Walking the Tight-rope of Parenthood - Davidson,John A.; Wood,Christine (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
Description of a Bahá'í parenting program created by a "Marriage and Family Development" committee.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org. Author affiliation: University of Tasmania
Keywords: Children; Education; Family; Parents

Walter and Emma Jones Bahá'í Archive Photo Album - Jones,Walter; Jones,Emma Maxie (2008)
Album of 475 annotated images of Bahá'í friends and associates of the Walter (1888-1990) and Emma Maxie (1904-1984) Jones family, from 1925 to 1994.
Collection prepared by Ernie Jones 2008; updated for posting here 2022. See also Emma Maxwell (Maxie) Jones Collection.
Keywords: 1925; 1994; 20th century; Archives; Bosch Bahá'í School; Emma Maxie Jones; Escondido, CA; Gallup, NM; Geyserville, CA; Glendale, AZ; Hawaii, USA; Los Angeles, CA; Macy, NE; Photographs; United States (documents); Visuals

War of Worlds: A commentary on the two texts in their historical context - Hamburg,Gary (Russian-Muslim Confrontation in the Caucasus: Alternative visions of the conflict between Imam Shamil and the Russians, 1830-1859, 2004)
3-page excerpt on Leo Tolstoy (Lev Tolstoi), his relationship with the Bahá'í Faith, and his study of the Babis.
Keywords: Bábísm; Leo Tolstoy; Russia

War, Governance, and Conscience in This Age of Transition - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (The Baha'i National Review, 1969)
A whitepaper on issues of Bahá'í involvement in the military services.
See also Information for Bahá'ís called to fill out the Questionnaire on military duty (1940) and a letter on military service (1965).
Keywords: Government; Military; Military (armed forces); Obedience; Politics; War; Weapons

Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (LSA of the Bahá'ís of Warwick, UK, 1989)
A series of brochures for seekers and new Bahá'ís explaining basic Bahá'í teachings.
Keywords: Basics; Introductory; Warwick, England

Water as a symbol used in the Sacred Writings - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2002)
Keywords: Environment; Symbolism; Water (metaphor)

Way to Inner Freedom: A Practical Guide to Personal Development, by Erik Blumenthal: Review - Smith,Dawn K. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)

We Are All Iranian Bahá'ís! - Keshtgar,Ali (2008)
The Hojjatieh Society, Nobel Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi, human rights, and defending Bahá'ís. Includes Persian text.

We are overdue to honour our end of our covenant with God - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
Overview of the meanings of the Covenant, from a personal perspective.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2264573.
Keywords: Covenant; God, Love of

We can do without fences built by prejudice - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Just as a windstorm knocks down fences, struggles can unite strangers and overcoming barriers will improve communities.
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=3124463.
Keywords: Newspaper articles; Prejudice; Unity

We Kept the Light Bulb On: An Interview with Ellerton and Marjorie Harmer - Uzzell,Charles (2000)
Short overview of the lives of the first pioneers to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
Originally posted at mindspring.com [archived].
Keywords: 1917; 1921; Biography; Interviews; Michigan, USA

We Shouldn't Be Afraid to Talk about Religion - Kapsalis,Madeleine (2022)
Excerpt from a longer talk, describing a Christian's interfaith encounter with Bahá'ís and being invited to teach Sunday school at Wilmette.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=iqvAwt8gzM0.
Keywords: Illinois, USA; Religion (general); United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

We shouldn't occupy ourselves with the faults of others - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
Bahá'ís are encouraged to speak well of others, avoid back-biting, and follow the examples of the Manifestations and Abdu'l-Bahá.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2187349.
Keywords: Backbiting and gossip; Faultfinding; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Wealth, Redistribution of - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Extract from "Jurisprudence and the Distribution of Wealth" followed by compilation "The Redistribution of Wealth — Some Specific Measures."
Date unknown. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Economics; Equality; Huqúqu'lláh; Prosperity; Wealth and poverty

Web and Weft of Civilisation: Art and Learning in the Bahá'í Community - Floyd,Aodhan (Solas, 2002)
One of the challenges of the 5 Year Plan (2001-2006) is enhancing the relationship between education and art. Learning through the arts can enrich communities and help integrate societies. Education is the most effective way to shape values.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 2. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2001-2006)

Wellspring of Guidance: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68 - Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1969)
Collection of letters from the first years after the creation of the Universal House of Justice.
The body of this text was scanned from the first edition, published in 1969. The title and copyright pages are reproduced from from the 1976 edition. Messages dated after April 22, 1968 were removed from the 1976 edition and were included instead in Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1968-73. [- TL, 2002] Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 1963; 1968; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

Western Islamic Scholarship and Bahá'í Origins - Afnan,Muhammad; Hatcher,William S. (Religion, 1985)
A critique of articles by Denis MacEoin, and a defense of Bahá'í interpretations of history vis-à-vis academic criticism.
See follow-up discussions of this at Debates between MacEoin et al., specifically MacEoin's Bábí Concept of Holy War and his article on 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Also available as a proofread Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Jihad (Holy war); Nayriz, Iran; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Scholarship; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Zanjan, Iran

Western Liberal Democracy as a New World Order? - Karlberg,Michael (Baha'i World, 2007)
Is the Western model of democracy the natural and nevitable way to organize free and enlightened societies?
Also available in Spanish and Persian. Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Democracy; Politics

Whanau (extended family) Structures as an Innovative Intervention into Maori Educational and Schooling Crises - Smith,Graham Hingangaroa (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
The development of an innovative response by the indigenous Maori people of New Zealand to the dual crises of Maori educational underachievement on the one hand and to the loss of Maori language, knowledge and culture on the other.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org. Author affiliation: Education Department, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Keywords: Community (general); Cultural diversity; Education; Ethics; Family; Indigenous people; Language; Maori people; New Zealand

What A Young Man Learned from Laura Rumney Davis about Shoghi Effendi - McLean,Jack (2007)
Interview with Laura Davis, "The Mother of the Toronto Bahá’í Community," and some recollections of the Guardian.
Mirrored with permission from iamanaref.blogspot.ca.
Keywords: 20th century; Biography; Laura Davis; Pilgrims notes; Toronto, ON

What Did They Die For? - Ahdieh,Hussein (IranWire, 2019)
Reflections on the Bahá'ís of Iran, the discrimination and brutality they have faced, and how their plight brought the faith out of obscurity.
From iranwire.com/en/blogs/26/6255.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran

What Do Bahá'ís Believe about Gender? - Buchanan,Gleibys L. (Washington Post, 2011)
Bahá'ís believe that gender equality must be manifested as a social reality.
Mirrored from washingtonpost.com. Author affiliation: Representative for the Advancement of Women, US NSA
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Newspaper articles; Women

What Do Bahá'ís Know About Dreams? - Gammage,Susan, compiler (2014)
How dreams are described in the Bahá'í Faith, dreams vs. visions, kinds and purposes of dreams, interpreting dreams, and further resources.
Mirrored with permission from ninestarsolutions.com. See also this compilation by Fadil Mazandarani.
Keywords: Dreams and visions

What does a Baha'i look like? Look around you - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
What distinguishes Bahá'ís and Bahá'í culture.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3318890.
Keywords: Brock University; Canada; Race

What Does Spirituality Look Like? - Sarracino,Robert Sinclair (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 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.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Spirituality

"What I Want to Say is Wordless": Mystical Language, Revelation and Scholarship - Velasco,Ismael (Lights of Irfan, 2001)
If the Word of God transcends words and letters, what point is there to Scripture, let alone to scholarship; the paradox of a history of writers penning volumes on a subject which they assert cannot be grasped by language; the relevance of mysticism.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #28, London School of Economics (July 14-6, 2000).Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/28/velasco_apophatic.
Keywords: Christianity; God; Irfán Colloquia; Language; Mysticism; Revelation; Scholarship; Sufism

What is a Content Management System? - Winters,Jonah (2003)
A brief overview of the technology underlying the Bahá'í Library Online circa 2003, and why this technology represents the next step in the Internet's evolution [since this essay was written, the term Web 2.0 has been popularized for said "next step"].
Presented to the Bahá'í Language Educators Special Interest Group session of the Association for Bahá'í Studies Conference, August 29 2003, San Francisco. See also Notes about and history of the Bahá'í Library Online, Mandate/Vision, and Organizing Digital Collections: The Case of the Bahá'í Academics Resource Library (D. Valeda, 2003) from the International Conference on Bahá'í Libraries and Archives. This is a brief summary written by a layperson, not a polished article. I prepared it so that users of the Bahá'í Library Online (myself included!) would better understand the way this new system works and its potential. See also wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online; Internet; Software

What Is Bahá'í Education? - Boicu,Filip (2022)
different current expectations about what should fall under the topic of "Bahá’í education"; three types of curricula (FUNDAEC, Anisa, BIHE) and their theoretical sources; these must be drawn together into a field of study; the importance of universities.
Webinar presented for the Wilmette Institute. Also online at academia.edu.
Keywords: Anisa Educational Model; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Curriculum; Education; FUNDAEC; Universities

What is Bahá'í Orientalism? - Nash,Geoffrey (Humanities, 2021)
Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual othering; power and knowledge are linked in the production of Orientalist discourse. Link to article (offsite).
Link to the author's PDF posted at researchgate.net/profile/Geoffrey-Nash-2. Originally posted at mdpi.com/2076-0787/10/1/2.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Islam; Middle East; Modernism; Orientalism; Palestine; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Scholarship; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Turkey

What Is Baha'i?: World's Newest Major Religion - Binsky,Drew (2020)
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=9qDN0COSvds.
Keywords: Interviews; Introductory; Rainn Wilson

What is Baha'u'llah's Message to the Sufis? - Law,Roberta (1998)
Nature of Sufism and Bahá'u'lláh's teachings for the Sufi community, especially as contained in the Seven Valleys.
Written for the Wilmette Institute
Keywords: God; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Laws; Manifestations of God; Mysticism; Sufism

What is Behaism - Bixby,James T. (North American Review, 1912)
An outsider's early overview of Bahá'í history and teachings. Includes discussion of Bahá'í re-interpretations of prophecy
Also available as PDF: bixby_what_is_behaism.pdf
Keywords: Introductory; Prophecies

What Is God? - Cobb,Stanwood (The Avalon Press, 1955)
Poetic meditations on the nature of God and our search for the divine, "an attempt to open up vistas into the Infinite in a way that prose could not accomplish."
From hathitrust.org/Record/006537153.
Keywords: God; Philosophy; Poetry; Stanwood Cobb

What Is "Luck"? - Afroukhteh,Youness Khan (Memories of Nine Years in Akka, 1952)
Pilgrims' notes of words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Darkness; God, Grace and bounty of; Luck (fortune); Nature; Storms; Tests and difficulties

What is Religious Humanism: A Bahá'í Viewpoint - Merchant,Ali K. (Global Religious Vision, 2000)
Religious institutions are often viewed as irrelevant to the concerns of the modern world. Apparent differences don't disprove the essential unity of religion, or its teaching that humans are essentially good and have a purpose in life.
Mirrored from globalvisionpub.com.

What is the Baha'i Faith?: History, overview, and more! - I Am Your Target Demographic (2022)
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=IpV0rJIy8T4.
Keywords: Introductory

What is the Iranian government so afraid of? - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
The value of education, and the forced closing of the Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education in Iran.
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=3166411.
Keywords: Ayatollah Khamenei; Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Persecution, Education; Persecution, Iran; Universal Declaration of Human Rights

What is there to grieve about? - Abdul-Bahá (2011)
Keywords: Covenant-breaking; Opposition; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

What It Is to Be a Bahá'í?: A Letter to the Bahá'í Youth from Ruhiyyih Khanum - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1948)
The object of life to a Bahá'í is to promote the oneness of mankind.
See also To the Bahá'í Youth (R. Khanum, undated) and Identify of Man Who Asked "What is the object of life to a Bahá'í?" (UHJ, 2004).
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Life (general); Living the life; Purpose of life; Shoghi Effendi; Unity of humanity; Youth

What Stanwood Cobb Told Me about 'Abdu'l-Bahá - McLean,Jack (2007)
Reflections on Cobb's life and his recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, partly based on two personal interviews.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com. Proofread and edited for posting here.
Keywords: 20th century; Biography; Interviews; Kahlil Gibran; Pilgrims notes; Stanwood Cobb; `Abdu'l-Bahá

What's New in Version 4 - Winters,Jonah (2012)
Some useful search and interface changes for 2012, in conjunction with the 15th birthday of the Bahá'í Library.
See also Version 5, and history of past versions.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

What's New in Version 5 - Winters,Jonah (2013)
Updates to BLO code. (This page was originally a list of structural improvements for Bahá'í Library and its expansion, planning for which began in 2013, and a redevelopment team convened in 2021 and funded in 2023; then the project reset/forked in 2024).
See also our complete to-do list, history of past versions, Version 4, the 2022 update Bahá'í Library Online at 25: Background, Functioning, and Future, and the future Version 6.
Keywords: Alexander Meinhard; Bahá'í Library Online; J. Michael Kafes; Jonah Winters

Whatever happened to the Double Crusade? - Mitchell,Glenford (1996)
Lengthy commentary on the progress of teaching and the Four Year Plan, delivered at Foundation Hall in Wilmette. Includes discussion of the travels and teaching work of Leonora Armstrong.
Transcribed from a recording by Rhonda Wittorf; posted with permission of speaker. Title supplied by editor.
Keywords: Four Year Plan (1996-2000); Latin America; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Teaching; United States (documents)

When Saddam Hussein's Number Comes Up - Zafar,Said (Globe and Mail, 1991)
Brief article on the history and symbolism of the number 19, with mention of the Bahá'ís and Saddam Hussein's tolerance of religious minorities.
Keywords: Iraq; Numerology

When Science and Religion Merge: A Modern Case Study - Oskooi,Salman (2009)
The problem of disharmony between scripture and science is rooted in an unwarranted misattribution of scriptural inerrancy.
Thesis for Master of Arts in Philosophy, San Diego State University, 2009.
Keywords: Science

When the Bombs Drop: Reactions to Disconfirmed Prophecy in a Millennial Sect - Balch,Robert W.; Farnsworth,Gwen; Wilkins,Sue (Sociological Perspectives, 1983)
An academic article about the prophetic expectations of a covenant-breaker group, Baha’is Under the Provisions of the Covenant, who claimed the world would end on April 29, 1980.
See also a follow-up article, Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with cognitive dissonance in a Baha’i sect. The "Bahá'í sect" discussed in this article is not affiliated with the Bahá'í Faith, follows a different set of writings, and has been sued by the legal trademark holders for illegitimate use of Bahá'í terms; see WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net". On whether the real Bahá'í Faith has "sects," see The Covenant, Bahá'u'lláh's "Supreme Gift", Protects The Bahá'í Faith From Schism (offsite).
Keywords: 1980; Apocalypse; Covenant-breaking; Millennialism; Prophecies

When the Saints Come Marching In: The Art of Bahá'í Biography - Morrison,Sidney Edward; Lewis,Frank (dialogue magazine, 1986)
Comments on hagiography, including reviews of nine popular Bahá'í biographies. Includes response "In Praise of Saints" by Frank Lewis (from dialogue 1:3).
Abdu'l-Bahá's Memorials of the Faithful, O.Z. Whitehead's Some Bahá'ís to Remember and Early Bahá'ís of the West, Nathan Rutstein's He Loved and Served, Dorothy Freeman's From Copper to Gold, et al. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Attar of Nishapur; Biographies (general); Biography; Criticism and apologetics; Curtis Kelsey; Dorothy Baker; George Townshend; Hagiography; Louis G. Gregory; Martha Root; Memorials of the Faithful (book); Priceless Pearl (book); Shoghi Effendi; Style (Writings); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Exemplar

When We In/visibilize Our Nobility... - Sattarzadeh,Sahar D. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2020)
On the Violence Against Women Act; domestic violence and resilience; reimagining resistance and visibilizing justice; visualizing nobility as a meditation; our spiritual afterlives.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/319. See also complete issue [PDF].

Whence? Why? Whither?: Man, things, other things - Dodge,Arthur Pillsbury (Ariel Press, 1907)
Meditations on the purpose of humanity, the reality of religion, signs of the Kingdom, racism, and prophecies fulfilled. Includes response to a speech on politics and history by Cornell University president Andrew D. White. Not yet proofread.
Original from archive.org; proofread and formatted as PDF by Ernie Jones (2017); also available in Microsoft Word format.

Where the Future Nests: 19th Century Babi and Bahá'í Photography - Mottahedeh,Negar (2009)
Audio mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il [archive.org]. Video from Youtube, also online at iranianstudies.ca/bahai/mottahedeh.htm.
Keywords: 19th century; Film; Iran (documents); Photography; Talks; Visuals

Whether Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb Met, Indications in the Writings and Historical Records Relative to the Question - Universal House of Justice (Andalib, 1985)
Overview of sources indicating that Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb never met in person.
Mirrored from bahaistudies.net/meeting.html
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb; Báb, The; Christianity; Iran (documents); Jesus Christ, Transfiguration of; Research Department, Questions and answers

Whilst He Was in Suleymaniah: Extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabil Zarandi - Nabil-i-Azam (2002)
Handful of short extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabíl-i-A`zam [aka Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí, aka Nabíl-i-Zarandí]. on the conduct of the Bábís in 'Iráq during Bahá'u'lláh's self-imposed exile. From Nabil's unpublished narrative.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Iraq; Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam; Poetry; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

Whispers of Angels: Poems - McLean,Jack (1990)
A collection of 89 poems dedicated to the author's father.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Poetry

White Bahá'í Men as a sub-group combatting racism - Universal House of Justice (American Baha'i, 2000)
Use of the phrase "white Bahá'í men" in an anti-racism project in North Carolina.
Reprinted in The American Bahá'í, August 20, 2000, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 1, 5
Keywords: North Carolina, USA; Race; United States (documents); Unity

White Dog - Bohnhoff,Maya Kaathryn (Interzone, 1999)
Beauty truly is in the eye, or perhaps the heart, of the beholder.
This story was nominated to the final ballot of the 1999 British Science Fiction award. It also appears in I Loved Thy Creation, a 2006 collection of Maya Bohnhoff's short fiction from Juxta Publishing.
Keywords: Science fiction; Stories

Whither the International Auxiliary Language? - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
The Bahá'í Faith has promised that a day will come when there will be a universal auxiliary language taught in schools around the world. This promise is vital for peace and harmony. English and Esperanto have both strengths and flaws.
See also Commentary (Gilman, 1990).
Keywords: English language; Esperanto; International auxiliary language

"Whither the International Auxiliary Language?" by Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew: Commentary - Gilman,Susan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
See also original article.
Keywords: International auxiliary language

Whiting, Lilian - Clegg,Blanche Cox (American National Biography Online, 2000)
Whiting (1847-1942) was an American journalist, essayist, and poet; a religious seeker, she showed interest in the Bahá'í teachings.
Excerpted from anb.org. Also available in PDF.
Keywords: 1847; 1942; Biography

Who are the Bahá'ís?: The Forgotten 4th Abrahamic Faith - Stahl,Mason (2019)
An introductory educational video on the history and community of Bahá'ís, the 4th (or 5th) Abrahamic religion with several million followers worldwide and communities in nearly every nation.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=nNhkaDfzUWI. Note: this video uses a variant pronunciation of the Báb (short instead of long 'a') and incorrectly uses the definite article before Bahá'u'lláh; engaging images, graphs and insights offset the fast narrative and run-on sentences.
Keywords: Diaspora, Persian; Introductory; Population

Who is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century, by Bahá'í International Community: Review - Palin,Iain S. (Baha'i Journal (UK), 1999)
Mirrored with permission from http://www.iol.ie/~isp/y2k/review.htm
Keywords: 20th century; Future; Who is Writing the Future (statement)

"Who is Writing the Future? Reflections on the Twentieth Century": Thoughts on the Statement Prepared by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information - McLean,Jack (2001)
Reflections on the structure and themes of this document.
Keywords: 20th century; Future; Who is Writing the Future (statement)

Who is Writing the Future?: Reflections on the Twentieth Century - Bahá'í International Community (1999)
A statement on the current state of human society and its evolution, by the BIC's Office of Public Information.
Keywords: 20th century; BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Basics; Future; Science; Statements; Who is Writing the Future (statement)

Who Is Writing the Future?: Summary outline - Hassall,Graham (1999)
Summary of the BIC statement "Who is Writing the Future: Reflections on the Twentieth Century"
See original document at bahai-library.com/bic_writing_future.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Study guides; Who is Writing the Future (statement)

Who Was a Bahá'í in the Upper Echelons of Qájár Iran? - Momen,Moojan (Religions, 2023)
The nature of multiple religious identities in a traditional society; five criteria by which many individuals can be identified as having secretly been Bahá'ís in the ruling society and administration of Qájár Iran. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/4/469, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Crypto believers; Iran (documents); Qajar dynasty; Royalty

Who Was Archangel, the Potowatami Woman on Whose Land the Wilmette Temple Was Built? - Velasco,Ismael (2011)
Brief investigation into the surname "Ouilmette" (Wilmette), and the identity of a Native American girl named Archangel whose home was at one time on this point of land.
Originally posted as a research note to the Tarikh email list.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Illinois, USA; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

Who Was Daniel Jordan?: A Tribute - Bookwalter,Wm. Keith (1992)
Detailed overview of the life and thought of Dr. Jordan, philosopher and educator.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: 1932; 1982; Anisa Educational Model; Biography; Dan Jordan

Who Was Thomas Breakwell? - Weinberg,Robert (Baha'i Journal (UK), 1997)
Brief biography of the first English Bahá'í and an individual central in early European Bahá'í community.
Written for the Centenary of the Bahá'í Faith in the United Kingdom. Original site defunct; archived at archive.org.
Keywords: 20th century; Biography; Thomas Breakwell

Who Will Bell the Cat?: 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Lake Mohonk - Ruhe-Schoen,Janet (2012)
History of the Lake Mohonk conference center and addresses there by Alí Kulí Khán in 1911 and Abdu'l-Bahá and 1912.
PDF below created from Word document mirrored from academia.edu/...The_Story_of_Abdul-Bahas_Visit_to_Lake_Mohonk
Keywords: 1911; 1912; Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration; Proclamation, public; `Alí Kulí Khán

Why Are We Here: Meaning of Life: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2003)
Keywords: Basics; Happiness; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Life (general); Progressive revelation; Purpose of life; Soul; Spirituality; Suffering; Virtues

Why Constructive Resilience? An Autobiographical Essay - Penn,Michael L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2020)
Reflections on growing up African-American; guidance from and a meeting with William Hatcher; the relationship between stress and anxiety, depression, and powerlessness; the practice of constructive resilience.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/314. See also complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: 20th century; African Americans; Biography; Depression; North Carolina, USA; Resilience; Tests and difficulties; United States (documents)

Why freedom matters: Adding spirituality to Amartya Sen's interpretation on freedom - Varqa,Sathia (2006)
The aim of this paper is to argue why freedom matters to individual being. This is done with reference to the work of Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel Prize recipient for economics.
Keywords: Amartya Sen; Economics; Freedom and liberty; Philosophy

Why Indigenous Peoples Are Distinctive - Podger,Sue (Bahá'í Studies in Australasia vol. 3, 1996)
The Bahá'í Faith supplies the direction to follow in the healing of the planet and its peoples. Do indigenous peoples have a special role in bringing about change in mankind's relationship to reality?
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Indigenous people

Why only Baha'is can contribute to the Baha'i funds: The political economy perspective - Varqa,Sathia (2006)
An exploration of why only Bahá'ís have the right and privilege of giving to the Bahá'í fund, demonstrated using the economic concept of rent. The comparison is extended to explain some of the motives of interest groups and political institutions...
Keywords: Economics; Funds; Membership; Politics

Why the Bahá'í Faith Is Not Pluralist - Martin,Grant S. (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
Argues against Seena Fazel that the Bahá’í Faith is not a form of religious pluralism.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/martin_pluralist. See also Religious Pluralism and the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Pluralism; Relativism; Unity of religion

Why There are No Women in the Universal House of Justice - Chupin,Vladimir (2011)
Upon learning that it is forbidden to elect women to the Universal House of Justice, many people become puzzled, given the Faith's strong emphasis on the equality of the sexes. This essay offers some perspectives.
Mirrored from chupin.ru.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

Why We Need Bahá'í Theology - McLean,Jack (1995)
A short definition of theology, its relationship with scholarship in general, and the role of apologetics.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Scholarship; Theology

Wider Horizon: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992 - Universal House of Justice (; Palabra Publications, 1992)
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 1983; 1992; Ridván messages; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

Wildfire: Reflections on Music, Drama, and Dance - Dely,Istvan (Juxta Publishing, 2006)
Istvan Dely's reflections on music, dance and drama within the Bahá'í community.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com. See publisher's electronic distribution license.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Dance; Drama; Music

Will and Testament Blank Preamble - Garis,Dalton, compiler (2020)
A template for a personal will, free for any Bahá'í to use.
Keywords: Death; Inheritance; Will and testament (general)

Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Baha: A Commentary - Hofman,David (Baha'i World, 1945)
Original essay first published in The Bahá'í World, vol. IX 1940-44 (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1945), republished as a book by George Ronald (Oxford), 4th ed. 1982. 1989 edition also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2023).
Keywords: 1963; Covenant; David Hofman; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Study Outlines - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2002)
Add or read comments or links pertaining to the work this outline is covering here. Files generated with "NoteTaker 2003 1.5.4" for the Macintosh--not yet capable of exporting xml files with HMTL links added.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Study guides; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (1992)
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament consists of three parts - all three written in His own hand. The first one was revealed around 1905 and the second and third sometime around 1907.
See also the official version at bahai.org. A scan of the Persian original is online here. See also a scan of the first official English edition, sent to a select number of Bahá'ís in the United States and Canada in February 1925. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Will and Testament of Abdul Baha, The: An Analysis, by Ahmad Sohrab: Review - Author unknown (The Christian Century, 1944)
This brief mini-review was included in the section "Books Received".
Keywords: Mirza Ahmad Sohrab; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Will and Testament of The Báb - Báb, The (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
One-page scan of a document commonly, though inaccurately, referred to as the "Will and Testament."
This was included as an attachment to a Letter from the UHJ, Designation of Mirza Yahya in the Writings of the Bab. See also its other attachment Excerpt from Making the Crooked Straight. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/justice_yahya
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Covenant; Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Vasaya; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Will and Testament: Translation and Commentary - Báb, The (2004)
Examination of four available manuscripts, dates of issue, variations, exclusions, verse numbering followed by a running commentary on its tone, message and implications for the future of the Bábí movement.
This paper provides an analytical examination of a vital piece of Bábí literature most commonly referred to as the Will and Testament of the Bab. Whilst this document is an important Bábí work and has been available in several MS copies, it has not yet given the attention it deserves by generations of Bábí scholars. Indeed it may be a pre-requisite to study this tablet first prior to analysing the events of the Middle Bábí period.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Lawh-i-Vasaya; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Will Globalization Lead to a World Commonwealth? - Abizadeh,Sohrab (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2005)
How emerging international crises, such as global epidemics, when combined with the fundamental principles of unity and social justice prescribed in the writings of the Bahá’í Faith, are impelling the world toward the formation of a world commonwealth.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/127.
Keywords: Economics; Globalization; Unity; World Commonwealth

Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys - Savi,Julio (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Exploration of some of the "seemingly abstruse" concepts of the Four Valleys.
Early draft of the article which later appeared, in edited form, in JBS. See also a formatted PDF copy of that version, mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive. A revised and expanded version is included in Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Knowledge; Love; Mysticism; Sufism; Will

William S. Hatcher 1935-2005 - Winters,Jonah, compiler (2008)
Bio, CV, and bibliographyc from the author's website.
Most of Hatcher's works are online at this site. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: 1935; 2005; Biography; Philosophy; Science; William Hatcher

Wills and Inheritance - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Five questions about the writing of Bahá'í wills. Includes a list of which laws are not at present binding upon the friends in the western world, and a compilation of "Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of Inheritance."
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient. Later posted to bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Huqúqu'lláh; Inheritance; Laws; Will and testament (general)

Wilmette Institute Presentations on Youtube.com - Various (2011)
Link to Youtube channel with dozens of educational presentations and videos, listed here for keyword searching and tagging.
Keywords: All subjects; Bahá'í study centers; Boris Handal; Christopher Buck; Gwendolyn Etter-Lewis; Hussein Ahdieh; Ian Kluge; Indexes and catalogues; Ismael Velasco; Jan Teofil Jasion; JoAnn Borovicka; John Hatcher; Julio Savi; Kathryn Jewett Hogenson; Kevin Locke; Louis Venters; Louise Profeit-LeBlanc; Michael Day; Mike McMullen; Nader Saiedi; Necati Alkan; Paul Hanley; Peter Smith; Rainn Wilson; Robert Atkinson; Robert Stockman; Roshan Danesh; Shahrokh Monjazeb; Sheila Banani; Sovaida Ma‘ani Ewing; Stephen R. Friberg; Steven Phelps; Todd Lawson; Visuals; Wilmette Institute; `Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian

Windows to the Past - Shahrokh,Darius (1992)
Deepening talks on 25 topics about Bahá'í history and teachings, downloadable in MP3 audio format and PDF transcripts.
See more information about these presentations at bahai-library.com/wttp/.
Keywords: 19th century; Ahmad of Kashan; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í history; Báb, The; Bábí history; Covenant; Dreams and visions; Fadl-i-Qaini; Fadl-i-Shirazi; Holy days; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian)); Martyrdom; Mulla Rida (Shaykh Muhammad-Riday-i-Yazdi); Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Obedience; Pronunciation; Rúhu’lláh Varqá; Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi; Shoghi Effendi; Teachings; Varqa; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad; World order; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); `Abdu'l-Bahá; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2001-1302, "bahaiwomen.com" - Author unknown (2001)
A legal ruling finding, on behalf of the Bahá'ís, that unauthorized use of the domain bahaiwomen.com is a trademark infringement. Followed by a newspaper article from Newsbytes, "Bahá'í Organization Bests Speculator In Domain Dispute."
See Newsbytes article, below. See also Use of appropriate domain names by Bahá'ís on the Internet, and see another WIPO dispute re the domain uhj.net.
Keywords: Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Internet; National Spiritual Assemblies; United States (documents)

WIPO Domain Name Dispute: Case D2005-0214, "uhj.net" - Author unknown (2005)
A legal ruling finding, against the Bahá'ís, that covenant breakers are allowed to use the domain uhj.net.
See another WIPO dispute re the domain bahaiwomen.com, and an earlier trademark lawsuit re use of Bahá'í names and titles. On Neal Chase's group, see Fifteen Years of Failed Prophecy: Coping with cognitive dissonance in a Baha’i sect.
Keywords: Copyright and trademarks; Court cases; Covenant-breaking; Internet; National Spiritual Assemblies; United States (documents)

Wisdom and Dissimulation: The Use and Meaning of Hikmat in the Bahá'í Writings and History - Maneck,Susan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Examination of hikmat within the Bahá'í community, especially as it refers to survival strategies in situations of danger or insecurity.
Keywords: Dissimulation; Hikmat; Wisdom; Words and phrases

Wisdom of Burying the Dead in the Earth: Tablet of Cremation - Abdul-Bahá (1902)
Tablet to Laura Clifford Barney regarding the wisdom of burying the dead in the Earth, also known as Tablet of Cremation, in two translations: one by Marzieh Gail, one by ‘Alí Kulí Khán.
Keywords: Burial (funeral); Cremation; Interfaith dialogue; Laura Clifford Barney; Tablet of Cremation; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Wisdom of the people: Potential and pitfalls in efforts by the Comanches to recreate traditional ways of building consensus - Broome,Benjamin J. (The American Indian Quarterly, 2001)
Includes mention that a few Indian nations have adopted the Bahá'í "consultation" method of decision making.
Mirrored from highbeam.com (formerly elibrary.com).
Keywords: Canada; Consultation; Decision making; Native Americans; United States (documents)

With Abdu'l-Bahá: The Diary of Mirza 'Isa Khan Isfahani - Isfahani,Mirza `Isa Khan (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2008)
Account of a visit to Haifa, December 1919 - January 1920, by a little-known author Mírzá 'Isá Khán Isfahání Darágáh'í. Includes table of an old Persian solar calendar and its Western astrological correspondences, and anecdotes about Esslemont.
See Persian text (offsite).
Keywords: 1919; 1920; Akka, Israel; Aqa Najafi (Son of the Wolf); Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Calendars (general); Covenant-breaking; Haifa, Israel; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Imam Husayn; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); League of Nations; Manifestations of God, Recognition of; Mírzá Aqa Jan (Khadimu'lláh); Pilgrims notes; Quran; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Withdrawal from the Faith - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Keywords: Covenant; Laws; Membership; Spiritual Assemblies; Withdrawal

Withdrawal of Administrative Rights - Universal House of Justice (1986)
Spiritual Assemblies may remain in contact with those Bahá'ís who have had their Administrative Rights removed, but withdrawal of rights is a serious action and assemblies should in general should not initiate contact.
Keywords: Administrative rights

Witness to Shaykh Tabarsi: The Narrative of Haji Nasir Qazvini - Rabbani,Ahang, editor and translator (Witnesses to Babi and Baha'i History, 2007)
Biography of Qazvini, sources for the study of the conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, and Qazvini's narrative. Includes the Persian text, and bios of Táríkh Samandar and M. A. Malik-Khusravi (in Persian).
While the PDF below says this is "Volume 10", Rabbani's last numbering for the Witnesses series places it at #8 [see archived site].
Keywords: 1850s; 1852; Biography; Bábí history; Eyewitness; Iran (documents); Pilgrims notes; Shaykh Tabarsí siege

Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History - Rabbani,Ahang (1996)
Multiple volumes of historical materials, translations, and original research.
Most of the documents listed below are not yet online, and with the passing of the author (October 2013) it is uncertain which or any will appear. Some of the titles missing below were fully or partially completed, while others were merely planned. Volume numbers given in some of the PDFs are different than the list below (e.g. #8 below is listed as #10). The numbering scheme below reflects Rabbani's most recent Table of Contents; see archive.org.
Keywords: Ahang Rabbani; Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Eyewitness; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Pilgrims notes

Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions - Cole,Juan (Iran Nameh, 2015)
Reflections on Bahá'u'lláh's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "language games"; Hinduism, India, and 19th-century Iranian culture; Manakji’s questions about Hinduism and Zoroastrianism.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Alcohol; Avatars; Bhagavad Gita; Bible; Book of Juk; Christianity; Conversion; Creation; Culture, Indo-Persian; Decline and renewal of religion; Dualism; Food; Genesis (Bible); Geology; God; Grammar; Hinduism; India; Intellect; Interpretation; Iran (documents); Islam; Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Krishna; Language; Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Laws; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Mahabad (prophet); Manifestations of God; Manikchi Limji Hataria; Meat; Monism; Mythology; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Neoplatonism; Opposition; Persecution; Philosophy; Progressive revelation; Qiblih; Quran; Reason; Reincarnation; Relativism; Return; Salvation; Science; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Teaching; Unity of religion; Upanishads; Vedas; Yoga Vasistha (Book of Juk); Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Wives of Baha'u'llah - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Information on Bahá'u'lláh's three wives, and a background to the Bahá'í teaching that people should be monogamous in the modern age.
Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Bahá'u'lláh, Wives of; Criticism and apologetics; Monogamy; Polygamy

Woman and Islam - Grant,Elihu (Life and Light for Woman, 1912)
One-paragraph sympathetic mention.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Islam; Women

Women - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Explores the status of women in the world, the development of women, the role of education in that development, the Bahá'í concept of gender equality and the application of that principle to family life. Includes bibliography of related Bahá'í literature.
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Children; Education; Equality; Gender; Mothers; Social change; Women

Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience - Dixson,Miriam (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Anglicanism; Astrology; Australia; Biography; Christianity; Colonialism and imperialism; Conversion; Esperanto; Europe; Margaret Dixson; Migration; Numerology; Women

Women and Wisdom in Scripture - Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
Treatment of women in religion; influence of Bahá'í teachings in raising awareness about the plight of women and transforming attitudes across the globe; role of linguistic biases in degrading their status; role of wisdom in achieving gender equality.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #125, Acuto, Italy (2014). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/125/ma'ani_women.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Equality; Gender; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Wisdom; Women; Zoroastrianism

Women Entrepreneurs: Catalysts for Transformation - Starcher,Diane Chamberlin (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 1997)
Describes the dramatic rise in importance of women entrepreneurs and how feminine qualities contribute to their success.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at ebbf.org/woman.htm [archive.org], and in French as PDF.
Keywords: Business; Gender; Women

Women in Art - Atkinson,Anne Gordon (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
Historically there have been many impediments to women achieving success in art: household duties, the rearing of children, poverty, and lack of education or encouragement. Bahá'í writings call for equal opportunity, and men have a responsibility too.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Women

Women in Martyrdom: Parallels of Passio Perpetuae and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith - Dillon,Kathleen (2000)
Accounts of female martyrs in early Christianity and revolutionary Iran.

Women in the Bahá'í Faith - Maneck,Susan (Religion and Women, 1994)
Bahá'í paradigms of womanhood, and some highlights of women's participation in the Faith's history.
Keywords: Women

Women in the works of the Bab and in the Babi Movement - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2011)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/women-babi.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Equality; Laws; Nayriz, Iran; Women

Women on the House of Justice; meaning of "Umumi" - Universal House of Justice (1997)
Clarifies that 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in a tablet to Corinne True, indeed refers to the Universal House of Justice when affirming that membership is confined to men only. Includes a portion of Corinne True's original query to 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Umumi (universal); Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women; Words and phrases

Women on the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (1988)
Response to a paper presented at a Bahá'í Studies conference which raised the possibility that women could one day be eligible for membership on the Universal House of Justice.
This letter is also available on bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Criticism and apologetics; Equality; Gender; Gradual implementation of laws; Interpretation; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Speculation; Supreme Tribunal; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Membership on; Women

Women Serving as Continental Counselors or in the International Teaching Centre, Percentage of: 1980-2010 - Universal House of Justice (2013)
Chart showing the percentage of women serving as members of the Continental Boards of Counsellors from 26 November 1980 — when the number of Boards was fixed at five — until November 2010.
See also Percentage of National Spiritual Assembly members who are women, 1953-2007. Submitted by recipient; original on file.
Keywords: 1980; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010; Appointed arm; Counsellors; Gender; International Teaching Centre, Members of; Statistics; Women

Women's Education and Socio-Economic Development: The Pathways of Impact - Gandhi Kingdon,Geeta (2010)
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies at the University of Haifa, April 13 2010. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.
Keywords: Education; Gender; Social and economic development; Women

Women, The Status of: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1995)
Overview of the status of women in education, marriage, and the future.
Keywords: Introductory; Women

Women: Equality and Peace - Khan,Peter J.
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm

"Wonderful True Visions": Magic, Mysticism, and Millennialism in the Making of the American Bahá'í Community, 1892-1895 - Hollinger,Richard (Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought, 2004)
The early growth of the American, and especially the Chicago, communities was more gradual and eclectic than previously thought, and Kheiralla's influence was less crucial.
Also available as RTF: hollinger_mysticism_american_1892-1895.rtf.
Keywords: 1890s; 1892; 1895; Bahá'í history by country; Chicago, IL; Egypt; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Magic; Millennialism; Mysticism; Occultism; United States (documents); Witchcraft

Wondrous Book (Kitáb-i-Badí'): Tablet study outline - Winters,Jonah (1999)
Outline prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book); Outlines and summaries; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Word Portraits of Abdu'l-Baha - Jones,Chad, compiler (2012)
Short descriptions of Abdu'l-Bahá by Horace Holley, Louis Gregory, Howard Colby Ives, Wellesley Tudor Pole, E. G. Browne, Ali Yazdi, Florence Khan, Stanwood Cobb, and Albert Vail.
Mirrored from bahai-education.org.
Keywords: Albert Vail; E. G. Browne; Eyewitness; Horace Holley; Howard Colby Ives; Pen portraits; Pilgrims notes; Portraits; Stanwood Cobb; Wellesley Tudor Pole; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pen portraits; `Alí M. Yazdí (Azíz Yazdí)

Words of Inspiration: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1992)
Keywords: Basics; Introductory

Words of Long Ago - Alfassa,Mirra (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1912)
Transcript of a talk The Mother delivered to some Bahá'ís in Paris in 1912 by request of Abdu'l-Bahá; reflections inspired by the departure of Abdu'l-Bahá from Paris in June 1913.
Mirra Alfassa, known to her followers as "The Mother," was the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo. Her full name at birth was Blanche Rachel Mirra Alfassa. See Wikipedia.
Keywords: 1912; France; Hinduism; India; Paris, France; Sri Aurobindo; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Words of Wisdom (Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Stockman,Robert; Ayman,Iraj (1999)
See /writings/bahaullah/tb/9.html. Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Asl-i-Kullul-Khayr (Words of Wisdom); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Work is Worship: Business is a Spiritual Game - Berteig,Mishkin (2022)
Fireside interview with the CEO and chief scientist at the Berteig Institute, an education company that helps improve business and beautify work environments, on the spiritual aspects of work, business, profit, and cooperative capitalism.
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=dYxnFyZrucU.
Keywords: Business; Capitalism; Comics; Work

Working for Betterment of Society - Correa,Gustavo (2008)
From "Serving the Divine Plan Programme"; see mentions of this program in uhj_turning_point_1996-2006 pages iii, viii, and 223, and haifalife.blogspot.ca. Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. Date not given, but Correa refers to "these, the last of this series of talks," which would put it around 2008.
Keywords: Gustavo Correa; Institute process; Social action

Workshop Material for The Baha'i Writings on Economics - Shams,Badi (2021)
Structured outlines, study questions, and compilation for use in workshop sessions on the nature of economic problems and their solutions in a divine economy, and how to work toward a Bahá'í world commonwealth.
See more at badishams.net. See this in Spanish translation.
Keywords: Economics

World Baha'i Institute in New York - Yadollahpour,Nima (2002)
An architectural proposal for a Bahá'í complex in Manhattan, designed structurally and mathematically based on the Seven Valleys.
Background work for 1997-98 thesis on architecture for Syracuse University. Mirrored from surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/152/.
Keywords: Architecture; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); New York, USA; United States (documents)

World Bank's meeting with the world's religions - Various (1998)
Five articles on the dialogue for broadening "opportunities for common understanding and action in tackling the critical issue of global poverty" include discussion of Bahá'í involvement in the conference.
The following five press releases and newspaper articles are presented in chronological order.
Keywords: Collaboration and cooperation; Economics; Wealth and poverty

World Citizenship: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1996)
Keywords: Introductory; Unity

World Cultures and World Religions: The Coming Dialogue - Kraemer,Hendrik (Lutterworth Press, 1960)
1-page discussion of Bahá'í teachings as a universalist example of "esoteric wisdom from ... the Far East."

World Order of Bahá'u'lláh - Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1991)
Letters written by the Guardian, 1929-1936.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Báb, Station of; Covenant; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Peace; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order; World peace; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

World Order of Baha'u'llah: Study Questions - Razavi,Shahriar (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
List of questions to inspire study and deepening.
First posted at, and mirrored with permission from, usbnc.org.
Keywords: Study guides; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order

World Order, Evolution Towards: Notes on recent secondary literature, compilation, and two memoranda from the Bahá'í World Centre - Universal House of Justice (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
Two letters, "Request for Materials about the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh" and "World Government and the Universal House of Justice," and compilation "Extracts from Letters Written by and on Behalf of the House of Justice on Evolution Towards World Order."
The letter below says the memorandum dated 10 September 1990 was prepared by the Research Department and entitled "World Government and the Universal House of Justice", and the compilation entitled "Extracts from Letters Written by and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice on Evolution Towards World Order" was originally prepared in conjunction with the memorandum, and was revised in 1995. Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Bibliography; Church and state; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Politics; Theocracy; Tree (metaphor); Universal House of Justice; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); World order

World Order: Complete issues - Various (World Order, 1935)
See also list of online documents from World Order and Topical Index. The entire series is also online at bahai.works/World_Order
Keywords: Periodicals; World Order magazine

World Organization Secures World Peace - Bridgman,R. L. (The Atlantic Monthly, 1904)
While this paper does not mention the Bahá'í Faith, it is an interesting snapshot, and history of, early movements paralleling or even preceding Bahá'í teachings.
This document is also of note in that it was cited by V.E. Johnson in Historical Analysis of Critical Transformations in the Evolution of the Bahá'í World Faith, where Johnson observes that some world-peace movements predated Bahá'u'lláh. Also online at unz.org.
Keywords: 1840s; Peace

World Peace and International Health - Link,A.
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm

World Peace in a Piecemeal World: An exposition on excerpts from the writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá - Thomas,James B. (2008)
World peace is a challenge facing mankind that must be clearly identified; remedies are put forth for possible solutions in vanquishing the barriers to peace; both secular and religious underpinnings are proposed to support a universal solution for peace.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #81, Bosch Bahá'í School: Santa Cruz, CA (May 29 - June 1, 2008). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/81/thomas_peace.
Keywords: Peace

World Peace: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Keywords: Basics; Introductory; Peace

World Religion Day - Buck,Christopher (Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2010)
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; World Religion Day

World Religion Day (January) - Buck,Christopher (Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances, and Spiritual Commemorations, 2011)
See also the full collection of Buck's articles in this volume.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; World Religion Day

Worship - Stockman,Robert (1995)
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research/worship.
Keywords: Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Meditation; Prayer; Worship

Wrathful God of Martin Luther and Baha'u'llah: Tablet of Ahmad-i-Farsi and Martin Luther (A comparison) - Law,Roberta (1998)
Comparison of the theologies of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Ahmad (Persian) and early Protestantism.
Written for the Wilmette Institute
Keywords: Christianity; God; Interfaith dialogue; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian)); Martin Luther; Protestantism

Writers and Writing - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. See also essay introducing this compilation, by Robert Weinberg. Essay and compilation published in Bahá'í Studies Review 10. See also Guidance to Poets. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Writing

Writing on the Ground - Pole,Wellesley Tudor (Neville Spearman Ltd, 1968)
PDF of the entire book, followed by HTML-formatted excerpt of Part Three, "The Bahá'í Faith."
Read about the author at Wikipedia. Also available as a Microsoft Word document, pole_writing_ground.doc.
Keywords: 1917; 1918; Pilgrims notes; Wellesley Tudor Pole; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Writings, Bahá'í: Importance of collecting and safeguarding - Bahá'u'lláh; Shoghi Effendi (Baha'i Studies Review, 2003)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Haifa, Israel; International Bahá'í Archives; Manuscripts; Preservation and conservation (archives)

Xá Nasiri'd-dino: Breve relato da sua vida e da Epistola revelada por Baha'u'llah - Oliveira,Marco (2007)
Breve resumo da vida deste monarca persa do sec. XIX e sua relação com a religião Bahá'í. Short description of Nasiri'd-Din Shah and his relation with the Bahá'í Faith.
From povodebaha.blogspot.com.
Keywords: 19th century; Biography; Nasirid-Din Sháh

Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (1991)
On the meaning and correct transliteration of "Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá" (O Thou Most High"), where it can be found, and if it is an invocation to the Báb.
Original transmitted by email and shared with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Greatest Name; Translation; Transliteration and diacritics; Words and phrases; Yá 'Aliyyu'l-A'lá

Yá Alláhu'l-Mustagháth": Original Source, Correct Transliteration and Translation - Universal House of Justice (2001)
About an invocation revealed by the Báb, prescribed for recitation in times of trouble and difficulty.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Báb, Writings of; Dawn-Breakers (book); Dhikr (Remembrance); He Whom God shall make manifest; Invocations; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Mustaghath; Prayer texts; Repetition; Tests and difficulties; Translation; Transliteration and diacritics; Words and phrases; Ya Allahul-Mustaghath (O Thou God Who art invoked)

Yahyá, Mírzá - Momen,Moojan (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the younger half-brother of Bahá’u’lláh, later his opponent, known as Subh-i-Azal, described by Shoghi Effendi as "the arch-breaker of the Covenant of the Báb."
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: 1912; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Biography; Covenant-breaking; E. G. Browne; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Yamamoto, Hiroshi: Eldest son of the world's first Japanese believer - Yazdi,Marion (Baha'i News, 1980)
Japanese-American Yamamoto (c. 1909-1979) was the eldest son of Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first ethnic Japanese Bahá’í in the world.
Keywords: 1909; 1979; Biography; California, USA; Hiroshi Yamamoto; Japan; San Francisco, CA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Yerrinbool Bahá'í School 1938 - 1988: An Account of the First Fifty Years - Hassall,Graham (CPN Publications, 1988)
History of an early Australian Bahá'í school.
Also available as a PDF scan of the original document.
Keywords: 1938; 1988; 20th century; Australia; Bahá'í inspired schools; Yerrinbool Bahá'í School; Yerrinbool, New South Wales

Yerrinbool Bahá'í School and the Australian Bahá'í Community - Naghdy,Fazel (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Note: this document originally had three Figures, but they were not included in the online version; if you have this book and can scan them, let us know. This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.

Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1997 - Hassall,Graham (1998)
Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1997.
Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, prepared for presentation at the Scholarship Institute, Yerrinbool, 10-13 April, 1998. See also Report 1998 and Report 1999.
Keywords: 1997; Afnan Library; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Bahá'í inspired schools; Bahá'í scholarship; Bronwyn Elsmore; Charles Lerche; Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Graham Hassall; Irfán Colloquia; Jonah Winters; June Perkins; Moojan Momen; Peter Smith; Stephen R. Friberg; Will C. van den Hoonaard; William Collins; Yerrinbool Bahá'í School

Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1998 - Hassall,Graham (1999)
Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1998.
Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, prepared for presentation at the Scholarship Institute, Yerrinbool, 2-4 April, 1999. See also Report 1997 and Report 1999.
Keywords: 1998; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Bahá'í inspired schools; Bahá'í scholarship; Bibliography; Brent Poirier; Bronwyn Elsmore; Christopher Buck; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; H-Bahá'í (email list); Irfán Colloquia; Martha Schweitz; Peter Smith; Sen McGlinn; Wilmette Institute; Yerrinbool Bahá'í School

Yerrinbool Report on Scholarship: 1999 - Hassall,Graham (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
Overview of worldwide Bahá'í scholarship projects, publications, and events - 1999; includes a progress report on the growth of the Bahá'í Library Online.
Association for Bahá'í Studies Australia, prepared for presentation at the Scholarship Institute, Yerrinbool, 21-23 April, 2000. See also a PDF, as published. See also Report 1997 and Report 1998. See follow-up scholarship reports from 2003 and 2022. See the Baha'i Library's progress report below, or in the PDF pp. 355-357.
Keywords: 1999; Afnan Library; Bahá'í Association for Arts (BAFA); Bahá'í Computer and Communication Association (BCCA); Bahá'í Library Online; Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Bahá'í inspired schools; Bahá'í scholarship; Bibliography; Brent Poirier; Charles Lerche; Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims; Christopher Buck; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Graham Hassall; H-Bahá'í (email list); Irfán Colloquia; John Hatcher; Jonah Winters; June Perkins; Landegg International University; Moojan Momen; William Collins; Wilmette Institute; Yerrinbool Bahá'í School

Yínyáng Cosmology and the Bahá'í Faith - Chew,Phyllis Ghim-Lian (Lights of Irfan, 2013)
The yin-yang concept is pivotal to Chinese thought, culture, government, and ethics. It also bears many similarities with Bahá'í philosophy and practice.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #111, Acuto, Italy (July 2012). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/111/chew_yin-yang.
Keywords: China; Chinese religion; Cosmology; Philosophy; Philosophy, Chinese; Taoism; Yin Yang

Yoga - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, compiler (2015)
Four quotations from the House on the practice of hatha yoga.
Source of compilation unknown, but it was most likely included in a letter from the Universal House of Justice. While these quotations don't mention the word hatha, it is the branch of yoga referred to here; see wikipedia.
Keywords: Health and healing; Hinduism; India; Meditation; Prayer; Yoga

You Were Right about 1844: The New 'Good News' About The 'Great Disappointment - Dainty,Don (White Mountain Publications, 1999)
On expectations regarding the return of Christ, the Millerites, and Bahá'í interpretations of revelation.
Keywords: 1844; Great Disappointment; Jesus Christ, Return of; Millennialism; William Miller

Your True Brother: Messages to Junior Youth Written by or on Behalf of Shoghi Effendi - Shoghi Effendi (George Ronald, 1991)
We have only included the letters from Shoghi Effendi here. The print version has an introduction and includes keypoints and keywords after each letter to assist junior youth in developing an understanding of these letters to them. You can purchase a copy of this work from George Ronald.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Youth

Your True Self - Jordan,Daniel C.
No information is given about the year or context of these talks; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org. See also Jordan's essay on this same topic, Becoming Your True Self.
Keywords: Dan Jordan

Youth - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Youth

Youth in Every Land, to - Universal House of Justice (Wellspring of Guidance, 1966)
Three fields of service open to young Bahá'ís: improving their personal character, teaching the Faith to others, and preparing for their later years through education.
Scanned from a booklet distributed at a National Youth Conference in Dallas, 1995.
Keywords: Character; Education; Studying; Teaching; Youth

Youth Suicide in Australia: Future Directions in the New Millennium - Feeney,Farahnaz; Feeney,Kynan (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Predisposing factors for youth suicide; current prevention strategies; Bahá'í perspectives; patterns of suicide and homicide in the United States 1933-1990.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Australia; Suicide

Youths of today can make a difference, if we let them - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
If given opportunity to, teens want to be helpful in their community, not just be "cool."
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2803703.
Keywords: Youth

Zaynab - Walbridge,John (Amazons to fighter pilots, a biographical dictionary of military women, 2003)
Brief biography of a female Bábí fighter.
First written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project. The author cited the title as Military Women Worldwide: A Biographical Dictionary, but this appears to be a working title, because the only published version appears to be Amazons to fighter pilots, a biographical dictionary of military women (amazon.com).
Keywords: 1850; Biography; Equality; Gender; Iran (documents); Women; Zanjan, Iran; Zaynab (Rustam-`Ali)

Ziba Khanum of Yazd: An Enslaved African Woman in Nineteenth-Century Iran - Lee,Anthony (2017)
Issues of race, gender, slavery, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the 19th and 20th centuries; historiography of African women in Iran; the Herati-Khorasani family tree.
This draft version posted to academia.edu in 2017; later published in African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, 2022. PDF below created from Microsoft Word document prepared by M. Thomas (2022), posted with permission.
Keywords: 1932; 19th century; Biography; Gender; Genealogy; Iran (documents); Race; Slavery; Yazd, Iran

Zoroaster, Date of - Universal House of Justice (1979)
Clarifications re the dates and bio information Bahá'í texts give for the prophet Zoroaster.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Zoroaster: Bahá'u'lláh's Ancestor - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Overview of Zoroastrianism, its place in the history of revelation, and its writings.
From a series of deepening talks prepared from Persian and English sources, distributed on cassette tape in the 1990s and converted to online audio in the 2000s. See About Windows to the Past.
Keywords: Iran; Zoroastrianism

Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran and His Book, the Zend Avesta - Khan,Ali Kuli (1945)
"Written by request of a beloved Bahá'í friend and delivered at the Bahá'í Center in Hamilton, Massachusetts, on the evening of August 30, 1945." See also Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions.
Keywords: Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrian Conversions to the Bahá'í Faith in Yazd, Iran - Maneck,Susan (1983)
The Bahá'í Faith appealed to Zoroastrian messianic motifs, Iranian paradigms of legitimacy, and reforming elements within the Zoroastrian community. This study examines conversions in Yazd from the early 1880s to the beginning of the 20th century.
Master's thesis for the Department of Oriental Studies, University of Arizona. See also shorter published article Early Zoroastrian Conversions to the Bahá'í Faith in Yazd, Iran (1984). See also The Navjote of a Converted Zoroastrian Bahai in Dastur Dhalla, the Saga of a Soul: Autobiography of Shams-ul-ulama Dastur Dr. Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhallan.
Keywords: 1852; 1880s; 1903; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Yazd, Iran; Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism, Reference to, in All Things Made New - Universal House of Justice (1999)
A reference to the Zoroastrian text Dinkird, or "Acts of the Religion" (dín-kird) in John Ferraby's All Things Made New, and on the authenticity of the Zoroastrian scriptures.
Original transmitted by email.
Keywords: John Ferraby; Zoroastrianism

Zuhur al-Haqq - Momen,Moojan (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2002)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/zohur-al-haqq. See Zuhur al-Haqq online at bahai-library.com/mazandarani_tarikh_zuhur_haqq.
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bahá'í studies; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Zuhur al-Haqq (Zuhurul-Haqq)

Zustände im Heutigen Persien wie sie das Reisebuch Ibrahim Begs Enthüllt ("Conditions in present-day Persia as revealed in Ibrahim Beg's travel book") - Schulz,Walter (Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann, 1903)
Passing mentions of the Babis and their persecutions in the context of the travels through Iran of the fictitious character Ibrahím Bayg.
On Ibrahim Begs, see E. G. Browne's Literary History of Persia vol 4, p. 467.
Keywords: Bábí history; Iran; Mentions; Travelogues

Духовное послание Льва Толстого сквозь призму новой религии Бахаи ("The Spiritual Message of Leo Tolstoy through the Prism of the New Baha'i Religion") - Mamytaliev,Kushtar (Университет им. Адама Мицкевича Институт Русской Филологии, 2006)
Первая работа на русском языке о влиянии веры бахаи на великого русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого. Толстой живо интересовался этой новой религией, старался достать книги и любую информацию о ней, и беседовал с несколькими бахаи.
Вы можете скачать оригинал статьи в формате Microsoft Word.
Keywords: Biography; Leo Tolstoy; Russia

Завещание Абдул-Баха ("The Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha") - Abdul-Bahá (; «Единение», 2011)
Один из важнейших документов Веры Бахаи, устанавливающий многие ключевые элементы Административного Порядка, включая Национальные Духовные Собрания [«Дома справедливости второго уровня»] и институт Хранительства.
В марте 2011 г. была подготовлена новая редакция перевода на русский язык этого важнейшего документа. Однако на момент публикации в этой библиотеке (30 мая 2012 г.) новая редакция ещё не издана, поэтому впоследствии данный текст будет обновлён в соответствии с официальным изданием. See also English original.
Keywords: Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

История Ашхабадского храма бахаи ("History of the Ashgabat Bahá'í Temple") - Mehdi,Olga (2012)
Небольшое историческое эссе о строительстве ашхабадского храма бахаи — личные мемуары и исследования автора, с историческими фотографиями Ашхабада XIX-начала XX века.
Это эссе — одна из глав большой книги «Парфянское вино» — истории Туркмении с древнейших времён до настоящего времени. See also photos at www.chupin.ru/library/Ashkabad/.
Keywords: Ashgabat; Iran (documents); Khurásán, Iran; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Turkmenistan

К вопросу о типологии и классификации веры бахаи ("On the Issue of Typology and Classification of the Bahá'í Faith") - Kyselov,Oleg (Essays on Religious Studies, 2011)
An attempt to classify the Bahá'í Faith from a perspective of the sociology of religion and Marxism.
Mirrored from academia.edu.
Keywords: Marxism; New religious movements (NRM); Sociology

Китаб-и-Агдас: Наисвятая Книга ("Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book") - Bahá'u'lláh («Единение»; Bahá'í World Centre, 2001)
Основополагающий сборник законов Миропорядка Бахауллы с комментариями.
Текст взят из официального 2-го исправленного издания 2001 г. Переводчики: Елена Нейлор (гл. редактор), Вадим Номоконов, Шамиль Фаттахов, Владимир Чупин. При работе использовались переводы Михаила Родионова, Елены Грузковой, Александра Туманского. See also English original.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)

Китаб-и-Иган: Книга Несомненности ("Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude") - Bahá'u'lláh («Единение», 2000)
Вторая по важности книга Бахауллы после Китаб-и-Агдас, книги Его Законов. Посвящена толкованию Библии и Корана в отношении содержащихся в них пророчеств о грядущем Богоявлении.
Перевод осуществлялся коллегиально, при участии Родионова, Елены Нейлор, Юлия Иоаннесиана, Вадима Номоконова и Владимира Чупина. Текст скопирован в MS Word из оригинального файла PageMaker от Издательства «Единение», затем сохранён в виде простого текста в кодировке UTF-8. Таким образом, ударения в словах должны сохраниться. Данный текст не содержит транслитерации, поскольку она была введена позже. See also English original.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)

Комментарии к Пространной обязательной молитве ("Commentary on the Long Obligatory Prayer") - Washington,Bill (1996)
Комментарий к Пространной обязательной молитве Бахауллы
Translation of Some Passing Comments on the Long Obligatory Prayer of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Prayer

Крупицы из Писаний ("Gleanings from the Writings") - Bahá'u'lláh (ЦРО «Община последователей веры бахаи в России», 2009)
Отрывки из различных произведений Бахауллы, собранные и переведённые на английский Шоги Эффенди, Хранителем Веры Бахаи.
Писания Бахауллы, Основателя Веры Бахаи (1817-1892), переведены более чем на 800 языков мира. Он оставил людям более ста Скрижалей, в которых подробно изложено Его Учение и передана воля Божья для человечества на новом этапе его исторического развития. В 90-х годах XIX века в России были опубликованы оригинальные тексты Бахауллы; русский стал первым европейским языком, на который были переведены Его Писания. Эти крупицы из важнейших Писаний Бахауллы дают ключ к пониманию Его Учения, согласно которому «все религии рассматриваются не иначе, как последовательные этапы вечной и непрерывной эволюции единой религии, Божественной и неделимой, и Откровение Бахаи составляет одну из ступеней этого процесса».
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

Лаух-и Афлакийе (Скрижаль селенной) ("Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe)") - Abdul-Bahá (Makátib-i 'Abdu'l-Bahá)
Первоначально эта Скрижаль была опубликована в издании «Макатиб-и-Абдул-Баха», т. 1, стр 13-32. Предварительный перевод на английский выполнен анонимным переводчиком. Предварительный перевод на русский: Владимир Чупин.
Посвящена принципам научного исследования. Приводятся примеры научного и ненаучного подхода в прошлых эпохах (астрономические теории Птолемея и Коперника, а также попытки толкования космологических утверждений из Корана). Включает краткий обзор современных космологических теорий (например, утверждение о существовании у каждой звезды планет и постулат о ненулевой энергии вакуума). В конце Скрижали явлена молитва, которую надлежит читать учёным при проведении своих исследований. See also English original.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of the Universe); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

'о имя улучшения мира': Подход мирового сообщества Бахаи к социально-экономическому развитию ("'For the betterment of the world': The Bahá'í World Community's Approach to Socioeconomic Development") - Office of Social and Economic Development
Несмотря на десятилетия серьезных усилий и огромные финансовые вложения, не появилось ни одной ясной стратегии развития, но лишь общее чувство отчаяния от неудач в достижении высоких целей развития.
Подготовлено Офисом Социального и Экономического Развития, Международное Сообщество Бахаи. See also English original.
Keywords: Social action; Social and economic development

Об изменении климата и доверии к науке ("On climate change and trust in science") - Universal House of Justice (2017)
Всемирный Дом Справедливости обсуждает вопрос изменения климата и затрагивает более общие темы доверия к науке, важности избегания крайностей в дискуссиях, совещания бахаи и действий в связи с глобальными проблемами, стоящими перед человечеством.
See original at bahai-library.com/uhj_anthropogenic_climate_change.
Keywords: Activism; Climate change; Environment; Politics; Public discourse (discourses of society)

Прежняя версия библиотеки ("Previous Version of the Library") - Various (1999)
Эта коллекция была составлена ​​12 лет назад, в 1999 году, и с тех пор не обновлялась. Original Russian page at the Bahá'í Library Online, from 1999.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online; Russia

Религии мира о гомосексуализме: обзор учений Индуизма, Иудаизма, Буддизма, Зороастризма, Сикхизма, Христианства, Ислама, Веры бахаи ("World Religions on Homosexuality: A Review of the Teachings of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Christianity, Islam, and the Baha'i Faith") - Fatkulov,Ilyas (2012)
Краткий обзор точек зрения мировых религий на гомосексуальные отношения.
Цитаты из авторитетных источников бахаи по данной теме вы можете найти в блоге бахаи России.
Keywords: Homosexuality; LGBTQ

Сокровенные Слова ("Hidden Words") - Bahá'u'lláh («Единение», 2000)
Одна из первых книг Бахауллы. В ней подводятся итоги прежних Законоцарствий и сводятся воедино вечные духовные заповеди, данные Богом на ранних стадиях развития человечества.
Текст взят из издания 2000 г., из исходного файла PageMaker.
Keywords: Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words)

Шаги в сторону экономической модели бахаи ("Шаги в сторону экономической модели бахаи") - Dahl,Gregory C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
Светлые идеалы бесплодны, если их обладатели сидят, сложа руки. Вместе с тем, практические действия вполне могут оказаться тщетными, если за ними не стоят светлые идеалы. Нужен баланс и трезвая обратная связь между целями и поступками.
Первоначальный вариант это статьи был опубликован в издании Bahá'í Studies Notebook под названием "Towards an Ever-Advancing Civilization", 3.3/4 (1984): 39-52. Данный перевод опирается на версию публикации, появившуюся в «Журнале исследований бахаи», т. 4. № 3.
Keywords: Economics

آيات الهی جلد دوم گلچينی از آثار حضرت بهاءاللّه ٦ ﻧﻮﺍﻣﺒﺮ ("Verses of God vol 2, Selections from Writings of Baha'u'llah for November 6"): Ayate Elahi - Jelde Dovom: Golchini az Asare Hazrate Baha'u'llah baraye November 6 - Bahá'u'lláh (2024)
English translation of passage on recognizing and knowing the Manifestation of God, from Persian Daily Readings for 3/13 BE, or Nov. 6.
The translated passage is part of the Persian daily readings booklet published by the Baha'i Publishing Trust of Germany in 153 BE or 1996 CE, under authority of the National Committee for Baha'i Writing in Persian and Arabic languages. Also available in Microsoft Word format.

اذکار المقربین: جلد اوّل (مجموعۀ مناجاتهایحضرت بهاءهللا) ("Remembrances of the Near Ones: vol. 1 (Collected Prayers of Baháʼu'lláh)"): Adhkáru'l-Muqarrabín - Ishráq-Khávarí,Abdu'l-Hamid, compiler (National Council of Bahá’í Publishing (of Iran), 1953)
This three-volume compilation features a collection of prayers in Arabic (with diacritics) and Persian from Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdul-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, totaling some 163 prayers across 375 pages. Compiled by Ishraq Khavari in the 1950s.
See also Ishraq-Khavari's essay Writings of Baha'u'llah. Muqarrabín, المقربین, means "near ones" in the sense of close to God, or favored.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Compilations; Prayer; Prayer texts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari

اذکار المقربین: جلددوم (مجموعۀ مناجاتهایحضرتعبدالبهاء) ("Remembrances of the Near Ones: vol. 2 (Collected Prayers of `Abdu'l-Baha)"): Adhkáru'l-Muqarrabín - Ishráq-Khávarí,Abdu'l-Hamid, compiler (National Council of Bahá’í Publishing (of Iran), 1959)
This three-volume compilation features a collection of prayers in Arabic (with diacritics) and Persian from Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdul-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, totaling some 163 prayers across 375 pages. Compiled by Ishraq Khavari in the 1950s.
See also Ishraq-Khavari's essay Writings of Baha'u'llah. Muqarrabín, المقربین, means "near ones" in the sense of close to God, or favored.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Compilations; Prayer; Prayer texts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari

اسرار الآثار ("Secrets of the (Bahá'í) Writings"): Asráru'l-Áthár - Mazandarani,Asadu'llah Fadil, compiler (1968)
The first large-scale attempt to define Bahá'í theology; the volumes, written ca. 1955, are essentially a dictionary of terms that appear in the Bahá'í writings or stem from other religious traditions that bear some relevance to the Bahá'í Faith.
Documents first online at h-net.org, later hand-typed and proofread by Adel Shafipour et al. for posting here. Some background is given in Introduction to the Bahá'í Religiolect (A. Masumian, 2015). See also تاريخ ظُهور الحق (Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq).
Keywords: Bahá'í history; Bábí history; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani

امر بهائی و هنر ("The Bahá'í Faith and Art"): Amr-e Bahai va Honar - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2007)
Persian translation of Compilation on the Arts.
Keywords: Arts and crafts

اندیشه های من در شب چهارم نوامبر ("My Thoughts on the Evening of November 4"): Andishehaye man dar shab chaharom novambr - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (2015)
Persian translation of Faizi's "Three Meditations on the Eve of November Fourth."
See English original.
Keywords: 1957; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of

ای مشتاق ملکوت ابهی - لوحی از آثار حضرت عبدالبھاء ("O thou zealous seeker of the Abha Kingdom: A Tablet by Abdu'l-Baha"): Ay moshtagh malakot Abhá - Lawh az athár hadrat 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (2024)
Text of a tablet to Agha Seyed Hamzeh, taken from a prayer book which does not include the opening part about the name and address of the recipient.
Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Falcons; Heart; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

به سوی یک جامعه مشترک المنافع در اتحادیه جهانی بهائی از دیدگاه حضرت ولی امرالله ("Towards a Bahá'í World Commonwealth from the Guardian's Perspective"): Bih Súy-i-Yik Jámi'iy-i-Mushtaraku'l-Manáfi' dar Ittiḥádíyyiy-i-Jaháníy-i-Bahá'í az Dídgáh-i-Ḥaḍrat-i-Valíyy-i-Amru'lláh - Badee,Hooshmand (Khúshih-Há'í Az Kharman-i-Adab va Honar, 2013)
See bahai-library.com/kharman_adab_honar_17.
Keywords: Economics

تاريخ امرئی بهايی روشنکوه ("History of the Bahá'í Faith in Roshankoh") - Shafipour,Adel (2022)
History of the Faith in an Iranian town, known recently for the destruction of Bahá'í homes in August 2021.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also another version of this article. See also wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowshan_Kuh; articles about the 2022 persecutions can be found in Google News.
Keywords: 2021; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Rowshan Kúh, Iran

تاريخ امریی روشنکوه ("History of the Faith in Rowshan Kuh"): Tarikh-i-Amri Rowshan-Kuh - Shafipour,Adel (Payam-i-Bahá'í, 2022)
History of recent persecutions of the Faith in an Iranian town.
See also another version of this article. See also Wikipedia.
Keywords: 2021; Iran (documents); Iran, Bahá'í history; Rowshan Kúh, Iran

تاريخ ديانت بهائى در خراسان ("The History of the Bahá'í Faith in Khorasan"): Táríkh-e Diyánat-e Bahá'í dar Khorásán - Bushru'i,Hasan Fuadi (1931)
History of the Bahá'í Faith in Khorasan is considered one of the most important early histories of the Bahá'í community in Iran. Though written in 1931, it wasn't actually published until 2007. This online version is its second edition (2022).
Keywords: 19th century; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Iran (documents); Khurásán, Iran