; the inalterability of the divine Word; the "Temple of Might from Our presence" decreed for each believer at the appointed hour.
  378. Posted 2025-09-29 in Archives:   Website Archives: List of Sites Archived by or Imported into BLO (2014). List of websites with unique textual or historical/academic content that have been preserved by and/or saved in Bahá'í Library Online (not all links public).
  379. Posted 2025-09-27 in Personal letters:   Mulla `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Day in the Blessed Presence of the Beloved Báb at the Fortress of Mákú, A: Letter of Mullá ʿAbdu'l-Karím Qazvíní to Khál-i-A'zam (2025). Translation and historical context of a letter from the Báb's secretary to His uncle, on the inner life, comportment, and resplendent presence of the Báb amidst the seclusion of His incarceration, with biographical notes.
  380. Posted 2025-09-27 in Archives:   Various. H-Bahai Website Archive (1995). Complete archive of "H-Bahai" (last updated in 2013) with local links; not publicly online.
  381. Posted 2025-09-26 in Published articles:   Christopher Buck, Michael A. Orona. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to Amír Khán: Expanding the Scope of the Bahá'í Doctrine of Progressive Revelation to Include and Engage Indigenous Spiritual Traditions (2025). Translation and exegesis of a Tablet that can be seen as expanding the scope of progressive revelation to include native Messengers.
  382. Posted 2025-09-26 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Unfolding Reality: Hegel, Mulla Sadra, and the Progressive Revelation of Truth (2025). Comparison of the philosophers representing a culmination of Western and Eastern philosophical traditions, who embody two distinct schools of thought on the dynamic nature of reality.
  383. Posted 2025-09-26 in Published articles:   Brent Poirier. Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, The: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Covenant (2025). Comparison of the wills of Bahá'u'lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá, their "twin Covenants"; authority conferred on the House of Justice; the Guardianship and Bahá'u'lláh's plan of World Order. Link to article (offsite).
  384. Posted 2025-09-25 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Italy (1974). Regarding the alleviation of material suffering and the construction of a New World Order.
  385. Posted 2025-09-25 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (1976). Regarding a proposal for an international educational institution and the necessity of consolidation of local communities and Assemblies.
  386. Posted 2025-09-25 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Honor of Áqá Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ardīstānī, A (2025). On the Báb’s identity as the long-expected Qāʾim; instructions for the transcription, arrangement, and preservation of sacred writings; symbolic use of the number 19; sanctity of the revealed Word; infinite value of even a single letter of God's words.
  387. Posted 2025-09-24 in Published articles:   Sivan Lerer. Convergent Identities: Mirza Yuhanna Dawud at a National, Religious, and Cultural Crossroads (2025). Dawud’s life reflects converging Jewish, Baha’i, British, and Zionist identities, revealing the complexities of religious pluralism, cultural belonging, and national affiliation in modern history; inventory of his archive at National Library of Israel.
  388. Posted 2025-09-24 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Letter to an individual (1977). Regarding the response of humanity to the summons of Bahá’u’lláh and the reconstruction of society.
  389. Posted 2025-09-19 in Introductory:   Various. Elements of a Global Spiritual Endeavor (1996 - 2021) (2025). Seven separate articles constituting "Chapter 2" of Bahá'í World v. 35, on the development of the Bahá'í community since 1996 and insights that have been gained along the way.
  390. Posted 2025-09-16 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Extract from the Súriy-i-Ra'ís about the Nature of the Soul (2002). Paragraphs 29-35 only, published as a standalone page here for ease of reference.
  391. Posted 2025-09-16 in Study Guides:   Filip Boicu. Hidden Words (Arabic Part), The: A Personal Summary (2025). A subjective and personal summary, the aim of which was to traverse the entire Arabic section in broad overview, to better grasp its continuity and organizational sequence. It could be of some help in seeing the Hidden Words as a whole.
  392. Posted 2025-09-16 in Study Guides:   Filip Boicu. Hidden Words (Persian Part), The: A Personal Summary (2025). A subjective and personal summary, the aim of which was to traverse the entire Persian section in broad overview, to better grasp its continuity and organizational sequence. It could be of some help in seeing the Hidden Words as a whole.
  393. Posted 2025-09-16 in Letters from the Guardian:   Shoghi Effendi. Short Letter on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi on Various Topics (1950). Brief comments on various subjects: taking verses out of context, love of God, love for all humanity, the nature of evil, evolution, and theosophy.
  394. Posted 2025-09-16 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Tablette du Rossignol du paradis pour Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad, Nightingale of Paradise) (2024). Essai de traduction de cette célèbre Tablette, suivi d’une courte biographie de Ahmád et de notes de traduction.
  395. Posted 2025-09-15 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Peacock (2025). Symbolic exposition of the word tawús (peacock), in honor of a believer who offered Bahá'u'lláh a peacock as a token of homage, representing something rare and seemingly unattainable.
  396. Posted 2025-09-14 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb Addressed to Mullá Muḥammad ʿAlí-i-Bárfurúshí, the Peerless Quddús, An (2025). A Tablet of proclamation, call to faith, and mystical symbolism.
  397. Posted 2025-09-14 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet from the Writings of the Báb, A (2025). A short Tablet, possibly revealed at Chihriq, in which the Báb counsels contentment amidst the trials of this fleeting life, and bids His followers prepare themselves for the destined encounter with their Lord.
  398. Posted 2025-09-14 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Búshihr and Addressed to Mullá Ṣādiq-i-Khurásání (2025). Overview of a tablet in which the Bab reproves and reassures Sadiq, reminds him of earlier injunctions, and enjoins him to be unafraid, proclaim the Cause of God, incorporate the testimony of remembrance in the call to prayer, and worship in the mosque.
  399. Posted 2025-09-14 in Unpublished articles:   Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Two Letters of Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad on the Revelation of the Báb (2025). The historical and social contexts of two letters, sent from an uncle of the Báb to his brother and brother-in-law, on the interplay between familial concern, social turbulence, and the unwavering resolve of the Báb in the face of calumny and danger.
  400. Posted 2025-09-11 in Published articles:   William P. Collins. Millennialism, the Millerites, and Historicism (1998). Examines how millennialism and Millerite historicism shaped early American Bahá’í interpretations of biblical prophecy, legitimizing Bahá’u’lláh’s mission within a Christian framework.
  401. Posted 2025-09-10 in Book excerpts:   Christopher Buck. Bahá'í Faith and the Black Intelligentsia, The: Excerpt (2025). Front matter, "Introduction" by Richard W. Thomas, and a portion of Chapter 1, "The Bahá’í 'Pupil of the Eye' Metaphor: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America."
  402. Posted 2025-09-10 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Creation and Evolution in Bahá'í Thought: A Reflective Essay on Ideas and Debates (2025). The Bahá’í view interlocks science, philosophy, and religion, rejecting literal creationism yet affirming evolution as purposeful. It bridges natural and spiritual laws, integrating differing theories into a unified vision of humanity’s global destiny.
  403. Posted 2025-09-10 in Poetry:   Nabil-i-A'zam, Adib Masumian, trans. Partial Translation of Nabíl Zarandí's Longest Poem, A (2025). A partial translation of Nabíl Zarandí's longest poem, describing events from the early days of the Bábí religion up to the year 1869. This translation represents about 8% of the poem, comprising 71 out of more than 800 verses in the original Persian.
  404. Posted 2025-09-10 in Essays and short articles:   William Sears. Prison City of Akká, The (1956). A pilgrim’s reflection on ‘Akká, where Bahá’u’lláh revealed the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and endured imprisonment.
  405. Posted 2025-09-10 in Published articles:   Deborah Clark Vance. Toward Self Reliant Communities: A Cultural Comparison of Disaster Response in Thailand, Guyana and the United States (2014). The most important safeguard against disasters is a community – whether neighborhood, religious, work or social – where individuals know each other, including whom they can trust and to whom they should listen, with recognized and trusted leadership.
  406. Posted 2025-09-09 in Books:   Rowshan Mustapha. Bahá'í Faith in Libya, The (2025). History of the Faith in Libya from 1946 to the 1970s, written from first-hand experience and years of collecting materials.
  407. Posted 2025-09-09 in Published articles:   Martha L. Root. Count Leo Tolstoy and the Bahá'í Movement (1936). Leo Tolstoy encountered Bahá’í teachings late in life, and admired their ideals of peace and unity.
  408. Posted 2025-09-09 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Shāh Qájár from Mákú, An: A Provisional Rendering of Its Twofold Revelation (2025). Historical context and detailed notes on a letter in which the Báb reminds the Shāh of his promise to grant Him an audience — an assurance given prior to his departure on a military campaign.
  409. Posted 2025-09-09 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Qájár Revealed in Búshihr, An (2025). History, context, and notes about a letter from Búshihr to the "King of Persia" marks a pivotal moment in the early unfoldment of the Báb's prophetic mission, shortly after His return from pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina.
  410. Posted 2025-09-09 in Published articles:   Bahá'í World. Evolving Administrative Order, An (2025). The Bahá’í administrative order, evolving globally, fosters unity, decentralization, and social transformation, offering a cooperative model of governance rooted in Bahá’u’lláh’s vision of humanity’s collective maturity.
  411. Posted 2025-09-09 in Published articles:   Bahá'í World. Women and Social Progress: Building Communities Based on Dynamic Partnership (2025). Highlights the Bahá’í principle of gender equality, showing its spiritual basis and global application through education, leadership, and community action.
  412. Posted 2025-08-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Báb's Epistle from Chihríq Addressed to Áqá Mírzá Ḥasan-ʿAlí, The (2025). Reply from Chiriq to the Báb’s younger maternal uncle on His acceptance of His imprisonment, comfort to His mother and grandmother who remain in Yazd, resolution to disputes about Himself, settling an account in Bombay, and a message to Muhammad Husayn.
  413. Posted 2025-08-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of Qāʾimiyyat, The (2025). Historical context and translation of letter announcing the advent of the promised Qá'im, an important document which marks a transition from veiled allusion to explicit messianic assertion in the Báb's Dispensation.
  414. Posted 2025-08-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí from Konár-Takhteh, The (2025). Historical context and translation of a letter from the Báb to the Greatest Uncle, written at Konár-Takhteh en route to Shíráz, describing some circumstances of His journey.
  415. Posted 2025-08-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Muḥammad Sháh Revealed at Síyáh-Dihán, The (2025). A Tablet revealed in the village Síyáh-Dihán, as the Báb journeyed under escort to the fortress of Máh-Kú, about His divine authority and the transcendent power of His Revelation.
  416. Posted 2025-08-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Short All-Embracing Visitation Tablet (Ziyārat-i Jāmi'ah-yi Ṣaghīrah), The (2025). Tablet recited by the early Bábís on Fridays, addressed to the family of Muhammad, with a litany of salutations upon the lineages and hierarchies of divine power, and the attributes of Will, Determination, Destiny, Decree, Permission, and the Book.
  417. Posted 2025-08-27 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet to the Nineteenth Temple, The (2025). Essay on the meaning of "temple," haykal and the 5-pointed star, and the Letters of the Living, and a translation of a Tablet revealed by the Báb for the "Nineteenth Temple," the consummation of the first cycle of the Bábí Dispensation.
  418. Posted 2025-08-26 in Published articles:   Jalil Mahmoudi. ‘Irfán, Gnosis, or Mystical Knowledge (1973). Explores ‘Irfán (gnosis) as mystical knowledge, contrasting empirical and rational forms, emphasizing its transformative, experiential nature in humanity’s quest for God and spiritual meaning.
  419. Posted 2025-08-17 in Book excerpts:   Shoghi Effendi. Description of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude), A (1944). Overview of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, Bahá’u’lláh’s central doctrinal work, explaining progressive revelation, interpreting scripture, affirming prophetic unity, and laying foundations for reconciliation. Published as a standalone page here for ease of reference.
  420. Posted 2025-08-14 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Epistemological Foundations of Bahá'í Political Nonpartisanship, The (2025). Exploration of Bahá'í non-partisanship as an epistemological stance: more than a moral principle, it is a way of knowing that transcends ideology, fosters unity, and guides constructive civic engagement in a globalizing world.
  421. Posted 2025-08-13 in BWC compilations:   Steven Phelps. Partial Inventory Explorer: Notebook LLM (2025). AI-assisted thematic survey and translation tool for 29,000+ Bahá’í texts, enabling discovery via categorized extracts, source files, and integrated chat exploration.
  422. Posted 2025-08-13 in Study Guides:   Hooper Dunbar. Study Aids for "The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh" (2005). Study guide for Shoghi Effendi’s "The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh", outlining its theology, history, Central Figures, Ages, and Administrative Order through structured notes and key textual quotations.
  423. Posted 2025-08-12 in Published articles:   K. V. Sarycheva. Семиотика самоидентификации в эго-документах 1930-х гг.: на примере архива И.А. Гриневской (Semiotics of Self-identification in 1930s autobiography: the Example of Isabella Grinevskaya's Archive) (2024). On the development of personal and literary self-identification in the autobiographical writings of a Russian author who wrote two plays about Bahá'í history.
  424. Posted 2025-08-12 in Published articles:   K. V. Sarycheva. Эволюция Женских Образов В Творчестве и.а. Гриневской 1890-1900 (Evolution of Female Images in the Works of I. A. Grinevskoy 1890-1900) (2023). Analysis of early works that represent lives and experiences of women in the early 20th century, with a focus on Tahirih; overview of the play "Báb" and women's issues of the time: education, age prejudice, appearance, and expected behavioral norms.
  425. Posted 2025-08-08 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Research Department. Concept of the Day of Judgement in the Bahá'í writings, The (2025). On the meaning of judgement day, when unbelievers will be called upon to give account of their actions, and whether the world has prevented them from acknowledging the new Revelation.
  426. Posted 2025-08-08 in Personal compilations:   Steven Phelps, comp. Loom of Reality: Outline of Topics (2013). 1,700+ topics in a "subject-based exploration of the Bahá'í revelation" linked to quotations off-site, with local links to any corresponding subjects from the Partial Inventory.
  427. Posted 2025-08-02 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Toward Prosperity: The Role of Women and Men in Building a Flourishing World Civilization (2017). Calls for gender equality, moral education, and inclusive systems to build a just, prosperous world civilization through the equal partnership of women and men.
  428. Posted 2025-08-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Celebration of the Nineteen Day Feast (2009). Guidance on adapting the Nineteen Day Feast amid community growth, emphasizing decentralization, inclusivity, and flexible administration while preserving unity and core Bahá’í principles.
  429. Posted 2025-08-01 in Published articles:   Ann Boyles. Meaning of Community, The (1997). Exploring challenges and hopes for future community, critiques global capitalism, technology, and dislocation while proposing values-based, sustainable, inclusive alternatives.
  430. Posted 2025-07-26 in Published articles:   Bahá'í World. Fostering a Worldwide Movement of Youth (2025). Youth empowerment through spiritual education, service, and community-building programs, cultivating agents of social transformation amid mounting global challenges.
  431. Posted 2025-07-26 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Letter of the Báb to His Beloved Mother (2025). This letter to his mother is a rare example of the Báb’s personal correspondence, and offers a glimpse into the intimate devotion He maintained toward His mother amidst the harsh trials of imprisonment.
  432. Posted 2025-07-26 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Role of Religions and Faith-Based Actors in Advancing Spiritual and Material Prosperity on the Continent of Africa, The (2025). Religious and interfaith actors in Africa can unite diverse communities, inspire collective action, and advance spiritual and material prosperity through dialogue, cooperation, and moral leadership.
  433. Posted 2025-07-26 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of Divine Courage (2025). This Tablet exhorts the faithful to rise, unmoved by opposition, anchored in spiritual steadfastness. It offers a meditation on constancy amidst trials, with vivid imagery and a stirring call to heroism.
  434. Posted 2025-07-26 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Ascent of the Soul and the Hour of Departure (2025). Meditation on the nature of the soul, the illusion of worldly existence, and the eternal reality beyond mortality. The pure soul radiates influence; the impure is veiled. Sleep itself is a mirror of resurrection, and the angel of death brings liberation.
  435. Posted 2025-07-26 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Visitation Tablet for Sháh ‘Abdu’l-‘Aẓím (2025). Tablet honoring Abdu'l-'Azím, a descendant of Imám Hasan, revealed for reciting at his tomb.
  436. Posted 2025-07-25 in Published articles:   Bahá'í World. Bahá'í House of Worship, The: The Dawning-Place of the Mention of God (2025). Explores the spiritual and social significance of Bahá’í Houses of Worship, tracing the history of their global emergence and their role in fostering community worship, unity, and service. Includes chart showing comparative dimensions of the temples.
  437. Posted 2025-07-25 in Archives:   Bahá'í Studies Review archive: Volumes 1-10, original HTML (1991). All 10 issues in their original format, with contributor biographies, of the first incarnation of BSR housed at bahai-library.org; includes the original files of vol. 10, not previously online.
  438. Posted 2025-07-25 in Videos:   Westwind Pictures. Bahá'ís, The (2016). Documentary presenting a unifying vision of religion through diverse voices, highlighting global efforts to foster community, unity, and spiritual transformation in today’s world. 45 minutes.
  439. Posted 2025-07-25 in Unpublished articles:   John Walbridge. Concept of Theocracy, The (2000). Logical arguments on whether the basic concept of a theocracy, which governs also dissenters and non-believers, is impossible in practice. Examples from Islam and Pakistan, where the theocratic ideal is being most actively pursued.
  440. Posted 2025-07-25 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Exploring the Concept of the Soul in Some Answered Questions: Implications and Insights (2019). Abdu'l-Bahá's view of the soul in Some Answered Questions is both emergent and transcendent, bridging body and spirit. It links philosophy, science, and faith, with insights on psychology, ethics, immortality, and humanity’s spiritual evolution.
  441. Posted 2025-07-25 in Books:   Orkhan Mir-Kasimov. Words of Power: Ḥurūfī Teachings between Shiʿism and Sufism in Medieval Islam: The Original Doctrine of Faḍl Allāh Astarābādī (2015). Explores the origins, context, and legacy of Hurufism, a 14th century mystical Islamic movement centered on the divine nature of letters. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith, but gives context to some terms used in the Bahá'í Writings.
  442. Posted 2025-07-24 in Books:   John Walbridge. Sacred Acts, Sacred Space, Sacred Time (1996). Bahá'í law and legal texts; history; rituals of life and death; purity; prayer; fasting; wealth and inheritance; tablets of visitation; shrines; mysticism and mystical tablets; Mt. Carmel; Muslim and Badí calendars; festivals; holy days.
  443. Posted 2025-07-24 in Books:   John Walbridge. Sacred Time: Bábí and Bahá'í History and Biography (1999). A collection of investigations, mostly biographical, of Bábí and Bahá'í history. Some, like the chapters on Zanjan and Turkey, form a collected whole. The central theme is that cultural context and detail illuminates Baha'i history.
  444. Posted 2025-07-23 in Chronologies/genealogies:   Ernie Jones. Ages and Epochs of Bahá'í History (2001). Detailed 16-page graphical timeline of the eras, ages, and epochs of Bahá'í history, 1844-2000.
  445. Posted 2025-07-18 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles, comp. Divine Wisdom: Brief Excerpts from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá (1946). The Day of God; words of wisdom; knowledge of God; faith; immortality; reality of man; on meditation; the way of God.
  446. Posted 2025-07-18 in Biographies:   Margaret Kunz Ruhe . From Homeland to Homeland: Swiss Pioneer Anna Kunz (1975). Biography of an active Bahá'í teacher and pioneer, sister of Annamarie Honnold.
  447. Posted 2025-07-18 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Individual and Teaching, The: Raising the Divine Call (1977). Original edition of "Guidelines for Teaching."
  448. Posted 2025-07-18 in Published articles:   R. Mehrabkhani. Notes on Fundamental Principles, Some: Western Scholarship and the Religion of the Báb (1984). On the Báb's claims to divinity and divine revelation; abrogating Quranic law; the revelation of áyát (verses); the meaning of holy war; bios of the Báb's early followers.
  449. Posted 2025-07-18 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Quddus, Two Questions about: Remains of; Declaration as Manifestation (2023). Beyond the publicly available information, nothing is known about the location of the remains of Quddús. There is no evidence that Quddús would have declared himself as a Manifestation had the Báb not done so, but at one time there were four factions.
  450. Posted 2025-07-17 in Newspaper articles:   Kimberly Bender. Hidden tunnels, bugs, and bigamy (2011). On mysterious subterranean brick tunnels in Washington DC discovered in 1917 and 1924, found to have been built by the Smithsonian entomologist Harrison Dyar, husband of prominent Bahá'í Wellesca Pollock.
  451. Posted 2025-07-17 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, comp. Pearls of Wisdom: The Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith (1983). Original edition of "Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith."
  452. Posted 2025-07-16 in Books:   Bahá'í International Community. Bahá'í Question: Iran's Secret Blueprint for the Destruction of a Religious Community, The: An Examination of the Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran (1999).
  453. Posted 2025-07-15 in BWC compilations:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Covenant, The (1987). Extracts from the Writings of Bahá'u’lláh, the Báb, Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, letters of the Universal House of Justice, and letters written on its behalf. Original edition.
  454. Posted 2025-07-15 in Essays and short articles:   Mohammad Norozi. Wrathful Voice of Divine Justice, The: An Exposition on the Fourth Epistle of the Báb to Ḥájí Mírzá Áqásí (2025). On the central themes, structure, and theological dimensions of this "most unrestrained and awe-striking expression of divine wrath" in the Writings of the Báb; divine transcendence; apocalyptic imagery; detachment and the vindication of the Prophet.
  455. Posted 2025-07-14 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Civilizational Revival and Modernity through the Lens of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: An Examination of The Secret of Divine Civilization (2020). On ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s approach to modernity through the lens of civilizational renewal; progressive revelation as a spiritual foundation, beyond prevailing liberal and Enlightenment interpretations in current scholarship; spirituality and social reform.
  456. Posted 2025-07-14 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Fourth Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The: Tawqīʿ-i-Qahriyyih (The Epistle of Divine Wrath) (2025). This epistle to the Prime Minister indicts his complicity in the Báb’s sufferings and his failure to respond to the Divine summons, denounces the injustices inflicted by Ḥusayn Khán governor of Fárs, praises Manúchehr al-Dawlah, and warns of retribution.
  457. Posted 2025-07-14 in Introductory:   Bahá'í International Community. Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith, An (n.d.). An easy-to-read but thorough overview of Bahá'í history and teachings, in e-book and PDF, adapted from the extensive introductory material at info.bahai.org.
  458. Posted 2025-07-13 in Statistics:   Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í Faith, The: Statistical Information 1844-1968, Including the Current Status of the Goals of the Nine Year International Teaching Plan 1964-1973 (1968). Detailed statistical information of the Bahá'í Faith, its growth, publications, and projects.
  459. Posted 2025-07-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, trans., Mirza Habib-ullah Chirazi, trans. Livre de la Certitude, Le (The Book of Certitude) (1904). An early edition of the Kitáb-i-Íqán.
  460. Posted 2025-07-12 in Books:   Guy Murchie. Seven Mysteries of Life, The: An Exploration in Science and Philosophy (1979). A poetic exploration of life’s unity, consciousness, love, and purpose, blending science, philosophy, and mysticism to reveal the interconnectedness of all existence.
  461. Posted 2025-07-10 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. Bahá'í Sacred Writings (2025). A comprehensive collection of selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the Writings and utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, representing the range of the Bahá’í teachings.
  462. Posted 2025-07-10 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Exploring Abdu'l-Bahá's Insights on Strikes and Labor Movement within the Framework of an Integrated Global Economy (2023). This paper explores ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s vision of labor and strikes as moral and social issues, proposing a spiritually grounded theory of labor rooted in praxis, ethical reform, and cooperation as essential to justice and global economic transformation.
  463. Posted 2025-07-10 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Third Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The (2025). The third of four epistles sent to the Prime Minister of Iran denounces Áqásí in searing terms, likens his obstinacy to Pharaoh's and characterizes him as a rebellious tyrant devoid of shame or insight.
  464. Posted 2025-07-09 in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada, comp. Bahá'í Centenary, 1844-1944, The (1944). "A record of America's response to Bahá'u'lláh's call to the realization of the oneness of mankind."
  465. Posted 2025-07-09 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. First Epistle Revealed by the Báb to Mírzá Áqásí, The (2025). First of four epistles sent to the Prime Minister of Iran, in which the Báb admonishes Áqásí to renounce worldly ambition and uphold justice.
  466. Posted 2025-07-09 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb to Hádí and Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní (2025). The Báb's response to inquiries from two prominent early disciples, Mírzá Muḥammad Hádí Qazvíní and Mírzá Muḥammad ʿAlí Qazvíní, on theological and devotional matters and the journey to God.
  467. Posted 2025-07-09 in Published articles:   Felicia R. Scatcherd. Wise Man from the East, A (1913). Encounters with and impressions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, including a talk given in Ramleh, Egypt in 1911, translated by Tamadum ul Molk.
  468. Posted 2025-07-08 in Unpublished articles:   Behrouz Sabet. Bahá'í Epistemology from the Perspective of Abdu'l-Bahá (2023). A synthesis of ʿAbdu’l-Bahá’s epistemology, exploring reason, revelation, science, and spirit; his fourfold criteria of knowledge; and the harmony of science and religion as a response to materialism and the crisis of meaning.
  469. Posted 2025-07-08 in Published articles:   Brendan McNamara. Celtic Dimension of Pre-first World War Religious Discourse in Britain, The: Wellesley Tudor Pole and the Glastonbury Phenomenon (2014). On the Celtic revival, a new religious movement outside of mainstream Christianity in early 20th century Britain; pre-Christian culture in Ireland; the holy grail; religious reformers from Asia. Includes passing mentions of Abdu'l-Bahá and the Faith.
  470. Posted 2025-07-08 in Notable talks:   Wellesley Tudor Pole. Deeper Aspects of the War, Some (1914). Public lecture given in Westminster, November 18 1914, on the belief that "behind all this welter some great purpose is being evolved, that out of the world war will come a better and happier era for mankind and a lasting peace will become established."
  471. Posted 2025-07-08 in Books:   Dimitri Tishler. Placeless Sun, A: Toward Our Configured Destiny (2011). Plot: Allison’s plane lands in New York on a wintry November afternoon in 1998. Allison strikes up a friendship with Hooman and a new world, both disturbingly beautiful and sublime, rises up to meet them.
  472. Posted 2025-07-08 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. شناخت شناسي (علم المعرفه) بهائي از ديدگاه حضرت عبدالبهاء (Bahá'í Epistemology from the Perspective of Abdu'l-Bahá) (2012). این مقاله کوششی است در جهت تلفیق ابعاد معرفت‌شناسی عبدالبهاء، با تمرکز بر عقل، وحی، علم و روح؛ تحلیل معیار چهارگانهٔ او برای شناخت؛ و تبیین هماهنگی علم و دین به‌عنوان پاسخی به مادّی‌گرایی و بحران معنا.
  473. Posted 2025-07-07 in Pilgrims' notes:   Lua Getsinger. Cairo Notes / To the Assembly in Chicago (1899).
  474. Posted 2025-07-07 in Book excerpts:   Margit Warburg. Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahá'ís from a Globalisation Perspective (2006). Front-matter, Chapter One, and part of Chapter Two "Approaches to Babi and Baha'i Studies," as provided by Google Books.
  475. Posted 2025-07-07 in Book excerpts:   May Seikaly. Haifa: Transformation of an Arab Society, 1918-1939 (1995). Front matter, introduction, and maps only; excerpts as provided by Google Books, but enough to give some background to Haifa in earliest 20th century.
  476. Posted 2025-07-07 in Pilgrims' notes:   Lovell Bearse Pemberton. Interviews with 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1925). Account of a few meetings with Abdu'l-Baha at his hotel in Tiberias in 1921.
  477. Posted 2025-07-07 in Books:   Lovell Bearse Pemberton. Modern Pilgrimage to Palestine, A (1925). Includes "Interviews with 'Abdu'l-Bahá" (Chapter 12, pp. 97-104) and a photograph of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on p. 100.
  478. Posted 2025-07-07 in Published articles:   Mary F. Wilson. Story of the Báb, The: Three Versions (1885). A Christian's sympathetic overview of the early years of the Bábí Faith based on the writings of Gobineau, presenting a picture of steadfast adherence to truth, self-denial, and constancy in the face of suffering, like in heroic tales of old.
  479. Posted 2025-07-06 in Published articles:   Anonymous. Babys, The (1872). A sympathetic, early 15-page overview of Bábí history and beliefs, published in a monthly journal of missionary information.
  480. Posted 2025-07-06 in Encyclopedia articles:   Author unknown. Babysm (1897). Half-page encyclopedia entry.
  481. Posted 2025-07-06 in Unpublished articles:   Kamran Ekbal. Daéná-Dén-Dín: The Zoroastrian Heritage of the 'Maid of Heaven' in the Tablets of Bahá'u'llá (1997). Zoroastrian origins of the image of the 'Maid of Heaven,' as it occurs in Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh; connotations of the term dín (religion) and its etymological root in ancient Avesta, Daéná, the 'Maiden of Heaven.'
  482. Posted 2025-07-06 in Biographies:   Iraj Ayman. Háj Mihdí Arjmand (1997).
  483. Posted 2025-07-06 in Published articles:   Ross Woodman. Inner Dimensions of Revelation, The (1997). Mysticism; God's appearance to the individual; union and the feminine soul of the Manifestation.
  484. Posted 2025-07-06 in Research notes:   Author unknown. Martha Root's Tours, 1924, 1939: Press Coverage (n.d.). Statistical information: lists and topics of newspaper articles and known engagements.
  485. Posted 2025-07-06 in Newspaper articles:   Author unknown. New Religion, A (1866). Short overview of Bábí history and thought.
  486. Posted 2025-07-06 in Encyclopedia articles:   P. Z. Easton. Persia (1891). Passing mentions.
  487. Posted 2025-07-06 in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. “Universal peace — in which book is this?': How (and Why) 'Abdu'l-Bahá Identified 'New' and Distinctive Bahá'í Principles (2025).
  488. Posted 2025-07-04 in Published articles:   Edward T. Hall. Continuation of "The Bahá'í Dawn: Manchester" (1933). The history of the Faith in Manchester, from the formation of the first local Spiritual Assembly in March 1923 (the history up to that date was written and issued as The Baha’i Dawn: Manchester) to 1933. Published as a pamphlet.
  489. Posted 2025-07-04 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Adib Masumian, trans. Two Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Mentioning Rabindranath Tagore (2021). Letter describing the context and contents of two Tablets in which Abdu'l-Bahá mentions Tagore, along with Persian originals and English translations of both tablets.
  490. Posted 2025-07-04 in Links:   Isabella Grinevskaya. Баб / Беха-Улла (Блеск Божий) (Báb and Bahá'u'lláh (The Splendor of God)) (1903). Links to two plays in Russian.
  491. Posted 2025-07-03 in BWC compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. Bahá'í Prayers and Tablets for Children (2021).
  492. Posted 2025-07-03 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Essay on Bahá'í Philosophy, An: Expanded with an Additional Section (2024). Outline of a Bahá’í-inspired philosophy that bridges science, religion, and classical thought, offering an integrative framework to counter reductionism, redefine human purpose, and foster a holistic understanding of reality and civilization's evolution.
  493. Posted 2025-07-02 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Divine Utterances of the Bab Regarding Karím Khán Kirmání (2025). An excerpt from a Tablet referring to a prominent Shaykhí and an opponent of the Báb’s mission, and the Báb’s theological response to Khán's claims.
  494. Posted 2025-07-02 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Supplication by the Bab for Siyyid Kazim (2025). A devotional supplication revealed in honour of the Shaykhí leader; study of the broader context of early Bábí discourse and devotional practice, contributing to the understanding of the Báb’s early writings and Shaykhí-Bábí relations.
  495. Posted 2025-06-30 in Books:   Suzanne Maloney Lebensold. Light in All Our Lives, A: The Life and Times of Lucille Sanche Maloney (2022). The life of one of the first French-Canadian Bahá'ís, written by her daughter; a detailed portrayal of the atmosphere of the time and conditions of the Bahá'ís in the early 20th century, from Quebec to Europe, during periods of historic change.
  496. Posted 2025-06-29 in Biographies:   Dr. Auguste Forel: In Memoriam (1936). Short tribute to Dr. Auguste Forel (1848–1931), renowned Swiss scientist, following his passing, honoring his contributions to science and confirming his membership in the Bahá'í community.
  497. Posted 2025-06-28 in Research notes:   Michael W. Thomas. Title "Bahá'u'lláh", The (2025). Exploration of whether "Bahá'u'lláh" may be considered an "honorific title" (ﻟَﻘﺐَﺗْﺸﺮﯾﻔﻰ laqab tashrífí) for Mı́rzá Ḥusayn-‘Alí. Answers from Perplexity AI.
  498. Posted 2025-06-27 in Audio:   Shoghi Effendi, Nosheen Shabani, ed. Call to the Nations: Audio Reading (2025). Audio of Call to the Nations in English, read by a group of Bahá'ís from Australia.
  499. Posted 2025-06-26 in Books:   Mirza Mahmud-i-Zarqani, Abdu'l-Bahá, Adib Masumian, trans., Farnaz Ma'sumian, trans. Abdu'l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-1913: The Talks and Travels of the Master as Recorded by Mírzá Maḥmúd Zarqání [contents, biographies, index] (2024). Front and back matter only (table of contents, selected biographical notes, and index).
  500. Posted 2025-06-26 in Unpublished articles:   Behrooz Sabet. Reframing Social Principles: Centering the Spiritual Core of the Bahá'í Faith in Modern Discourse (2025). This essay urges a re-centering of Bahá’í social teachings within their spiritual core, offering a coherent response to modern crises and moral voids; social principles must emanate from this foundation to preserve their meaning and integrity.
  501. Posted 2025-06-25 in Published articles:   Bijan Ma'sumian, Adib Masumian. Evidences of Bahá'u'lláh's Theophanic Awakening and Disclosure before His Síyáh-Chál Experience (2025). While the Síyáh-Chál was the birthplace of Bahá’u’lláh's mission, his awakening to his divine station might have gone through multiple stages, with his experience in the prison being the culmination of that process; some recognized his station earlier.
  502. Posted 2025-06-25 in Unpublished articles:   Bahman Nadimi. Human Brain, The: The Missing Link in Scientific and Philosophical Narratives of Human Evolution (2025). On how the brain’s biology, together with its philosophical implications, can deepen the evolution debate and unite scientific and philosophical perspectives
  503. Posted 2025-06-25 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Marking the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb (2019). Honoring the Báb’s bicentenary, highlighting His role in preparing humanity for Bahá’u’lláh’s unifying vision and urging selfless service for global transformation.
  504. Posted 2025-06-25 in Biographies:   Author unknown. Martha L. Root: In Memoriam (1942). Overview of Root's life, correspondence, and travels.
  505. Posted 2025-06-25 in Biographies:   Author unknown. Martha Root's Travels in India, Burma and Australia — Her Death in Honolulu (1942). A detailed account of Root's travels and teaching activities across the world.
  506. Posted 2025-06-25 in Published articles:   Boris Handal. Quddús and the Story of Joseph: A Typological Exploration (2025). How Quddús can be understood through the lens of Joseph’s narrative of sacrifice, patience, and divine favor; shared motifs of exile, leadership, trials, and ultimate vindication; the possibilities and limits of drawing such typological comparisons.
  507. Posted 2025-06-25 in Study Guides:   Nosheen Shabani. Tablet of "The Holy Mariner": Study Guide (2025). Brief study guide with notes. Includes parallel version of Arabic. Persian, and English.
  508. Posted 2025-06-25 in Study Guides:   Nosheen Shabani. Tablet of Lawh-i-Ahmad: Study Guide (2025). Brief study guide of the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad, with notes. Includes parallel version with Persian and English.
  509. Posted 2025-06-24 in Bahá'í Writings:   The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, United States Bahá'í Publishing Trust, comp. Bahá'í Prayers [2002]: A Selection of Prayers Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, The Báb, and `Abdu'l-Bahá (2002). Compilation prayer book shared on bahai.org.
  510. Posted 2025-06-24 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Bab to Karim Khan Kirmani (2025). This Arabic Epistle of the Báb, addressed to Karím Khān Kirmání and delivered by Quddús in 1845, rebukes the Shaykhí leader’s pretensions and denials. Despite its summons to truth, he opposed the Báb’s Cause and composed polemics against His Revelation.
  511. Posted 2025-06-24 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Mullá Ḥasan Gawhar (2025).
  512. Posted 2025-06-24 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Sharīf Sulaymān, the Sharīf of Mecca, and to the People of Mecca (2025).
  513. Posted 2025-06-24 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Inquiry and Revelation: The Questions of Mullá ʿAbdu'l-Jalíl-i Urumiyyih-i and the Báb's Epistle in Reply (2025).
  514. Posted 2025-06-24 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Prayer Revealed by the Báb for the Son of Siyyid Kazim Rashti, A (2025). This exalted prayer, revealed by the Báb in honour of Āqā Siyyid Aḥmad Āqāzādih—son of the eminent Shaykhí leader Ḥájí Siyyid Kāẓim Rashtí—offers a luminous glimpse into the spiritual majesty of the Báb’s supplicatory style and divine devotion.
  515. Posted 2025-06-23 in Published articles:   Bahá'í World. New Institution of Learning, A: The Training Institute (2025). The Bahá’í training institute builds capacity for individual and community transformation through study, service, and collective learning.
  516. Posted 2025-06-22 in Published articles:   Bahá'í World. Global Community, A (2025). The global Bahá’í community advances unity, social transformation, and spiritual principles through systematic learning, community-building, and inclusive, grassroots action worldwide; overview of 1996–2021.
  517. Posted 2025-06-22 in Essays and short articles:   Mohammad Norozi. Hájí Mírzá Áqásí: A Portrait of a Tyrannical and Ignorant Prime Minister With a Translation of His Letter Addressed to the 'Ulamá of Isfahán (2025). Analysis of a letter by Áqásí to the divines of Isfahán, which incited clerical opposition to the Báb; context of the Báb's 6-month sojourn in Isfahán under the protection of Manuchehr Khan. Áqásí claimed the Báb was a heretic who should be exiled.
  518. Posted 2025-06-22 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb Revealed in Muscat in Honour of Shaykh Salmán Āl-'Aṣfūr (2025). Addressed to a respected jurist of Bushihr, this Tablet - rich in Qur’anic cadence and imagery - affirms the divine origin of the Báb's Revelation, summons the people of the Qur'án to recognize Him, and warns the heedless of their fate.
  519. Posted 2025-06-22 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb to His Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad (Khál-i-Akbar), Revealed in Muscat: Part II (2025). This Tablet to His uncle in Búshihr, sent amid rising opposition to His Mission, reaffirms the truth of His Cause, instructs the establishment of a house for divine remembrance, and urges steadfastness in the path of God.
  520. Posted 2025-06-22 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb to His Uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad (Khál-i-Akbar), Revealed in Muscat: Part I (2025). This Tablet composed in Quranic-style Arabic, addressed to the Báb's uncle and sent amid rising unrest following His public declaration in Mecca, offers reassurance, affirms the divine source of His Mission, and reasserts His divine authority.
  521. Posted 2025-06-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Confinement of the Membership of the Universal House of Justice to Men, The (2013). Affirms gender equality in the Bahá’í Faith, while upholding men's exclusive eligibility for the Universal House of Justice as divinely ordained but unexplained.
  522. Posted 2025-06-20 in Introductory:   Universal House of Justice. Letter to the World's Religious Leaders: In multiple languages (2002). Letter proclaiming the importance of eliminating religious prejudices and calling for a deeper acceptance of religious unity. Online available in 30 languages.
  523. Posted 2025-06-20 in Personal compilations:   Susan Gammage, comp. Prayers and Readings for Funeral (2025). A short compilation of Bahá’í funeral prayers and readings offering comfort, spiritual reflection, and insights on the soul’s journey and reunion with God after death.
  524. Posted 2025-06-20 in Research notes:   Michael W. Thomas. Status of Bahá'u'lláh during the Ministry of the Báb (2025). The unique circumstance where two Messengers were present at the same time raises the question regarding the status of Baha'u'llah prior to His declaration during the Báb's life; notes on when Abbás Effendı́ started using the name "Abdu'l-Bahá."
  525. Posted 2025-05-31 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Letter of the Báb to His Uncle, Siyyid Hasan-'Alí (Khál-i-Asghar), from Muscat (2025). Letter from the Báb to His uncle recounting His pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, and entrusting His uncle with conveying its message to their relatives in Shíráz; includes Persian text, and an image of the Tablet in the Báb's own hand.
  526. Posted 2025-05-29 in Essays and short articles:   Siyyid Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí (Azíz), Mohammad Norozi, trans. Letter from Āqā Siyyid Ḥusayn on the Báb's Transfer from Mákū to Tabríz, A (2025). A newly uncovered letter by Āqā Siyyid Ḥusayn, the Báb’s amanuensis, reveals that the Báb was transferred to Tabríz during His confinement in Máh-Kú — a detail absent from established Bábí-Bahá’í histories; includes translation, and original Persian.
  527. Posted 2025-05-29 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Letter of the Bab to His Uncle, Siyyid Hasan-'Alí (Khál-i-Aṣghar), A (2025). Letter to the Báb's uncle Khal-i-Asghar revealed during His imprisonment in Mákú, which offers a glimpse into His concern for His family; beyond its historical value, it reflects the Báb’s compassion, humility, and spiritual nobility amid tribulation.
  528. Posted 2025-05-29 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí (2025). Tablet on the theological concept of Yawm al-Badā', the "Day of the Alteration of Divine Will," in which the Báb explains the spiritual and metaphysical rationale for abandoning His intended journey to ʿIráq; background, context, and bio of Yazdí.
  529. Posted 2025-05-28 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. HIV/AIDS and Gender Equality: Transforming Attitudes and Behaviors (2001). Addressing HIV/AIDS requires transforming gender attitudes, empowering women, engaging men, and mobilizing faith communities to promote equality, compassion, and responsible sexual attitudes.
  530. Posted 2025-05-24 in Pilgrims' notes:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Interview Between a Prominent Rabbi and 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1912). Interview in New York, c. April 1912, emphasizing true religion and prophetic influence over tradition, imitation, and doctrinal distractions across major faiths.
  531. Posted 2025-05-23 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. إلى علماء تبريز (Tablet of the Báb Revealed to the Divines of Tabríz) (2025). Proclamation from the Castle of Chihriq to the ulama of the city of Tabriz, summoning them to the religion of God; includes Arabic text.
  532. Posted 2025-05-20 in Pilgrims' notes:   Various. Pilgrim Accounts Collection: Compilation of 253 Pilgrims Notes (1898). Adaptation of an archive of 253 accounts. Most of these are already online at this site, in either older or newer versions. None of the md/pdf files have been changed from the github version (only file-names edited), but some HTML files have been edited.
  533. Posted 2025-05-16 in Essays and short articles:   Arthur L. Dahl. Bahá'í: World Faith for Modern Man (1960). A general overview pamphlet introducing Bahá'í teachings and history.
  534. Posted 2025-05-16 in Published articles:   Nader Saiedi, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Manifestation of the Mystery, The (2025). Scholarly exploration of the question of how and when the Báb became conscious of His divinely entrusted mission, a theme both spiritually stirring and historically significant.
  535. Posted 2025-05-14 in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies: Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities (2009). Updated version of Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities: Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies, to be available to "all Local Spiritual Assemblies" and "each of their members," which was posted various places online.
  536. Posted 2025-05-11 in Audio:   Nader Saiedi. Worldview and the Laws of the Bayán (2019). Explores the Persian Bayán's spiritual worldview and laws through four talks, offering insights into the Báb's Dispensation.
  537. Posted 2025-05-05 in Bibliographies:   bahaidata.org and wiki Tags: List of All "Properties" (2025). List of 6481 tags used by the Baha'i wiki sites, and a list of the 1046 wiki tags that correlate to the Baha'i Library's tags (as of last update, 2025 May 19).
  538. Posted 2025-05-05 in Notable talks:   Nader Saiedi, Anonymous, comp. Writings of the Báb, The: Notes from Talks given by Dr. Nader Saiedi (2020). Structured summarized notes from Dr. Saiedi’s 2019 talks on the Báb’s Writings, delivered at the Swedish and Norwegian Bahá'í summer school 2019, highlighting key theological concepts and themes. Includes some provisional translations quoted in the talks.
  539. Posted 2025-05-02 in Audio:   Nader Saiedi. Writings of the Báb: Lecture Series at the Norwegian Summer School (2019). On topics including the concept of God; Manifestations of God; Day of Resurrection, heaven and hell; the Imamate, the Hidden Imam; divine justice and free will; reason, independence; human rights, equality, women. Links to audio files, offsite.
  540. Posted 2025-05-01 in Links:   Riaz Ghadimi. ریاض اللغات (Arabic-Persian Dictionary) (2017). Link to a comprehensive Arabic-to-Persian dictionary with 250,000 entries, offering accessible, root-independent definitions, grammatical insights, and modern terminology for Persian-speaking readers. Includes short biography of author.
  541. Posted 2025-04-30 in Personal compilations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Dans l'océan de mes paroles (2025). Mise à jour d’une ancienne brochure de 1976, édit. A.S.N. de Suisse, qui compilait des extraits de diverses sources.
  542. Posted 2025-04-30 in BIC documents:   Pierre Spierckel, trans. Déclaration de la Communauté internationale bahá'ie à la Conférence des Nations unies sur le développement durable (2025). Déclaration de la Communauté internationale bahá’ie à Rio de Janeiro: "Sustaining Societies: Towards a New "We'."
  543. Posted 2025-04-30 in Personal compilations:   Pierre Spierckel, trans. Traductions personnelles: de traductions provisoires en anglais par Adib Masumian et autres sources (2025). Prières choisies sur le site d’Adib Masumian et dans diverses compilations.
  544. Posted 2025-04-28 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Nosheen Shabani, comp. پيام بيت العدل اعظم الهى خطاب به كنفرانس هيئت هاى مشاورين قارّه ای ٣٠ دسامبر ٢٠٢١ (Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan) (2021). Overview of the 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, generational in its scope and significance," implemented Ridvan 2022. English and Persian, parallel.
  545. Posted 2025-04-28 in Audio:   Nosheen Shabani, comp. Flame, The: Audio (2022). Audiobook bringing to life the story of Lua Getsinger, one of the earliest and most devoted disciples of the Bahá'í Faith in the West, the "mother-teacher of the American Bahá'í community." Includes two videos.
  546. Posted 2025-04-28 in Bibliographies:   Steven Phelps, comp. Partial Inventory: Bibliography and Key to Source Codes (2025).
  547. Posted 2025-04-27 in Book excerpts:   Nader Saiedi. Gate of the Heart: Understanding the Writings of the Bab (contents and index only) (2008). A lengthy, detailed examination of the context, chronology, and content of the writings of the Báb. (Link to document, offsite; only the contents and index are on this site, for keyword searching.)
  548. Posted 2025-04-27 in Essays and short articles:   Faruq Izadinia, Mohammad Norozi, trans. چرا نوروز اهمیت یافت (Why Naw-Ruz Became Important) (2025). Essay in original Persian and in English translation, about various significances of the day of Naw Ruz.
  549. Posted 2025-04-27 in Books:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání. کتاب الفرائد (Book of The Peerless Gems) (2015). The Fará’id, Fadl's "greatest work," on a wide range of proofs and history, written in response to a critique of the Kitáb-i-Íqán by Shaykhu'l-Islam of Tiflus. Published in 1898 in Persian, with occasional Arabic citations. Retyped version, with an index.
  550. Posted 2025-04-26 in Notable talks:   Rabindranath Tagore. First and the Last Prophets of Persia, The (1930). Summary of a speech given by Tagore in New York on December 7, 1930, highlighting divine unity in creation and religion, honoring Zoroaster and Bahá’u’lláh for promoting universal love, truth, and spiritual harmony beyond divisions.
  551. Posted 2025-04-26 in Books:   Society for Persian Letters and Arts, Vahid Rafati, Annemarie Schimmel. Mishkín Qalam: 19th-Century Artist and Calligrapher (1992). Visual collection of the art of Mishkín Qalam, 1826-1912. Includes introduction by Vahid Rafati, a biographical note by Annemarie Schimmel, and a preface by the editors.
  552. Posted 2025-04-26 in Published articles:   Anthony Lee. Recovering Biographies of Enslaved Africans In Nineteenth-Century Iran (2016). On the history, and lack of scholarship about, the East-African slave trade to Iran; as many as 1-2 million Africans were brought to Persia as servants, eunuchs, and concubines.
  553. Posted 2025-04-26 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic) (n.d.).
  554. Posted 2025-04-25 in Essays and short articles:   Anthony Lee. 'Abdu'l-Baha's Response to American Racism, 1912 (2025). An attempt to locate the moment in history when the American Bahá'í community began to be focused on activism for racial unity and civil rights.
  555. Posted 2025-04-20 in BWC compilations:   Vahid Rafati. مآخذ اشعار در آثار بهائى (Sources of Poetry in the Bahá'í Writings) (1990). Links to a five-volume encyclopedic compilation documenting an extensive list of verses from Persian and Arabic poems that have been cited in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  556. Posted 2025-04-19 in Introductory:   Bahá'í Reference Libraries in Multiple Languages (2025). Collection of links to worldwide websites providing texts of the Bahá'í Writings and literature online in various languages.
  557. Posted 2025-04-14 in Published articles:   Anthony Lee. Declaration of the Báb in Bahá'í Imagination, The: Introducing a Woman and an African into the Sacred History of the Bahá'í Community (2026). The account of the declaration of the Báb to Mullá Husayn on May 22, 1844, as told by Nabil in Dawn Breakers vs. the accounts of two eyewitnesses, the Báb's wife Khadijih Bagum and his servant Haji Mubarak; "academic history" vs. "sacred history."
  558. Posted 2025-04-08 in Introductory:   Universal House of Justice. Promise of World Peace, The: In multiple languages (1985). Call to global unity, affirming peace as humanity’s next evolutionary stage and urging moral, spiritual, and collective responsibility for its realization. Available in 35 languages.
  559. Posted 2025-04-07 in Biographies:   Guy Barclay. Story of Vivien Combe, The (1996). Biography of a world traveller and pioneer.
  560. Posted 2025-04-04 in Chronologies/genealogies:   Violetta Zein. Chronology of the Greatest Holy Leaf (2025). Links to a detailed biography and multimedia photo album of the life of the daughter of Bahá'u'lláh.
  561. Posted 2025-04-04 in Provisional translations:   Muhammad al-Baqir, Joshua Hall, trans. Prayer of Splendor, The: Du`á' al-Bahá (2017). An important supplication in Shí’í Islam, attributed to the fifth Imám; the Báb derived the titles of the months of his Badí calendar from the invocations of this prayer.
  562. Posted 2025-04-02 in Books:   Alí Murád Dávúdí, Adel Shafipour, comp. Alí Murád Dávúdí, Collected Works (1967). دکتر‌علی مراد دائدی : Various published and unpublished academic works by Dr. Davudi, mostly in Persian.
  563. Posted 2025-04-02 in Books:   Hooshmand Badee. Economics and the Bahá'í Faith (2018). On a vision of a just global economy rooted in unity, equity, justice and the oneness of humanity. Economic systems must serve the broader aim of human and societal advancement. Economics and spirituality are not enemies but partners.
  564. Posted 2025-04-02 in Published articles:   Marta Scialdone. Rise of the Bahá'í Faith Community In Tunisia, The (2024). The Bahá’í community in Tunisia, emerging in the 1920s, balances coexistence and discrimination, experiencing increased religious expression post-2011 while facing ongoing societal challenges.
  565. Posted 2025-03-29 in Glossaries & Dictionaries:   Covenant Library, comp. Covenant Library Unified Index and Glossary (2000). A comprehensive glossary and reference index of Bahá'í sacred texts and literature, organized in two parts: Bahá'u'lláh's Writings and general entries. (Off-site)
  566. Posted 2025-03-29 in Chronologies/genealogies:   Bahá'í World Centre, comp., Covenant Library, comp. Covenant Library: Bahá'í Dates Calendar (2024). Tables and charts of: Bahá'í Holy Days 2025-2064; Bahá'í months and years with their Gregorian conversion; and various references and quotations about the Bahá'í calendar.
  567. Posted 2025-03-29 in Scripts and screenplays:   James Tichenor. Strickland's Dilemma (2024). A graduate student who chooses not to serve in the Institute because he only has a little time to relax after his studies and intends to watch a football game with his roommate hears a heartfelt song by a new believer that affects his spirit.
  568. Posted 2025-03-29 in Scripts and screenplays:   James Tichenor. That Uncertain Feeling (2024). A college freshman who has agreed to hold her first devotional meeting with a fellow Book One participant learns that she must hold it on her own and panics. Her tutor arrives with encouragement but finds that true accompaniment requires something more.
  569. Posted 2025-03-29 in Published articles:   Adel Shafipour. تاريخ امریی روشنکوه (History of the Faith in Rowshan Kuh) (2022). History of recent persecutions of the Faith in an Iranian town.
  570. Posted 2025-03-28 in Book excerpts:   Fereydun Vahman, ed. Báb and the Bábí Community of Iran, The (2020). On the Báb's life, teachings, and writings; the Bábí community's formation, conflicts, and transition to the Bahá'í Faith; social, theological, and historical perspectives. Includes table-of-contents, select articles, and link to book preview.
  571. Posted 2025-03-28 in Published articles:   John Ferraby Bahá'í Teachings on Economics. Overview of Bahá'í-inspired themes on creating a world economy, economic justice, efficient ways to industrialize society, and fair division of capital and labour.
  572. Posted 2025-03-28 in Book reviews:   Michael L. Penn. Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time, by Yascha Mounk: Review (2025). Yascha Mounk’s book "The Identity Trap" critiques identity-based politics, arguing that it undermines liberal values, fosters division, and challenges universalist ideals, urging a return to shared humanity.
  573. Posted 2025-03-28 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Naw-Rúz 182 - To the Bahá'ís of Iran (2025). Emphasizing family, resilience, social progress, and the role of the Iranian Bahá’ís in fostering unity amid global challenges.
  574. Posted 2025-03-28 in Published articles:   John Ferraby. Progressive Revelation (1954). Short pamphlet on the oneness of religion, Messengers of God, and the religious cycle.
  575. Posted 2025-03-27 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb), The (2017). Proclaims Bahá’u’lláh’s divine authority, challenges religious leaders, emphasizes detachment, warns of worldly decay, and recounts His hardships and messages to rulers.
  576. Posted 2025-03-26 in Published articles:   Paul Lample. Exploring a Framework for the Elimination of Racial Prejudice in America (2025). Explores a Bahá'í-inspired framework for eliminating racial prejudice in America, fostering unity, and advancing Bahá'u'lláh’s vision through community-building and social transformation. Includes a compilation on the elimination of racial prejudice.
  577. Posted 2025-03-26 in Published articles:   Derik Smith. Framework for Action and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, The (2025). Explores parallels between the Bahá’í framework for action and the civil rights movement, emphasizing systematic organization, collective action, and sustainable social transformation over individual heroism.
  578. Posted 2025-03-24 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on a Verse of Rumi (1999). Addresses theological concepts of divine unity through interpretation of Rumi's poetry, exploring relationships between Creator and creation while warning followers against false claims to authority.
  579. Posted 2025-03-24 in Book reviews:   Pierre Spierckel. Ne rien dire c'est approuver: Ma réaction à la lecture du livre de Christian Cannuyer « Les Bahá'ís » (2025). Ma réaction au livre de C. Cannuyer, Les bahā'īs, peuple de la triple unité, qui prétend être « objectif » et de qualité universitaire et qui, de mon point de vue, n'est ni l’un ni l’autre.
  580. Posted 2025-03-23 in Songs & Music:   Paulo Litta. Allah' O' Abha! All' Eterno: Inno Orchestico All' Eterno Per Violino, Piano, Baritono, Triangolo, Tamburino, Cimbali, Timpane E Danza (Alláh-u-Abhá to the Eternal) (1924). An orchestral hymn for violin, piano, baritone, triangle, tambourine, cymbals, timpani, and dance.
  581. Posted 2025-03-23 in Audio:   Nader Saiedi. Bahá'u'lláh and Peace: A Series of Four Talks (2018). Talks at the Santa Monica Baha’i Center in California on four areas within the context of Baha'u'llah's Revelation that relate to peace, and how Baha'u'llah reconstructs the concepts of victory, mystical poetry, interpretation, and the temple.
  582. Posted 2025-03-23 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck. Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran, A Socio-Legal Analysis by Sajjad Adeliyan Tous and James T. Richardson: Review (2024).
  583. Posted 2025-03-23 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Towards A European Union Anti-Racism Strategy (2025). The BIC Brussels Office calls for a transformative EU anti-racism strategy, emphasizing human unity, education, community engagement, and youth leadership to foster lasting societal change.
  584. Posted 2025-03-22 in Audio:   Nader Saiedi. Fire and Light in the Báb's Tablet Proclaiming to be the Qá'im (2016).
  585. Posted 2025-03-22 in BWC compilations:   Pierre Spierckel, trans., Universal House of Justice, comp. Importance des arts dans la promotion de la Foi (2023).
  586. Posted 2025-03-22 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Various. List of Transcripts at bahai.works (2025). Links to 121 transcripts offsite.
  587. Posted 2025-03-22 in NSA Compilations:   Bahá'í House of Worship, comp. Prayers and Holy Writings (2024). A selection of Bahá'í prayers on various themes, and some selections from the Writings, prepared for the Lotus Temple.
  588. Posted 2025-03-22 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, trans. Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh on the Importance of Cleanliness, A (2025). A short Tablet emphasizing cleanliness in both body and spirit, urging purification, wisdom, and obedience to divine commandments as essential for perceiving divine blessings and holiness.
  589. Posted 2025-03-22 in Scripts and screenplays:   Pierre Spierckel. Une journée pareille (2025). Drammaticule inspiré par l’épisode du choléra à Chiraz en septembre 1846, frappa la ville de Chiraz où le Báb était emprisonné. Peut être joué par de jeunes adolescents.
  590. Posted 2025-03-21 in Published articles:   Deborah Clark Vance. Bahá'í Work as Worship, Prayer as Practice: Chapter 15 (2025). Religion is logical and progressive; it moves humanity closer to a unified world; human reality is our thought, not our bodies; life is for acquiring spiritual attributes; Baháʼí temples are symbols of unity, fostering peace and community-building.
  591. Posted 2025-03-21 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Guardian's Translation of Quranic Verse 55:5 as found in The Kitáb-i-Íqán, The (1995). Addresses a discrepancy between the traditional translation of Quranic verse 55:5 and Shoghi Effendi’s translation in the Kitáb-i-Íqán.
  592. Posted 2025-03-21 in Books:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Pierre Spierckel, trans. La Preuve éclatante (2024). Réponse à un article agressif, donnée en exemple par ‘Abdu’l-Bahá lui-même.
  593. Posted 2025-03-21 in Published articles:   Mehri Samandari Jensen. Religion and Family Planning in Contemporary Iran (1986). Why Muslims in Iran have a higher birthrate than Christians; the relationship between religion and birthrate; background culture of Christianity; religious affiliation alone does not determine behavior as much as an individual's own degree of religiosity.
  594. Posted 2025-03-21 in Published articles:   Loni Bramson-Lerche. Some Aspects of the Development of the Bahá'í Administrative Order in America, 1922-1936 (1982). On the development of the American and Canadian communities, from small informal networks of local groups to a vastly enlarged and well-organized religion with a national consciousness, and the gradual consolidation of the Administrative structure.
  595. Posted 2025-03-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Regarding Family Life and Marriage (2025). Letter emphasizing the Bahá’í family’s role in fostering unity, equality, and spiritual growth, shaping communities, and resisting societal disintegration through service, education, and evolving family structures.
  596. Posted 2025-03-18 in Published articles:   Nader Saiedi, Omid Ghaemmaghami, trans. Ethiopian King, The (2011). This article brings to light a number of hitherto unknown passages from the writings of the Báb about Haji Mubarak, the Báb’s Ethiopian servant.
  597. Posted 2025-03-14 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. Tablet addressed to the Bahá'ís of Mosul (2007). Emphasizes universal interdependence, cooperation, and generosity, linking these principles to spiritual and social progress, particularly through the institution of Huqúqu’lláh.
  598. Posted 2025-03-09 in Essays and short articles:   Nader Saiedi. List of Articles by Nader Saiedi on BahaiTeachings.org (2017). Links to 40 essays about Baha'i teachings on spiritual unity, justice, freedom, democracy, and global peace, critiquing materialism, nationalism, and advocating societal reform.
  599. Posted 2025-03-08 in Published articles:   Horace Holley. Bahá'í Cause, The (1925). Two-page overview of Bahá'í history and teachings. (See also complete book for another dozen mentions.)
  600. Posted 2025-03-07 in Poetry:   Pierre Spierckel. À Chiraz au printemps (2025). Un poème pour le quarantième anniversaire des dix martyres de Chiraz, en hommage. Présenté dans une exposition à Paris en commémoration de leur martyre.
  601. Posted 2025-03-07 in BWC compilations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Vahid Houston Ranjbar. 'Abdu'l-Bahá — de l'Univers: Précédé et suivi d'essais de Vahid Houston Ranjbar (2018). Première lecture d'un physicien; Invariance d'échelle ou autosimilarité; de lʼunivers une tablette de ʻAbduʼl-Bahá; Platon, Baháʼuʼlláh et la physique moderne; Science, religion et sémantique.
  602. Posted 2025-03-07 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Adopter l'interdépendance: Fondations pour un Monde en transition (2024). Déclaration pour le Sommet de l'avenir des Nations Unies, plaidant pour une réforme de la gouvernance centrée sur l'unité de l'humanité, exhortant les dirigeants à donner la priorité à l'unité, à la justice, et à l'interdépendance pour une paix durable.
  603. Posted 2025-03-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans., Pierre Spierckel, trans. Bahá'u'lláh Supplications: Traduction de l'arabe en anglais (2025). Deux cents prières en traduction provisoire, révélées par Bahá’u’lláh en arabe. Ces prières témoignent toutes de sa maîtrise des métaphores et de son amour et de sa dévotion à Dieu. Traduites en français par Spierckel à partir de l’anglais de Hall.
  604. Posted 2025-03-07 in Published articles:   Ian Kluge, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Bouddhisme et foi bahá'íe: Un rapprochement ontologique (2011). Le bouddhisme c’est l’une des Révélations divines historiques; c’est aussi l’une des religions de nos voisins que nous voulons mieux comprendre; une étude nous fera mieux comprendre l’affirmation bahá’íe que toutes les religions sont unes par essence.
  605. Posted 2025-03-07 in Audio:   Nader Saiedi. Identity and the Spiritual Journey in the Badi Calendar (2015). A 99-minute talk on various aspects of the nature and history of the Bahá'í calendar.
  606. Posted 2025-03-07 in Published articles:   William P. Collins, Pierre Spierckel, trans. La mythologie sacrée de la religion bahá'íe (2011). De la nécessité du mythe pour comprendre l’incompréhensible.
  607. Posted 2025-03-07 in Published articles:   Universal House of Justice, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Le destin de Mason Remey & de ceux qui l'ont suivi (2007). Un texte du Centre mondial expliquant le caractère fondamental de l’Alliance et les conséquences pour ceux qui la brisent.
  608. Posted 2025-03-07 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Le Livre de l'Alliance Kitab-i-'Ahd (2024). Document unique dans l’histoire religieuse du monde qui supprime toute justification de dissidence, le testament de Bahá’u’lláh désigne son fils aîné ‘Abdu’l-Bahá pour prendre, à sa suite, la tête de la communauté bahá’íe.
  609. Posted 2025-03-07 in Published articles:   Ian Kluge, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Le nouvel athéisme: une réponse bahá'íe (2011). L’auteur montre, par une lecture minutieuse, la faiblesse des arguments de ces nouveaux athées qui connaissent un grand succès de librairie, et leur ignorance, surprenante parfois, des concepts philosophiques les plus élémentaires.
  610. Posted 2025-03-07 in Essays and short articles:   Pierre Spierckel. Le temple bahá'í (2000). Aperçu des temples bahá'ís; mise à jour d'une brochure initialement publiée dans une revue française sur le thème «les religions et leurs chefs-d’œuvre».
  611. Posted 2025-03-07 in Published articles:   Jack McLean, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Prolégomènes à une théologie bahá'íe (2014). Deux objectifs à cet ouvrage: 1/ Résoudre la question préliminaire du concept et de la validité d’une théologie bahá’íe en soi, et 2/ Dégager le terrain, ce qui est déjà commencé, pour un examen en profondeur de quelques thèmes choisis.
  612. Posted 2025-03-07 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Nader Saiedi, Alison Marshall, ed. Question-answer session from "Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age" (2024). Partial transcript of the Q&A portion of a talk on the Bahá'í writings and the need for scholars to index and translate these texts; the metaphysical nature of the Manifestations.
  613. Posted 2025-03-07 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Renforcer la solidarité: la cohésion sociale comme moteur du développement (2025). Déclaration de la Communauté internationale bahá’íe à la 63e session de la Commission du développement social.
  614. Posted 2025-03-07 in Published articles:   Ian Kluge, Pierre Spierckel, trans. Un paysage sans soleil: Une éthique scientifique est-elle possible? (2012). Une réponse à l'affirmation du livre The Moral Lanscape dans lequel la connaissance scientifique et empirique est la seule connaissance valable, qui se réfute elle-même : aucune expérience scientifique ne pourrait prouver ou infirmer cette affirmation.
  615. Posted 2025-03-06 in Published articles:   Peter Smith. American Bahá'í Community, 1894-1917, The: A Preliminary Survey (1982). A comprehensive and detailed survey of the American community from 1894 to 1917. Includes bibliography as appendix, "Some Studies of Bahá'í Communities" (2015).
  616. Posted 2025-03-06 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen. Bahá'í System of Transliteration, The (1991). Extensive collection of history and notes about transliteration in general and the unique Bahá'í system in particular, including sources such as Shoghi Effendi's notebooks, the Royal Asiatic Society, International Congress of Orientalists, and the UHJ.
  617. Posted 2025-03-06 in Pilgrims' notes:   John A. Robarts. Few Reminiscences about Shoghi Effendi Taken from Pilgrim Notes of January 1955, A (1993). Various memories of the Guardian, his thoughts on Africa and Canada, pioneering, initial impressions upon meeting him, and his thoughts on the evolution of the Faith, and an aside on Musa Banani.
  618. Posted 2025-03-06 in Essays and short articles:   Alí-Akbar Furútan. Guardian and the East, The (1993). Summary of the conditions of the friends in Iran and its neighboring countries, and a short overview of the life and accomplishments of Shoghi Effendi.
  619. Posted 2025-03-06 in Published articles:   Alí-Muḥammad Varqá. Le Style persan du Gardien (1993). Les aspects merveilleux du talent d'ecrivain de Shoghi Effendi, un cote peu connu par les amis occidentaux qui ne connaissent que ses ecrits et ses traductions en anglais.
  620. Posted 2025-03-06 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Letter of the Báb to His Wife (2025). Letter of the Báb to His wife, Khadijah Bagum, written sometime between June 1845 and September 1846 in Shiraz, following a family meeting regarding the Báb's claim and proclamation.
  621. Posted 2025-03-06 in Pilgrims' notes:   Audrey Robarts. Reminiscences about Shoghi Effendi (1993). Answers to questions "tell us about your first visit with the Guardian" and "what was the most important thing you learned from him," with details about pioneering in Africa.
  622. Posted 2025-03-06 in Published articles:   Stephen Lambden. Sinaitic Mysteries, The: Notes on Moses/Sinai Motifs in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture (1986). Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh which relate to the Pentateuchal account of Moses' call (Exodus 3:1) and request to see God's glory (Exodus 33:18-23), and quranic parallels. (Link to article on author's site, plus links to related articles.)
  623. Posted 2025-03-06 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Pierre Spierckel, trans., Adib Masumian, trans. Traductions par Adib Masumian (2013). Traductions françaises par Spierckel de six traductions anglaises par Masumian des Tablettes persanes de Bahá'u'lláh et d'Abdu'l-Bahá, sur le thème de la traduction.
  624. Posted 2025-03-06 in Books:   Various. Vision of Shoghi Effendi, The: Proceedings of the Association for Bahá'í Studies Ninth Annual Conference, November 2-4, 1984, Ottawa, Canada (1993). Select portions of this book as they've appeared elsewhere, or were shared by their authors.
  625. Posted 2025-03-05 in Published articles:   William P. Collins. Kenosha, 1893-1912: History of an Early Bahá'í Community in the United States (1982). First visited by Kheiralla in 1895, Kenosha was the second city in America to have resident Bahá'ís; it had one of the earliest elected assemblies, and until the 1920s had the third largest community in the States. It is a case study in US Bahá'í history.
  626. Posted 2025-03-05 in Published articles:   David Hofman. Shoghi Effendi: Expounder of the Word of God (1991). The Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha gives two essentials of the Guardianship: protection of the Cause and interpreter of the Word of God; his exposition and interpretation have the same validity as the Text itself.
  627. Posted 2025-03-04 in Biographies:   Adel Shafipour. Biography of Jináb Ishráq-Khávari (1902–1972) (2007). Biography and bibliography of a famed Persian scholar.
  628. Posted 2025-03-04 in Published articles:   Denis MacEoin. Early Shaykhí Reactions to the Báb and His Claims (1982). On the first years of interaction and conflict between the Shaykhí School and the emerging Bábí movement.
  629. Posted 2025-03-04 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Original Text of the Súriy-i-Haykal, The (2002). About the question of which manuscript of this lengthy Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh served as the basis for its authorized translation in The Summons of the Lord of Hosts.
  630. Posted 2025-03-04 in Published articles:   Gianni Izzo. Seeing the Signs: The Imamate in Sayyid Kāẓim al-Rashtī’s (d. 1259/1843) Sharḥ Duʿāʾ al-simāt (2024). The role of interpretation in al-Rashtí's "Commentary on the supplication of signs" in articulating Shaykhi thought; how God interacts with creation through prophetic archetypes. Link to thesis "Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication."
  631. Posted 2025-03-04 in Books:   Moojan Momen, ed. Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History (1982). Five articles from the first collection of scholarly essays on the history of the Faith to be published as a book (in English): on Shaykhi reactions and Christian relations in Iran, and three studies of early communities in America.
  632. Posted 2025-03-04 in Bibliographies:   Anthony Lee, ed. Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History / Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: List of volumes (1982). List of all 23 volumes in the SBBH / SBBR series from Kalimat Press.
  633. Posted 2025-03-04 in Books:   Moojan Momen, ed. Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi (1988). A bio-bibliography of Balyuzi; five academic examinations of: symbols in the writings of the Báb, non-absolutism of religious truth, early British Bahá'í history, and history of the early years of the Guardianship. (Only articles shared by author.)
  634. Posted 2025-03-04 in Books:   Moshe Sharon, ed. Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements, and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths (2004). Five articles posted by their authors: new religions and religious movements; the eschatology of globalization; the Bábí-state conflict in Mázandarán; the Azálí-Bahá'í Crisis of September 1867; Muhammad 'Abduh's friendship with 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  635. Posted 2025-03-04 in Books:   Morten Bergsmo, ed. Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi (1991). Six items from this book that have been shared by their authors at various times.
  636. Posted 2025-03-03 in Essays and short articles:   Harilal M. Munje. 1844 A.D.: Pinpoint Target of All Faiths (1982). On the great figures who arose around the world during the Axial Age and founded Christianity, Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism; some saints of India.
  637. Posted 2025-03-03 in Theses:   Gianni Izzo. Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication in Imami Shí'í Islam (2025). Dissertation exploring Shi'i supplication (du'ā'), analyzing commentaries by four scholars, including Siyyid Kazim, to reveal its theological, devotional, and social significance in Imami Shi'ism. (Link to document, offsite.)
  638. Posted 2025-03-03 in Biographies:   H. T. D. Rost. Dr. Harilal M. Munje (1998). Bio written by the son-in-law of Munje.
  639. Posted 2025-03-03 in Published articles:   Moojan Momen. Early Relations Between Christian Missionaries and the Bábí and Bahá'í Communities (1982). Historical overview of interactions between the Bábís and the early Bahá'ís and a number of Christian missionaries in Persia, Palestine, and Syria in the 1800s.
  640. Posted 2025-03-03 in Books:   Dipchand Khianra. Immortals, The (1988). Biographies of 16 notable Bahá'ís in Indian history.
  641. Posted 2025-03-03 in Books:   Harilal M. Munje. Reincarnation Mystery Revealed, The (1992).
  642. Posted 2025-03-03 in Books:   Suheil Bushrui. Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime (1995). Analysis of the Aqdas and its universal teachings of a new divine Revelation leading humanity to the next stage of its evolution: a world civilization of a unified human race and world peace; on the rhymed prose style found in some Arabic writings.
  643. Posted 2025-03-03 in Books:   Harilal M. Munje. Whole World is but One Family, The (1980). Booklet demonstrating, with scriptural references, that the world is a unified human family. Includes many quotes from the Vedas and the Bhagavad-Gita in English and Sanskrit, and the Bahá'í Writings.
  644. Posted 2025-03-02 in Essays and short articles:   Anita Graves. Mazra'ih: A Footnote (n.d.). Overview of the Bahá'í Holy Place of Mazra'ih, its connection with Lilian Vaughan Barron McNeill and her husband Angus McNeill, and the Cyprus connection to that beautiful property situated near 'Akká.
  645. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. Ancient Covenants (1999). God fulfills his promises; the twin duties of faith and obedience; fulfillment of ancient covenants.
  646. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. Daniel's Visions (1999). On the vision of the "Abomination that makes desolation" and the "cleansing of the sanctuary after 2300 years."
  647. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. 'Descent' of Revelation on 'Clouds' (1999). The use of "clouds" in Jewish and Christian prophecy; literal vs symbolic meanings of "clouds"; progressive revelation.
  648. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. Principles for Effective Parenting (2000). A cycle for successful family development; preparation for marriage; parental roles; virtues education; support of institutions.
  649. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. Salvation by Deeds and Grace (1999). Christian approaches to salvation; belief and faith; obedience; good works; acquisition of virtues.
  650. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. Some Thoughts on Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Christians (1999). The lamp and the light; east-west movement of the lamp; Carmel, the mountain of the Lord and the seat of the unfolding institutions; the symbolic terms names, glory, and the spirit of truth.
  651. Posted 2025-03-01 in Essays and short articles:   Don Dainty. You Were Right about 1844: The New 'Good News' About The 'Great Disappointment (1999). On expectations regarding the return of Christ, the Millerites, and Bahá'í interpretations of revelation.
  652. Posted 2025-02-28 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to His Uncles, Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad and Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali (2025). Introduction to and annotated provisional translation of the Epistle revealed by the Báb to His maternal uncles Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad (the Greater Uncle) and Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali (the Greatest Uncle).
  653. Posted 2025-02-28 in Newspaper articles:   Badi Shams. Fasting: A Time of Spiritual House Cleaning (2022). It may look strange to connect fasting with unity, but most conflicts and problems are caused by the lack of a spiritual approach to difficult issues; fasting and praying are effective tools.
  654. Posted 2025-02-28 in Essays and short articles:   Michael Zirinsky. Lethal Encounter in Tehran, A: The Attack on U.S. Vice Consul Robert Imbrie and Its Aftermath (2022). Almost a century ago, an American diplomat died overseas at the hands of a mob. The implications of this tragic incident reached far beyond Iran’s capital city.
  655. Posted 2025-02-28 in Essays and short articles:   Henry S. Villard. Murder in Tehran (1982). In 1924 Vice Consul Robert W. Imbrie was killed by an angry mob spurred on by religious fanatics after he tried to photograph a fountain that was believed to be sacred, a foreshadowing of the 1979 embassy seizure.
  656. Posted 2025-02-28 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Prayers and Tablets from the Báb, Some (2025). A provisional translation of the Tablet revealed by the Báb while He was confined in the castle of Máh-Kú for Mulla Nowruz Ali, and a selected prayer from the Writings of the Báb.
  657. Posted 2025-02-27 in Book excerpts:   Various. Mentions of the Faith in the Journal of the American Foreign Services Association (1937). All 14 issues containing keyword "Baha'i." With the exception of articles "Murder in Tehran" and "Lethal Encounter in Iran," the other 12 references to the Bahá'í Faith are just in passing, with few details.
  658. Posted 2025-02-21 in Introductory:   Steven Phelps. Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, The (2021).
  659. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 27 (1998-1999) (2000). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  660. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 26 (1997-1998) (1999). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  661. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 25 (1996-1997) (1998). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  662. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 28 (1999-2000) (2001). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  663. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 29 (2000-2001) (2002). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  664. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 30 (2001-2002) (2003). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  665. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 31 (2002-2003) (2004). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  666. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 32 (2003-2004) (2005). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  667. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 33 (2004-2005) (2006). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  668. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 34 (2005-2006) (2007). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  669. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 22 (1993-1994) (1994). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  670. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 21 (1992-1993) (1993). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith.
  671. Posted 2025-02-18 in Books:   Various, Universal House of Justice, comp. Bahá'í World, The: Volume 35 (2006-2021) (2025). Periodic volumes that survey the global activities and major achievements of the Faith. This book is not yet fully online.
  672. Posted 2025-02-17 in Published articles:   Iraj Poostchi. 'Adasiyyah: A Study in Agriculture and Rural Development (2010). On the labor of farmers and sharecroppers in a Jordanian village, on land purchased by 'Abdu'l-Bahá; features of Bahá'í development in rural areas, prayer and consultation in community decision-making, conflict resolution, and self-sufficiency.
  673. Posted 2025-02-17 in Essays and short articles:   Ahang Rabbani. Dating Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude (1998). Brief research note, confirming that the Kitáb-i-Íqán was revealed prior to mid-January, 1861.
  674. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Acre, Israel (2025).
  675. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Azalī (2011).
  676. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Bāb, The (2024).
  677. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Bahāʾ Allāh (2024).
  678. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Bahāʾī Faith (2024).
  679. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Haifa, Israel (2025).
  680. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Mashriq al-Adhkār (2015).
  681. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Mīrzā Yaḥyā Ṣobḥ-e Azal (2025).
  682. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Mount Carmel (2024).
  683. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī (2024).
  684. Posted 2025-02-16 in Encyclopedia articles:   The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. Spiritual Assembly (2017).
  685. Posted 2025-02-14 in Unpublished articles:   Jack McLean. Big Bang Standard Model and Bahá'í Cosmology, The: Resolving a Present Disparity Through Science and Religion (2025). On cyclic models that posit a universe before the Big Bang; comparison of theories of dynamic expansion and contraction vs. Steady State and Cosmic Inflation; parallels between modern science and ancient Greek, Jewish and Hindu cosmology.
  686. Posted 2025-02-14 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Strengthening Solidarity: Social Cohesion as a Driver of Development (2025). A statement to the 63rd Session of the Commission for Social Development: Social cohesion, grounded in moral principles, is essential for sustainable development, fostering unity, resilience, and collective prosperity beyond material resources.
  687. Posted 2025-02-13 in Published articles:   R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. American Bahá'í Women and the Education of Girls in Tehran, 1909-1934 (1986). On the activities of four teachers and doctors who formed the first resident embassage of Western Bahá'í women in the East, who came to Iran to help expand access to health and education.
  688. Posted 2025-02-11 in Links:   Idris Samawi Hamid. Metaphysics and Cosmology of Process According to Shaykh 'Aḥmad al-'Ahsā'ī, The: Critical Edition, Translation, and Analysis of Observations in Wisdom (1998). Analyzes Shaykh Ahmad's groundbreaking process metaphysics and cosmology through "The Wisdom Observations," marking his departure from traditional Muslim substance-based philosophical thought. (Link to document, offsite.)
  689. Posted 2025-02-08 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Adib Masumian, trans. "As to what is meant by Gog and Magog, these were two factions that were in constant strife…" (2025). Provisional translation of a metaphorical interpretation of Gog and Magog by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, with original Arabic and supplementary notes.
  690. Posted 2025-02-06 in Provisional translations:   The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. Epistle of the Báb to Azal: Commentary and Translation (2025). Introduction, background, and references to the Epistle by the Báb for Mírzá Yahyá, the Tawqi'a Vasyat, commonly and erroneously referred to as the "Will and Testament of the Bab," followed by a provisional translation.
  691. Posted 2025-02-06 in Essays and short articles:   Emma Maxie Jones. Heart, The (1950). Thoughts on the heart of man, physical and spiritual; prepared by Jones for one of her talks in the 1950s while living in Escondido, CA.
  692. Posted 2025-02-05 in Published articles:   Nile Green. Geographies of Transimperial Religion: The Transformation of Religious Space in a World of Empires (2024). Examining how religions changed as they moved across different empires; how new religious spaces, practices, and networks developed, shaping modern global faiths. (Link to article, offsite.)
  693. Posted 2025-02-05 in Published articles:   Christopher Cooper-Davies. House of Bahá'u'lláh and the Struggle for Religious Visibility in Mandatory Iraq, The (2025). On the 1920s–1930s legal and political struggles over the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad, highlighting colonial modernity’s role in shaping anti-Bahá'í persecution in Iraq.
  694. Posted 2025-02-05 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters. RIS Citation Export (2025). Citation export details for database interoperability; import instructions for reference managers like Endnote, Zotero, Mendeley.
  695. Posted 2025-02-05 in Published articles:   Farzin Vejdani. Transnational Bahá'í Print Culture: Community Formation and Religious Authority, 1890-1921 (2012). Explores how Baha’is used print culture (1890–1921) for community-building, scriptural canonization, and apologetics, emphasizing leadership, transnational networks, and cultural intermediaries. (Link to article, offsite.)
  696. Posted 2025-01-31 in Essays and short articles:   Jack McLean. Various Essays (1994). 43 essays on various topics, many with Bahá'í themes, most published in the Gulf Islands Driftwood of Salt Spring Island, BC.
  697. Posted 2025-01-25 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Shidan Ashraf, trans. Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Some (2025). Five prayers: for forgiveness, for guidance, for spiritual qualities, and for the departed.
  698. Posted 2025-01-25 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Shidan Ashraf, trans. Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh, Some (2024). A prayer for aid and assistance, and a prayer for spiritual qualities.
  699. Posted 2025-01-18 in Personal compilations:   Hooshmand Badee, comp. Principles of Spiritual Economics: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings (2015). A book-length compilation, in 38 chapters, from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice on the relationship between economics and 33 sub-topics.
  700. Posted 2025-01-17 in Books:   Linda Kavelin Popov. Virtues Project, The: Educator's Guide (1998). Activities and workshops designed to present, in simple ways, methods to create a culture of character.
  701. Posted 2025-01-15 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. To the Bahá'ís in Iran (2014). Emphasizes Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s integration of worship and service, urging Bahá’ís in Iran to foster unity, resilience, and societal progress through prayer and action.
  702. Posted 2025-01-15 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. لوحی است از حضرت بهاءالله (حرف باء) خطاب به میرزا هادی قزوینی (حرف هاء) [از حرف "باء" به حرف "هاء\'] (From the Letter Bá' to the Letter Há') (2019). Mixed Persian/Arabic and English text of this tablet.
  703. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر اوّل (Ark of Knowledge) (1998). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  704. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر دوّم (Ark of Knowledge) (1999). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  705. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر سوّم (Ark of Knowledge) (2000). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  706. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر چهارم (Ark of Knowledge) (2001). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  707. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر پنجم (Ark of Knowledge) (2002). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  708. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر ششم (Ark of Knowledge) (2003). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  709. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر هفتم (Ark of Knowledge) (2004). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  710. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفترهشتم (Ark of Knowledge) (2005). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  711. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر نهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2006). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  712. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر دهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2007). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  713. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر يازدهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2008). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  714. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر دوازدهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2009). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  715. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر سیزدهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2010). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  716. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر چهاردهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2011). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  717. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر پانزدهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2012). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  718. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر شانزدهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2013). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  719. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر هفدهم (Ark of Knowledge) (2014). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  720. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر هجده (Ark of Wisdom) (2015). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  721. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر نوزدهم (Ark of Wisdom) (2016). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  722. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر بیست (Ark of Wisdom) (2017). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  723. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر بیست و یک (Ark of Wisdom) (2018). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  724. Posted 2025-01-14 in Books:   Iraj Ayman, ed. سفينة عرفان: دفتر بیست و دو (Ark of Wisdom) (2019). Articles from papers delivered at annual Irfan Colloquia in Persian.
  725. Posted 2025-01-13 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh, Frances Esty, comp. Garden of the Heart, The (1930). Early thematic compilation from the Bahá'í Writings.
  726. Posted 2025-01-11 in Published articles:   Todd Lawson. Metaphorical Literalism and the Poetics of Reality: Ahmad Ahsá'í, Figuration, and the World of Images (2024). Overview of the life of Shaykh Ahmad; his thoughts about the technical rhetorical terms mithál, mathal, and mithl (images), which functioned more as metaphor than simile or parable in the Qur'an and the words of the Imams.
  727. Posted 2025-01-10 in Newspaper articles:   Author unknown. Earliest Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West: Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung April 8, 1845 (1845). Clippings from the newspaper Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (1805 Freiburg – 1859 Leipzig), April 8 1845, the earliest known published mention of the Bábí Faith in the West.
  728. Posted 2025-01-10 in Unpublished articles:   Pixie MacCallum. Early History of the Bahá'í Faith in Stornoway/Western Isles, An (2024). Introduction to and history of the Faith in the Scottish Isles, including collection of newspaper clippings and photographs. (Link to document, offsite.)
  729. Posted 2025-01-10 in Newspaper articles:   Author unknown. Early Published Mention of the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths in the West: Morning Advertiser April 16, 1845 (1845). Clippings from the newspaper Morning Advertiser, April 16 1845, which one of the earliest known published mentions of the Bábí Faith in the West.
  730. Posted 2025-01-09 in Published articles:   Todd Smith. Comments on Power and Authority, Historical Consciousness, and Modes of Communication: Foreword to the 2nd Edition of Planning Progress (2024). Reflections on what Bahá'ís have achieved in the decades since this book was published, particularly in the way they seek to transform the material and spiritual dimensions of life at individual and social levels; the degraded state of today's leadership.
  731. Posted 2025-01-09 in Essays and short articles:   Horace Holley. God Who Walks with Men, The (1954). Emphasizing humanity's connection to God through His Messengers, advocating love, unity, and spiritual renewal as essential for overcoming societal divisions and achieving global peace.
  732. Posted 2025-01-09 in Biographies:   Dale Lillico. In Memoriam: Rosie Knowlton (1981). Various materials assembled for a memorial service.
  733. Posted 2025-01-09 in Published articles:   Andres Elvira Espinosa. "Justly and Without Bias": Consultation as a Technique for Mitigating Cognitive Biases (2024). Exploring Bahá’í consultation as a framework for mitigating cognitive biases, emphasizing group deliberation, justification, and repeated exposure to diverse perspectives for effective debiasing.
  734. Posted 2025-01-09 in Biographies:   Steven Kolins. Life, Faith, and Death of Helen Clevenger, 1917-1936, The (2023). On the death of an 18-year-old Bahá'í in North Carolina in 1936; racial injustices of the era; sensationalization of media coverage; implications for racial and religious discourse.
  735. Posted 2025-01-09 in Book reviews:   Christopher Buck. Logos and Civilization: Spirit, History, and Order in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, by Nader Saiedi: Review (2024). Review of Nader Saiedi's book that focuses on the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. Review title: Nader Saiedi’s Logos and Civilization Revisited.
  736. Posted 2025-01-09 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, John S. Hatcher, trans., Amrollah Hemmat, trans., Ehsanollah Hemmat, trans. Mathnaví of the Blessed One (2024). Provisional translation of the Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak, with introduction and notes.
  737. Posted 2025-01-09 in Book reviews:   Douglas Perry. On the Originality of Species: The Convergence of Evolutionary Science and Bahá'í Teachings by Bryan Donaldson: Review (2024).
  738. Posted 2025-01-09 in Book reviews:   Robert Stockman. Reception of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Britain: East Comes West, by Brendan McNamara, The: Review (2024).
  739. Posted 2025-01-09 in Biographies:   Bill Ekomiak. Report/Memoirs of Bill Ekomiak (2013). Autobiographical memoir of an Inuit from Canada, followed by the booklet "The Sacred Circles of the North and South American Indians."
  740. Posted 2025-01-09 in Biographies:   Various. Rowland Estall: In Memoriam (1993). Various materials assembled for a memorial service, from tributes written by Jameson Bond and Michael Rochester, with research from Will van den Hoonaard.
  741. Posted 2025-01-09 in Published articles:   Roger Neyman, Charlotte Wenninger. Transformative Dialogue: A Key to Elevating Discourses (2024). "Transformative Dialogue" is a process that can facilitate understanding among dialogue partners; a distinct mode of dialogue with a recognizable set of precepts and processes, it can be studied, systematically developed, and used within communities.
  742. Posted 2025-01-09 in Published articles:   Craig Alan Volker, Mary Goebel Noguchi. Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Languages Other Than English (2024). Challenges in translation, including questions about spelling, terminology, politeness strategies employed in the original work, and idiosyncrasies of English usage; case study of passage of Bahá'u'lláh as translated into Japanese and Tok Pisin.
  743. Posted 2025-01-09 in Published articles:   Chris Lowry. Turning a Somersault to Land at the Feet of the Báb: The Spiritual Journey of Ross Woodman (2024). Examining Ross G. Woodman’s 1942 dream of the Báb, its influence on his spiritual journey, and the interplay between faith, aesthetics, and academia.
  744. Posted 2025-01-08 in Published articles:   Horace Holley, Ruhi Afnan. Bahá'í Religion, The: Papers Read at the Conference on some Living Religions within the British Empire, 1924 (1925). Text of two presentations at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, in 1924, both titled "The Bahá'í Religion."
  745. Posted 2025-01-08 in Songs & Music:   Ruhi Institute. Collection of Songs for Children's Class Teachers, A (2021). Links to audio recordings and song book with tablature of 24 songs that appear in Ruhi lessons for Grade 1, and some for children in later years. (Documents offsite.)
  746. Posted 2025-01-08 in Unpublished articles:   Natalia Behnam. L'implantation de la foi baha'ie en France: et impact de la venue de Abdu'l Bahá à Paris au début du XXème siècle (The establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in France and the impact of the arrival of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century) (2006). French society at the end of the 19th century; Western expansion of the Bahá'í Faith; Abdu'l-Bahá's stays in Paris 1911-1913; religious minorities in France; on meeting Guillaume Apollinaire, Romain Rolland, Auguste Forel, Queen Marie of Romania, et al.
  747. Posted 2025-01-08 in Published articles:   George Orr Latimer. Lesser and the Most Great Peace, The (1944). A discussion of the evolution of world peace from political to spiritual civilization; the need for world control; more than human power is required to help overcome these problems.
  748. Posted 2025-01-08 in Newspaper articles:   Zia M. Bagdadi, comp. and trans. Memorial Services of Abdu'l-Bahá' on Mount Carmel, Palestine, The (1921). Pamphlet of various materials: article from newspaper Annafir "The Most Great Calamity"; life of Abdu'l-Bahá; funeral procession; eulogies.
  749. Posted 2025-01-08 in Essays and short articles:   Marion Holley. "Most Great Peace," The: A New Phase of Human Thought (1935). On the causes of war; the need for international relations; no plan so unites every movement, so harmonizes efforts towards the goal of world peace, as does the Bahá'í Faith.
  750. Posted 2025-01-08 in Biographies:   Gayle Hoover. Notes on Marzieh Gail (2015). Recollections and materials compiled for a memorial service.
  751. Posted 2025-01-08 in NSA Compilations:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, comp. Power of the Covenant, The: A Compilation (1956).
  752. Posted 2025-01-08 in Published articles:   Allan L. Ward. Ten-Year Crusade, The: Seven Thousand Years In Retrospect (1960). A brief, dramatic sketch of the spiritual development of man, beginning with Adam, to help Bahá'ís grasp the meaning of the present World Crusade as the most urgent stage in Abdu'l-Bahá's Divine Plan unveiled 40 years earlier.
  753. Posted 2025-01-08 in Visual Materials:   Various. Vineyard of the Lord: Mount Carmel Bahá'í Projects Updates (2000). Two volumes of a multi-volume journal of essays and photographs showing the development of the Arc; progress reports; essay "Shrines and Gardens" by Beatrice Irwin; Haifa as the bride of Carmel; historical connection with India.
  754. Posted 2025-01-05 in Presentations:   Godrat Rafat. Dizzy Gillespie "One World for All" Concerts: Documentation of a Bahá'í Project (1990). Collection of photos and newspaper articles documenting this series of concerts in 1990 in Berlin, Moscow, and Prague.
  755. Posted 2025-01-04 in Published articles:   José Velásquez Arce, Katherine Zamora Caro, Alex Calfuqueo Calfucura, Leonardo Díaz-Collao. El archivo de música mapuche de la Radio Bahá'í: Diagnóstico, inventario, desafíos y reflexiones (2024). On the process of identification, diagnosis and inventory of the archive of Radio Bahá'í; the work of the archivist; safeguarding and enhancing this Mapuche sound archive, the oral expressions of the Wallmapu community. Link to article (offsite).
  756. Posted 2025-01-04 in Published articles:   Amin Ghadimi. Globality of Suffering, The: Tokutomi Kenjirō Meets 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Palestine, 1919 (2024). Exploring Japanese author Tokutomi Kenjirō's 1919 encounter with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, analyzing themes of suffering, globality, religion, and personal transformation within the context of modernity.
  757. Posted 2025-01-04 in Theses:   Carolyn Patterson Sawin. Native Conversion, Native Identity: An oral history of the Bahá'í faith among First Nations people in the southern central Yukon Territory, Canada (2000). Factors influencing religious conversion among Yukon Bahá'ís; correlation between participation in the Bahá'í community and the degree to which First Nations are able to express their cultural identity; oral narratives. (Link to PDF offsite.)
  758. Posted 2025-01-04 in Personal letters:   Winifred Harvey. Report through the New Territories Committee to the Knight of Bahá'u'lláh (1957). Winifred Harvey's report of the funeral services in London upon the passing of the Guardian.
  759. Posted 2025-01-03 in Published articles:   Matthew W. Hughey. "...angels which Thou hast created of snow and of fire": Bahá'í Angelology and God's Dialogic Relationship to Humanity (2024). A 5-type classification of Bahá'í angels: avatars of the Holy Spirit, celestial beings, spiritually evolved people, manifestations of God, or personifications of virtue. Religion is a balance of divine will vs human agency. Link to article (offsite).
  760. Posted 2025-01-03 in Study Guides:   Ehsan Bayat, comp. God Passes By: Study Guide (2025). This study guide offers an accessible exploration of Shoghi Effendi's seminal work. It provides summaries, insights, and reflection questions to deepen understanding of Bahá’í history, key themes, and spiritual significance.
  761. Posted 2025-01-03 in Books:   John A. Davidson. Pathways to Transformation: The Bahá'í Journey (2023). Compilation on Bahá'u'lláh's vision of building a peaceful and progressive planetary civilization, and of the Bahá'í community's approach to individual and collective learning in working to manifest this global transformation. Link to book (offsite).
  762. Posted 2025-01-01 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, William F. McCants, trans. Resurrection and the World to Come (2018). Extract from the Lawh-i-Yusuf (Tablet of Joseph), explaining the meaning of 'paradise', 'hellfire', 'resurrection', and similar terms.
  763. Posted 2024-12-29 in Study Guides:   Ehsan Bayat, comp. 2 March 2013 Letter from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Study (2024). Study guide to the letter sent to all NSAs on avoiding partisan politics: Bahá'ís can contribute to global civilization-building through the community's own growth, non-political involvement in society, and practicing the oneness of humanity.
  764. Posted 2024-12-29 in Books:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Wilhelm Herrigel, trans. Geschichte und Wahrheitsbeweise der Bahai-Religion (History and Evidence of Truth of the Bahá'í Faith) (1919). Eine Einführung in die Bahai-Religion, die sich besonders an die Leserschaft aus westlichen Ländern richtet und die in klarem. Diese fünf waren ursprünglich als umfassenden Einführung in alle Religionen gedacht, das er nicht mehr fertig.
  765. Posted 2024-12-29 in Books:   Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl Gulpáygání, Friedrich Schweizer, trans. Glänzender Beweis (The Brilliant Proof) (1915). Sein letztes Werk und eine Antwort auf die Angriffe eines evangelikalen britischen Predigers gegen die Person und Lehren Abdu'l-Bahas. Hier behandelt Abu’l-Faḍl einen Vorwurf, mit dem alle Religionen konfrontiert waren: der fehlenden Innovation.
  766. Posted 2024-12-29 in Study Guides:   Ehsan Bayat, ed. Ruhi Book 6: Notes (2024). These notes for Ruhi Book 6 explore the spiritual principles and practical approaches to teaching the Bahá’í Faith, emphasizing personal and collective efforts, unity, consultation, systematic planning, capacity building, and fostering community growth.
  767. Posted 2024-12-29 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet of Emancipation, The (2014). Authorized translation of a prayer in which Bahá'u'lláh frees a slave.
  768. Posted 2024-12-24 in Essays and short articles:   Shahriar Jahanian. Education under Fire (2022). Overview of past and recent obstacles to education in Iran.
  769. Posted 2024-12-24 in Essays and short articles:   Shahriar Jahanian. Price for Remaining Bahá'í, A (2022). Summary overview of current restrictions on Bahá'ís in Iran, state-sponsored persecution, and loss of homes.
  770. Posted 2024-12-20 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, A. Bolhuis, comp. Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq: Parallel Translation (English) (2024). Comparison of three English language translations, from River of Life (1914), Bahá'í Scriptures (1923), and Gleanings (1935).
  771. Posted 2024-12-20 in Scripts and screenplays:   Shahriar Jahanian. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Screenplay (2022). Historical screenplay about Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied an education, and whose relatives were imprisoned or killed because of their beliefs. Refusing to be silenced, she fought back with only a pen in hand.
  772. Posted 2024-12-20 in Book excerpts:   Shahriar Jahanian. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Book (2022). Historical story of Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied an education, and whose relatives were imprisoned or killed because of their beliefs. Refusing to be silenced, she fought back with nothing but a pen in hand.
  773. Posted 2024-12-19 in Presentations:   Mohammad Norozi. Presentations on Various Topics of Bahá'í Teachings (2024). Eight presentations: references to the next Manifestation; equality in the writings of the Bab; listing Letters of the Living in order of conversion; Abdu'l-Bahá's love for Iran; Tablet of Unity; removal of the Sword with the Word; Ocean of Tenderness.
  774. Posted 2024-12-19 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. Tablet on the Simple Reality, The (Lawḥ-i-Basíṭu'l-Ḥaqíqih) (2023). Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet of the Simple Reality examines Mullá Ṣadrá's dictum "The Simple Reality is all things," providing a nuanced, non-pantheistic interpretation.
  775. Posted 2024-12-18 in Biographies:   Mohammad Norozi, comp. Hajji Sulayman Khan Tabrizi (2024). Extract from "To dance like Solomon: Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal" by Dominic Parvis Brookshaw.
  776. Posted 2024-12-18 in Poetry:   Julio Savi. Lontananza: Poesie, saggi e lettere (1955-2025) (Remoteness: Poems, Essays, and Letters) (2024). Anthology almost "all the poems I have written after 1955" arranged chronologically. In English, Italian, and French, plus links to audio of some poems recited in Italian (offsite).
  777. Posted 2024-12-18 in Audio:   Nader Saiedi. Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age (2014). A series of 12 talks by Nader Saiedi exploring Bahá'í history, key writings, and the need for scholarly study, translation, and contextual analysis of Bahá'í texts.
  778. Posted 2024-12-17 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. La proclamation de Bahá'u'lláh (2016).
  779. Posted 2024-12-16 in Unpublished articles:   Janet Ruhe-Schoen. Who Will Bell the Cat?: 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Lake Mohonk (2012). History of the Lake Mohonk conference center and addresses there by Alí Kulí Khán in 1911 and Abdu'l-Bahá and 1912.
  780. Posted 2024-12-13 in Books:   Isaac Adams. Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia (1906). Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while the author was on lecture tours in the U.S.; an account of Iranian life, culture, and local religious practices before the modern petroleum state.
  781. Posted 2024-12-13 in Personal letters:   Phoebe Hearst. Two Letters of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst (1938). Brief description of Phoebe A. Hearst's transformative visit to ‘Akká in 1899, from the book Persia by a Persian by Rev. Isaac Adams.
  782. Posted 2024-12-12 in Personal compilations:   Mohammad Norozi, comp. and ed. Bahá'u'lláh, The Liberator of the Oppressed (2024). Brief compilation of accounts of two Ethiopian slaves in Iran; African servants in Bahá'u'lláh's household; Tablets in honour of Mubarak (a servant of Bahá'u'lláh's father) and Mas'ud (a servant in Akká); prohibition of slavery in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.
  783. Posted 2024-12-12 in Essays and short articles:   Mohammad Norozi. Conversation with a Christian (2024). Brief Bahá'í responses to: are we judged at the end of our lives, and if so, by behavior or belief? Does Bahá'u'lláh play a role in redemption? Is there eternal hell, or is it self-created? Are there various levels to paradise?
  784. Posted 2024-12-12 in Personal compilations:   Mohammad Norozi, comp. and ed. Existence of Extraterrestrial Lifeforms in the Bahá'í Writings, The (2024). An overview of Bahá'í perspectives on the existence of lifeforms on other planets, from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi.
  785. Posted 2024-12-12 in Provisional translations:   Author unknown. Oneness of the Reality of Humankind, The (1912). Summary of Bahá'í principles: investigation of reality, oneness of humanity, harmony of science and religion, religion as the bond that unites mankind, elimination of prejudices, gender equality, economic equality, and humanity's need for the Holy Spirit.
  786. Posted 2024-12-12 in Personal compilations:   Mohammad Norozi, comp. and ed. Some Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed for His Female Relatives (2024). Women of the Middle East in the 19th century are generally absent from the pages of history; compilation of tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed for His mother and sisters, in which he also talks about his sufferings in the path of God.
  787. Posted 2024-12-12 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. Tablet of the Gems of Unity, The (Lawh-i-Javáhir-i-Tawhíd) (2022). Composite authoritative and provisional translation, partially from Gleanings section 27.
  788. Posted 2024-12-12 in Study Guides:   Mohammad Norozi, comp. Tablet to Hardegg (Lawh-i-Hirtik), The (2024). Summary of German Templers and their leader, David Hardegg, who came to Haifa in 1868; their interactions with the Bahá'ís and Bahá'u'lláh; brief study of the tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to Hardegg. Includes authorized translation.
  789. Posted 2024-12-12 in Published articles:   Dominic Parviz Brookshaw. "To dance like Solomon": Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal (2004). Maryam Bushru'i (1815-1902), a sister of Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, produced a bold, emotionally charged response to a celebrated poem by Rumi, lending a broader definition to the community of Qajar poets that transcends social, doctrinal, and gendered lines.
  790. Posted 2024-12-11 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Bridging Beliefs. 35 Common Objections to the Bahá'í Faith (2018). Responses to common critiques of, doubts about, and objections to the Bahá'í Faith and against religion in general.
  791. Posted 2024-12-11 in Published articles:   Reed M. Breneman. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í Students (2021). Examining ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s influence on Bahá’í students and Syrian Protestant College (now American University of Beirut), promoting education that harmonizes intellectual, moral, and spiritual development for universal peace and unity.
  792. Posted 2024-12-11 in Transcripts of videos and audio:   Bahá'í Blog, Fred Badiyan. Jewel in the Lotus: The Extraordinary Story of the Baha'i House of Worship in New Delhi, India (2021). Background of the Lotus Temple, one of the most outstanding architectural achievements of the 20th century; principles guiding its design, geometry, and fabrication.
  793. Posted 2024-12-11 in Published articles:   Anil Singh. Turning the Tide: Reducing Biodiversity Loss and Restoring Decimated Ecosystems (2024). Exploring the urgent need to mitigate biodiversity loss, advocating for sustainable ecosystem management, ecological awareness, and collective responsibility to restore degraded habitats.
  794. Posted 2024-12-09 in Research notes:   Mohammad Norozi, comp. 1852: The Darkest Period in the Babi History: Essay and Translation of Article from Vaghaye-e-Ettenfagheih (2024). English translation of and overview of article from official Iranian newspaper Vaghaye-e-Ettefagheih about events that took place after the Shah's attempted assassination; scan of original and typed version of article (in Farsi).
  795. Posted 2024-12-09 in Books:   Audrey C. Price, ed., Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, ed. Religious Perspectives on the Narratives of America: The Search for Just, Honest, Inclusive and Forward-looking Tellings (2024). Eleven essays by contributors from different communities, exploring how religious insights can create an inclusive, empowering American narrative that fosters unity and racial justice across diverse communities.
  796. Posted 2024-12-08 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. Tablet of the Manifestation, The (Lawh-i-Zuhur) (2023). Tablet on the metaphysical reality of the Manifestations of God, and their divine station as cosmic, "supernatural" entities.
  797. Posted 2024-12-04 in Essays and short articles:   Mehrnoush Norozi. Dreams of the Spirit (2012). Short account of a new believer's spiritual journey of discovering the Faith through a series of dreams.
  798. Posted 2024-12-04 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice, Shoghi Effendi. First Use of the Title Bahá'u'lláh (2009). Quotation from the Guardian answering the question of when the Blessed Beauty was first addressed by the title Bahá'u'lláh.
  799. Posted 2024-12-04 in Essays and short articles:   Howard MacNutt. Foreword and Introduction: Promulgation of Universal Peace (1922). 1982 foreword (by anonymous) and 1922 introduction (by Macnutt) to Promulgation of Universal Peace, which is often omitted from online versions of the book.
  800. Posted 2024-12-02 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá. America's Spiritual Mission: Teaching Tablets Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the American Bahá'ís during 1916 and 1917 (1936). Early version of Tablets of the Divine Plan, Writings on the goal of establishing the Bahá'í Faith throughout the continent.
  801. Posted 2024-11-29 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Fire Tablet (1980). Well-known Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh, included in many prayer books.
  802. Posted 2024-11-26 in Books:   George Townshend, Maison Editions Bahá'íes, trans. Christ et Bahá'u'lláh (1968). Le Royaume de Dieu, comme prédit dans la Bible, est venu et Bahá'u'lláh est le retour du Christ.
  803. Posted 2024-11-26 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Maison Editions Bahá'íes, trans. La Foi Mondiale Bahá'íe: Bahá'u'lláh (1968). Première partie seulement, extraits des Écrits de Bahá'u'lláh.
  804. Posted 2024-11-24 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Tablet of Purity (1978). Emphasizing purity, cleanliness, and abstinence from harmful habits, linking physical refinement to spiritual growth.
  805. Posted 2024-11-23 in Biographies:   Jack Boyd, Bill Washington, Faruq Izadinia, trans. یادی از حارسان مدنیت الهیّه خاطراتی از ایادیان امرالله جک بوید بیل واشنگتون (Recollections of the Hands of the Cause Jack Boyd and Bill Washington) (2024). Persian translation of the short essays in "Memories of Hands of the Cause of God" by Jack Boyd and "Hands of the Cause of God: Recollections" by Bill Washington: Z. Khadem, J. Robarts, T. Samandari, A.Q. Faizi, A. A. Furutan, C. Dunn, U. Giachery, etc.
  806. Posted 2024-11-14 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Dating of Aṣl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom) (2009). One-paragraph note about the date of revelation of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet "Words of Wisdom".
  807. Posted 2024-11-06 in Chronologies/genealogies:   Nader Saiedi, A. Bolhuis, ed. Short Chronological List of the Báb's Writings, A (2024). Overview of some of the major, or more frequently mentioned, works of the Báb in chronological order.
  808. Posted 2024-11-05 in Theses:   Emily Lample. Knowledge Sharing for Community Development: Educational Benefits at the Community Level through Networks of Knowledge Flow and Communities of Practice (2011). Educational programs can drive community development by enhancing knowledge-sharing networks, as shown in the Preparation for Social Action (PSA) program, through student-led interactions and network expansion.
  809. Posted 2024-11-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Announcing New Houses of Worship (2024). Announcement of two national Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs in Brasília, Brazil and Lilongwe, Malawi, plus a local Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Batouri, Cameroon.
  810. Posted 2024-11-01 in Letters & statements from National Spiritual Assemblies:   National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Nine Year Plan and the Destiny of America, The (2024). On this time of great historical consequence and a gathering storm: America to be the standard-bearer; a still more superb mission; advancing within an evolving framework; a profound alteration of thought; the youth must soar; through living sacrifice.
  811. Posted 2024-11-01 in Provisional translations:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Adib Masumian, trans. Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn (2024). Provisional translations, with commentary, of three short extracts from Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, interpreting the Quranic figure of Dhu'l-Qarnayn’s historical and symbolic significance, distinguishing him from Alexander the Great.
  812. Posted 2024-10-26 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Adib Masumian, trans. Concourse on High: A Brief Compilation (2024). Provisional translations of three short extracts from Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  813. Posted 2024-10-26 in Bahá'í Writings:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Necessity for Prayer, The (2024). Extract from a Tablet of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá.
  814. Posted 2024-10-26 in Pilgrims' notes:   Youness Khan Afroukhteh, Riaz Masrour, trans. What Is "Luck"? (1952). Pilgrims' notes of words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
  815. Posted 2024-10-18 in Books:   Rúhíyyih Rabbání. Good Message, The (1960). A simplified rendering of themes in Shoghi Effendi's translation of Gleanings, used in Africa as a practical tool for achieving the central goal of Ruhiyyih Khanum's life: sharing the Baha'i teachings with others (Hutchison, 2000).
  816. Posted 2024-10-16 in Poetry:   Jalal Sunstrum. Le Retour d'un Soleil (2024). L'histoire d'un chercheur qui a trouvé l'Amour grâce à un songe: la rencontre avec la Manifestation de Dieu du futur.
  817. Posted 2024-10-16 in Poetry:   Jalal Sunstrum. Rock-n-Roll God: Poems (2024). Ten short poems, excerpted from a longer work (forthcoming).
  818. Posted 2024-10-13 in Book reviews:   Marzieh Gail. Bahá'í Cause Today, The: Review (1941). Critiques William McElwee Miller’s 1940 article on the Bahá’í Faith, highlighting inaccuracies, biases, and misinterpretations while defending Bahá’í teachings, leadership, and global unity principles.
  819. Posted 2024-10-13 in Essays and short articles:   William McElwee Miller. Bahá'í Cause Today, The (1940). A Christian missionary's outsider perspective on the history of the Bábí and Bahá'í faiths, teachings, literature, teachings, and prophecies.
  820. Posted 2024-10-13 in Fiction:   Ehsan Bayat. Little Gems (2024). This is a story for young adults (10+) of a Baha’i family and his family’s impact on a neighborhood through active participation in the Institute process.
  821. Posted 2024-10-13 in Study Guides:   Ehsan Bayat. Nine Year Plan and the Destiny of America: Study Guide (2024). Study guide to the 2024 September letter from the United States National Spiritual Assembly.
  822. Posted 2024-10-12 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. To the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (2024). The Bahá’í response to conflicts and related humanitarian crises in the world; encouraging Bahá’í youth to contribute to peace and unity by avoiding political involvement, focusing on moral principles, and promoting constructive social change.
  823. Posted 2024-10-11 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Places Where the Manifestations of God Have Appeared; Equality of Men and Women (1986). The consistent portrayal of all known Manifestations of God as male and their historical emergence exclusively in the East; the equality of men and women; on soul mates.
  824. Posted 2024-10-05 in Books:   Boris Handal. Quddús: The First in Rank (2024). Lengthy biography of Quddús, the most revered figure in the Faith of the Báb, including the history of his shrine, the most sacred Bahá'í sepulchre in Iran, which was destroyed in 2004.
  825. Posted 2024-09-27 in Biographies:   Rúhíyyih Khánum. Horace Hotchkiss Holley (1970). Fairly detailed biography, including observations of the relationship between Holley and the Guardian.
  826. Posted 2024-09-26 in Essays and short articles:   Horace Holley. Bahá'í Faith, The (1933). Essay published as a pamphlet, on the worldwide spiritual community, renewal of faith, the basis of unity, and a background of heroic sacrifice.
  827. Posted 2024-09-26 in Notable talks:   Horace Holley. Our Covenant with Abdu'l-Bahá (1948). Every Bahá'í has a mission to do their part in the quickening of souls. Bahá'ís meet in the spirit of consultation and action, inspired by the creative nature of the Faith, to deliver God's message and renew our personal covenant.
  828. Posted 2024-09-26 in Books:   Horace Holley. Religion for Mankind (1956). Twenty-two essays and talks selected from a half-century's work of one of the most distinguished Bahá’í authors, most written during the period 1921-1957.
  829. Posted 2024-09-26 in Books:   Horace Holley. Three Books of Poetry (1913). Collections Creation: Post-Impressionist Poems, The Inner Garden: A Book of Verse, and The Stricken King and Other Poems.
  830. Posted 2024-09-24 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Social media and non-involvement in politics (2019). Guidance on avoiding political involvement, exercising caution on social media, promoting unity, and focusing on spiritual transformation for societal betterment.
  831. Posted 2024-09-23 in Books:   Thomas Cook (firm). Cook's Tourists' Handbook for Palestine and Syria (1876). Many passing references to Haifa, Carmel, Akka, and the Holy Land; see e.g. pages 20-21, 30-31, 47-48, 408-416.
  832. Posted 2024-09-22 in Books:   Abdu'l-Bahá, Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, trans. Les Lecons de Saint-Jean D'Acre (1908). French translation of original English edition of Some Answered Questions.
  833. Posted 2024-09-22 in Books:   Samuel Graham Wilson. Modern Movements among Moslems (1916). A Christian missionary's overview of contemporary Islam, including the Bábís.
  834. Posted 2024-09-21 in Books:   William Miller. Evidence from Scripture and History of the Second Coming of Christ, about the Year 1843 (1842). Nineteen lectures on the upcoming return of Christ; resurrection; the 2,300 days; Daniel's vision; Daniel's 1260, 1290, and 1335 days explained; Solomon's song; signs of the times.
  835. Posted 2024-09-21 in Books:   William Miller, Joshua V. Himes, ed. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology: Selected from Manuscripts of William Miller with a Memoir of His Life (1842). Miller's memoir; scriptural interpretation; Bible chronology; various addresses and lectures; various reviews and letters.
  836. Posted 2024-09-19 in Published articles:   Various. Reality magazine: Volume 1 (1919). Five issues of Vol. 1, May 1919 - September 1919, of a short-lived journal designed to promote "liberal" approaches to the Bahá'í Faith.
  837. Posted 2024-09-19 in Published articles:   Various. Reality magazine: Volume 2 (1919). Twelve issues of Vol. 2, December 1919 - December 1920.
  838. Posted 2024-09-19 in Published articles:   Various. Reality magazine: Volume 5 (1922). Twelve issues of Vol. 5, January 1922 - December 1922.
  839. Posted 2024-09-19 in Published articles:   Robert Sarracino. What Does Spirituality Look Like? (2024). Overview of the concepts of spirit and spirituality in the Bahá’í writings; discussion of a letter from the House on what spirituality should look like today; can the social sciences investigate the phenomenon of spirituality as central to human nature.
  840. Posted 2024-09-18 in Provisional translations:   Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, trans. "O My handmaid! Concern not thyself with that which is outwardly apparent…" (2017). Bahá'u'lláh urges focusing on spiritual beauty over physical appearance, as worldly allure is deceptive.
  841. Posted 2024-09-16 in Newspaper articles:   Various. California Digital Newspaper Collection: Unformatted Partial Archive 1872-2017 (1872). 9,851 uncorrected OCR-ed clippings from the California Digital Newspaper Collection, in Excel or HTML format.
  842. Posted 2024-09-15 in Newspaper articles:   Various. Chicago Defender: Newspaper Archive 1910-1975 (1910). 1,677 clippings, unsorted, in scanned PDF.
  843. Posted 2024-09-15 in Books:   E. G. Browne. Various Books: 7 Books, Articles for Download (1892). Titles include: Catalogue of Persian and Arabic Manuscripts, India; Reign of Terror at Tabriz; Muhammad Hasan Isfandiyar's History of Tabaristan; Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts, University of Cambridge; Catalogue and Description of 27 Babi Manuscripts.
  844. Posted 2024-09-14 in Encyclopedia articles:   E. G. Browne. Báb, Bábís (1926).
  845. Posted 2024-09-14 in Encyclopedia articles:   E. G. Browne. Bábíism (1910).
  846. Posted 2024-09-13 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Embracing Interdependence: Foundations for a World in Transition (2024). Statement on the occasion of the United Nations Summit of the Future, advocating for global governance reform centered on humanity's oneness, urging leaders to prioritize unity, justice, and interdependence for lasting peace.
  847. Posted 2024-09-13 in Presentations:   Christopher Buck. Kevin Locke and the Tablet to Amir Khan (2024). The late Kevin Locke believed ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablet to Amír Khán establishes that Indigenous Messengers of God were sent to the Americas. This understanding of Progressive Revelation has implications for interactions with Indigenous people.
  848. Posted 2024-09-13 in Essays and short articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. My Memories of Stanwood Cobb (2024). Brief recollections of meeting Cobb in 1973 at Ohio State University on a lecture tour. Includes bibliography, biography, and supplementary information about Cobb.
  849. Posted 2024-09-13 in Books:   Stanwood Cobb. Various Books: 12 Books for Download (1932). Titles include: Discovering the Genius Within You, Sage of the Sacred Mountain, Radiant Living, Trouble: How to Meet It, Expanding Our Spiritual Consciousness, Joy of Existence, Scientific Study of the Hand, Thoughts on Education, Spiritual Power.
  850. Posted 2024-09-13 in Statistics:   Shoghi Effendi, comp. World Survey, A: The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1944 (1944). Summary document showing countries opened, centres founded, languages translated, properties purchased, and dates of significance.
  851. Posted 2024-09-08 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters. Bahá'í Library Offline: Download archive of entire site (2024). Downloadable version of entire website, designed for use on your computer with local links, no need for an internet connection. Download direct from archive.org, or by BitTorrent.
  852. Posted 2024-09-02 in Glossaries & Dictionaries:   Adib Masumian. Arabic and Persian Originals of Metaphysical Terms in the Bahá'í Writings (2024). Transliteration with Arabic and Persian script of the following words: soul, spirit, self, mind, heart, spirit of faith, and rational faculty.
  853. Posted 2024-09-01 in Published articles:   Tova Makhani-Belkin. "I woke up and knew, spiritually, I have just accepted the faith": Agency and Dream Ethnography in the Bahá'í Faith (2024). Analysis of first-generation Bahá'ís' dreams and visions as confirming their religious conversion, emphasizing dreams' role in integrating prior beliefs and aiding conversion.
  854. Posted 2024-08-30 in Published articles:   T. Crouther Gordon. Bahaism and Christianity: or, The Religion of 'The Splendour of God' (1927). Sympathetic overview of the Faith, and impressions from a visit to Haifa.
  855. Posted 2024-08-30 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Lawh-i-Hirtík (Tablet to Hardegg) (2024). Authorized translation of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to Georg David Hardegg, co-founder of the German Templer Society, emphasizing devotion, fulfillment of prophecies, and the transformative power of the Word of God.
  856. Posted 2024-08-23 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Signs for the Coming of Age of the Human Race (1992). Passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, posted as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes.
  857. Posted 2024-08-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Adoption and Parent Consent (2003). Short compilation of extracts from letters written on behalf of the House on various matters relating to adoption.
  858. Posted 2024-08-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues (2003). Short compilation of excerpts from the House on IVF, artificial insemination, surrogate motherhood, and the condition of the soul in relation to thevarious techniques to assist in the fertilization of the ovum.
  859. Posted 2024-08-20 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Infertility and Medical Intervention, Station of Adoption, and Adoption and Parental Consent (2003). Compilation of passages from the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and from the Universal House of Justice on matters of having children in a family, with links to the letters "In Vitro Fertilization and Related Issues" and "Adoption and Parent Consent."
  860. Posted 2024-08-01 in Songs & Music:   Lorraine Hetu Manifold. Fifteen Steps to Becoming a Skilled Choral Singer (2024). On Abdu'l-Bahá's exhortations to bring music to the highest stage of development: 15 techniques for improving one's own skill, both as an individual and as a member of a choir, written by an experienced conductor.
  861. Posted 2024-08-01 in Letters from the Universal House of Justice:   Universal House of Justice. Message on the occasion of the opening of the 2014 World Cup (2014). Letter in response to the Brazilian president's invitation for a statement on global peace and harmony, reflecting the Brazilian government's aim to leverage the World Cup to further the cause of peace and combat racial discrimination.
  862. Posted 2024-07-31 in Bahá'í Writings:   Bahá'u'lláh. Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity (1935). Well-known passage from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, posted as a standalone page here for ease of reference and tagging purposes.
  863. Posted 2024-07-30 in Presentations:   Roger Coe. AI and the Human Spirit: From Existential Risk to Essential Development (2024). Presentation on numerous topics, including risks and potentialities of AI; Chinese philosophy; cybernetics, the "science of science"; philosophies of psychology; theories of pedagogy.
  864. Posted 2024-07-30 in Audio:   Shoghi Effendi, Nosheen Shabani, comp. ندا باهل عالم (Call to the Nations) (2024). Audio of Call to the Nations in Persian, read by a group of Bahá'ís from Canada, Australia, Kuwait, and Iran, produced by Nosheen Shabani.
  865. Posted 2024-07-29 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ted Cardell. One Person's Search for a Better World (1992).
  866. Posted 2024-07-25 in Notable talks:   Alí Nakhjavání. Thoughts on the Lesser Peace, Some (1984). Lengthy talk given at the World Centre for the Ihtifál (celebration) programme on general guidelines on peace and world unity, and statements from the Writings that appear to be contradictory.
  867. Posted 2024-07-25 in Glossaries & Dictionaries:   Hamed Eshraghian, comp. مجموعۀ لغات منتخبه از آثار امری بزبانهای فارسی، عربی و انگلیسی (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 corresponding translations into English per authorized precedent.
  868. Posted 2024-07-24 in BIC documents:   Bahá'í International Community. Common Goal of Universal Peace in Buddhism and the Baha'i Faith, The: A Paper delivered to the Asian Buddhist Conference for Peace (1990). Statement on the launching of "The Promise of World Peace" initiative, shared principles of Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith, and some of the barriers to world peace and the role that religions must play.
  869. Posted 2024-07-24 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Cardell. Highly Significant Celebrations at the World Center (1992). Report of activities at the World Centre in May 1992: commemoration of the ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, placing of a scroll to honour the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, and a procession of pilgrims up Mount Carmel.
  870. Posted 2024-07-24 in Pilgrims' notes:   Ted Cardell. Pilgrim Notes (1952). Notes from a visit with the Guardian, likely written in 1990 from journal entries taken while on pilgrimage in 1952 to Haifa, from a pioneering post in Kenya.
  871. Posted 2024-07-24 in Essays and short articles:   Ted Cardell. Report of the International Teaching Team to the Far East (1987). Summary of activities of 36 Bahá'ís who left the United States in November 1987 to visit Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand.
  872. Posted 2024-07-22 in Unpublished articles:   Wm. Keith Bookwalter. Multidimensional Approach to Consciousness, A (1996). Thoughts on a Bahá'í approach to human consciousness which the author terms "A Physical / Psychospiritual Theory of Consciousness"; Bahá'u'lláh's teachings on consciousness and the body / brain / mind / soul connection; the "ghost in the human machine."
  873. Posted 2024-07-15 in Library Miscellany:   Jonah Winters. Proposed Changes for Version 6 (2024). Some structural or systemic improvements necessary for future Bahá'í Library expansion 2025-.
  874. Posted 2024-07-11 in Letters from the Guardian:   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 taking many of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's statements as dogmatic finalities.
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