Socrates - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Prepared and submitted by Ralph Wagner, who explains: "This is a message from the Research Dept. to an unidentified addressee, of which I was provided a copy. I was sent both an email version and a paper version, and I constructed an HTML version incorporating the formatting in the paper version and links to the footnotes and sources. The section numbering begins at 2 because another question was asked on which the Research Dept. had no information, so that part of the communication was not worth posting." Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Socrates

Socrates in History and the Bahá'í Writings - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Historical facts known about Socrates, some of the difficulties inherent in endeavouring to unravel the historical Socrates, and quotations from the Bahá'í Writings.
This is a message from the Research Dept. to an unidentified addressee, of which I was provided a copy. I was sent both an email version and a paper version, and I constructed an HTML version incorporating the formatting in the paper version and hypertext links to the footnotes and sources. The section numbering begins at 2 because another question was asked on which the Research Dept. had no information, so that part of the communication was not worth posting. [-R.W., 1998]
Keywords: Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Research Department, Questions and answers; Socrates

Socrates'/Plato's Use of Rhetoric: A Bahá'í Perspective - Breneman,Bret (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1991)
Classical rhetoric continues to increase our understanding of human utterance and expression; the figure of Socrates in Plato’s dialogues models a rhetorical mutuality, a 'pedagogical' rhetoric which demonstrates how refined speech is morally nurturing.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Plato; Rhetoric; Socrates

Sohrab Arjmand (1935-2019) - Anonymous (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
Arjmand was an Iranian Bahá'í who settled in California and was active in the Irfan Colloquia.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/lights20_sohrab-arjmand.
Keywords: 1935; 2019; Biography; Irfán Colloquia

Soil in the Bahá'í Faith - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1998)
Extracts on soil in the Bahá'í Writings and Bahá'í attitudes to nature.
Presented at Klingenthal III: Sol, Cultures, and Spiritualités. Klingenthal, France, 6-10 May 1998, Geneva Switzerland. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl98a.htm.
Keywords: Earth; Environment; Metaphors and allegories; Nature; Soil; Spirituality

Solace of the Heart: selected poems - Mputle,Peter (2015)
30 contemporary poems on spirituality, inspired by the Seven Valleys and "troubles of the affairs of mortal nature."
Keywords: Poetry

Solidarity with the Poor - Baum,Gregory (The Lab, the Temple, and the Market, 2000)
Roman-Catholic ideas of development; the World Bank and religion; social-science research and secularism; papal encyclicals concerning development.
Mirrored from idrc.ca, where it is also available in HTML format. The complete book is also available for free at Google books.

Some Answered Questions - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í World Centre, 2014)
'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney; first published in 1908, the new 2014 edition has been extensively retranslated.
See also: The complete authorized version of this book (with foreword, preface, and notes) at Bahá'í Reference Library (also in PDF and Word), and see another Word version prepared by M. Thomas (2023). The original translation from 1908 (with updates in later editions). A PDF [220 pages, 1.8MB] (or Word document) of both translations side-by-side (prepared by Adib Masumian) Persion version: Mufáviḍát-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this book here.
Keywords: 1260; 1335 days; 1844; 2300 days; Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Adam and Eve; Animals; Astrology; Baptism; Bible; Blasphemy; Book of Revelation (Bible); Bread; Children; Christianity; Crime; Cross-reference; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Day-year principle; Decline and renewal of religion; Devil (Satan); Dreams and visions; Ethics; Eucharist; Evil; Evolution; Faith and works; Fate, destiny and predestination; Free will; God; God, Kingdom of; Health and healing; Holy Spirit; Holy of Holies; Human nature; Humanity; Infallibility; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Isaiah (Bible); Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Justice; Kingdoms, Physical; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Knowledge; Lesser Prophets; Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Mind; Mind, spirit, soul; Miracles; Nature; Pantheism and panentheism; Papacy; Perfection; Peter (Apostle); Philosophy; Pole Star; Pre-existence; Proofs; Prophecies; Prophets; Psychic powers; Questions and answers; Quotations from the Bible; Reality of things; Reincarnation; Resurrection; Return; Roundness of the Earth; Sin; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul; Spirit (general); Spring; Stars; Strikes; Suffering; Symbolism; Translation; Translation, Parallel; Tree of Life; Trinity; Twenty-four elders (prophecy); Twin duties; Unity of existence (vaḥdatu’l-vujúd); Universe; Wine (metaphor); Words and phrases; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Some Answered Questions - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990)
'Table talks' given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney; first published in 1908.
See also the new translation (2014). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this book here.
Keywords: Abdu'l-Bahá, Table talks; Laura Clifford Barney; Some Answered Questions (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

"Some Answered Questions" and Its Compiler - Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
Overview of the life of Laura Clifford Barney and her role in assembling and publishing the book Some Answered Questions, and a comparison with the appendix to the Kitab-i-Aqdas called Questions & Answers.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/ma'ani_saq.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laura Clifford Barney; Questions and answers; Some Answered Questions (book); Su'al va Javab (Questions and Answers, Kitáb-i-Aqdas); Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín (Mullá Zaynul-ʻÁbidín)

Some Answered Questions: A Philosophical Perspective - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
Philosophical foundations of the Bahá’í teachings, including ontology, theology, epistemology, philosophical anthropology and psychology, and personal and social ethics.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #86, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 9-12, 2008). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/86/kluge_philosophical. See also a collection of quotations from Some Answered Questions extracted from this article, using the revised 2014 SAQ edition.
Keywords: Causality (causation); Ethics; Evolution; Free will; God; Human nature; Humanity; Infallibility; Irfán Colloquia; Knowledge; Life after death (afterlife); Manifestations of God; Mind; Neoplatonism; Ontology; Pantheism and panentheism; Philosophers; Philosophy; Philosophy, Greek; Philosophy, Islamic; Proofs; Science; Some Answered Questions (book); Soul

Some Answered Questions: An Introduction to Bahá'í Teachings - Oliveira,Marco (2020)
Background of this book and Laura Clifford Barney, and overview of its themes.
Mirrored with permission from wilmetteinstitute.org/diversity-of-themes-an-imperishable-book.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Laura Clifford Barney; Philosophy; Some Answered Questions (book)

Some Answered Questions: Study Guide - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
Detailed study guide to "Table talks" given by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá in ‘Akká between 1904 and 1906 in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also original book.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Some Answered Questions (book)

Some Answered Questions: Study Outline - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2002)
Feedback on this outline can be submitted at http://bahai9.com/wiki/Some_Answered_Questions. Files generated with "NoteTaker 2003 1.5.4" for the Macintosh--not yet capable of exporting xml files with HMTL links added.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Outlines and summaries; Philosophy; Questions and answers; Some Answered Questions (book); Study guides

Some Aspects of Bahá'í Ethics - Schaefer,Udo (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2006)
Summary of concepts from Schaefer's book Bahá'í Ethics in the Light of Scripture.
The 20th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture. Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/132.
Keywords: Ethics; Udo Schaefer

Some Aspects of Bahá'í Scholarship - Khan,Peter J. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
Four ideas that characterize Bahá’í scholarship: the central position of the Word in the acquisition of knowledge; the interconnected Bahá’í model of the world; progressive nature of Bahá’í law; organic relationship of scholarship and the Covenant.
See also a different version of this article delivered as a talk. Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/9.
Keywords: Scholarship

Some Aspects of Bahá'í Scholarship - Khan,Peter J. (1999)
Transcript of a talk presented at the Bahá'í World Centre on October 15 1999. See also a different version of this talk published as an article. Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca.
Keywords: Bahá'í scholarship; Scholarship

Some Aspects of Isrá'íliyyát and the Emergence of the Bábí-Bahá'í Interpretation of the Bible - Lambden,Stephen (2002)
Islamic "Israelitica" literary traditions, the Bible, and their relationship to the Bábí and Bahá'í religions. Includes discussion of the Greatest Name, Ism Alláh al-A'zam.
Thesis for PhD in Religious Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Mirrored with permission from scribd.com. Also online at theses.ncl.ac.uk/jspui/handle/10443/203.
Keywords: Bible; Báb, Speech to the Letters of the Living; Christianity; Dawn-Breakers (book); Greatest Name; Interpretation; Islam; Manifestations of God; Seal of the Prophets; Shaykhism

Some Aspects of the Development of the Bahá'í Administrative Order in America, 1922-1936 - Bramson-Lerche,Loni (Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History, 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.
Includes bibliographies for all articles in this book, at end (p. 301). See the complete book as a proofread Word document, prepared by Mike Thomas (2014).
Keywords: 1920s; 1922; 1936; Administrative Order; Alfred Lunt; Conventions; Horace Holley; National Spiritual Assemblies; United States (documents)

Some Aspects of the History of the Bahá'í Faith in Switzerland - Vader,John Paul (2009)
Switzerland was among the first countries opened to the Bahá’i religion. This paper describes the connections between the Bahá’i Faith and Switzerland and a selection of episodes in the early history of the development of the community there.
Lecture hosted by the Ezri Center for Iran & Persian Gulf Studies, October 27, 2009. Mirrored from gulfc.haifa.ac.il.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Switzerland

Some Babi Martyrs - Walbridge,John (Essays and Notes on Babi and Baha'i History, 2002)
Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, and others.
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. Included in author's compilation Essays and Notes on Bábí and Bahá'í History. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: 1840s; 1850s; Biography; Iran (documents); Martyrs; Persecution; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution, Iran; Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak; Seven martyrs of Tihran; Tehran, Iran

Some Bahá'í and Shaykhí Interpretations of 'the Mystery of Reversal' - MacEoin,Denis (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1982)
Prophecies about the appearance of the Qa'im and the significance of certain letters and numbers within a cipher described in an Islamic text.
Link to document at hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/journals/bsb.
Keywords: 1844; Greatest Name; Hurqalya (imaginal realm); Jabulqa and Jabulsa; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lawh-i-Qina (Tablet of the Veil); Reversal, Mystery of (Shaykhism, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Lawh-i-Qina); Shaykhism

Some Bahá'í Perspectives on Spiritual and Moral Education - Vickers,Stephen (Associate, 1995)
The Bahá'í Faith, like any other religion, contains insights which can be valuable for those in the educational world who are striving to make moral and spiritual education a reality; "light is good in whatsoever lamp it shines."
Paper prepared for the Roehampton Conference on Education, Spirituality and the Whole Child, July 1994. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk.

Some Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá'u'lláh - Terry,Peter (Lights of Irfan, 2000)
An attempt to discover the antecedents of Bahá’u’lláh's distinctive chronology of ancient associations between Greek philosophers and Judean kings. Do Bahá’í historians have to critically re-examine the accepted Western accounts?
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #24, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October 8-12, 1999). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/24/terry_hikmat. See also Problems of Chronology in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Wisdom (J. Cole 1979), Tablet of Wisdom Questions and Answers ('Abdu'l-Bahá 1906), Miscellaneous philosophy topics (J. Walbridge 2002), Letters Written on Behalf of the Guardian (Universal House of Justice 2007), and Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat (A. Egea 2009).
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Philosophers; Philosophers; Philosophy

Some Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas - McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1995)
Gender distinctions in the Bahá'í inheritance laws might at first glance seem to favor male heirs, but the laws actually create a symmetrical equality.
See also an earlier version of this paper delivered as a talk, Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas.
Keywords: Equality; Gender; Inheritance; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Women

Some Early Believers in the West - Shahrokh,Grace (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Stories of Thornton Chase, John David Bosch, Lua Moore Getsinger, May Ellis Bolles Maxwell, William Sutherland Maxwell, Thomas Breakwell, John Ebenezer Esslemont, George Townshend, and Horace Hotchkiss Holley.
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: 20th century; Biography; Canada; George Townshend; Horace Holley; John Bosch; John Esslemont; Lua Getsinger; May Maxwell; Thomas Breakwell; Thornton Chase; United Kingdom; United States (documents); William Sutherland Maxwell

Some Footnotes to Baha'i Studies and its Methodology - Schaefer,Udo (2000)
Debate over the nature of 'Bahá'í scholarship'; the problem of anti-intellectualism; the purpose of Baha’i Studies; the needed qualities of scholars, mutual respect, and community tolerance.
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com/articles/english.html, which says this paper was "presented at a conference in Acuto, Italy" in 2000. [Note: while the Irfan Colloquia have annual conferences in Acuto, I have no record of this presentation; the 2000 conference in Italy was in Persian only, see irfancolloquia.org/calendar. -J.W.]
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Udo Schaefer

Some Images of a 'New Creation' in Twentieth-Century Art - Badiee,Julie (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
A look at the works of some 20th-century artists to show that, whether they were aware of the Baha’i revelation or not, many of these artists have been compelled to express the quiet, yet unmistakable theme of a "new creation."
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive. See also original scan.
Keywords: 20th century; Arts and crafts; Modern art; Painting

Some Insights from the First Century of the Formative Age - Lample,Paul (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2013)
On the Covenant from a historical perspective; authority and powers of the UHJ; learning within an evolving framework for action; organic growth and development; relationships among individuals, communities, and institutions; and society-building power.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/157.
Keywords: 20th century; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Formative Age; Paul Lample; Time

Some Interpretive Principles in the Bahá'í Writings - Fananapazir,Khazeh; Fazel,Seena; McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1992)
Aspects of hermeneutics and authorized interpretation.
Article "Some Interpretive Principles" is by Fananapazir and Fazel. Commentary is by Sen McGlinn, from BSR 7 (1997), at end.
Keywords: Context, Taking verses out of; Contradictions; Criticism and apologetics; Hermeneutics; Interpretation

Some Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Bible - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, compiler (Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, 1963)
Compilation by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa
First published (as a book) in Africa in 1963, reprinted in India in 1988. Also available as a Microsoft Word document. See also Some Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an.
Keywords: Baptism; Bible; Christianity; Communion; False prophets; Jesus Christ; Progressive revelation; Proofs; Prophecies; Quotations from the Bible; Return; Truth

Some Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, compiler (NSA of the Bahá'ís of the UK, 2000)
Compilation by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa
See also Some Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Bible.
Keywords: Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Finality; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Laws; Manifestations of God; Proofs; Prophecies; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Seal of the Prophets; Trumpet blasts (prophecy); Truth

Some Notes on Feminist Theory - Day,Mary (1997)
Implications of feminism for Bahá'í thinking.

Some Notes on The Báb - Stockman,Robert (1998)
Brief overview of sources on the Bábí period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
Prepared for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: 1840s; Biography; Báb, Declaration of; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, Pilgrimage of; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Chronology and timelines; Introductory

Some Old Charges for a New Religion - Maneck,Susan (2009)
The background and significance of the fantastic charges made against Bahá’ís in Iran and elsewhere where Bahá’ís face severe persecution (a foreign conspiracy to destroy the unity of Islam; sexual promiscuity, etc.) in the context of other ‘heresies'.
This post was one of only two made to Maneck's "A Bahá'í Perspective of Islam" blog. Select comments, with Maneck's responses, have been included. Mirrored with permission from bahai-islam.blogspot.com/2009/01/some-old-charges-for-new-religion.html.
Keywords: Conspiracy theories; Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Islam; Opposition; Persecution; Persecution, Iran

Some Passing Comments on the Long Obligatory Prayer of Bahá'u'lláh - Washington,Bill (Bahá'í Studies in Australasia vol. 3, 1996)
The purpose of prayer to "cast out" from within our heart our attachment to the things of this material world. A detailed description of the Long Obligatory Prayer.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Prayer

Some Poems in Latter Days - McLean,Jack (n.p., 2022)
Poems written 2009-2022 on themes from incidents in everyday life, eulogies to friends who have passed and others still living, metaphysical poems inspired by the spiritual quest, and the many faces of love.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Poetry

Some Prayers and Tablets from the Báb - Báb, The (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.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Prayer texts

Some Prayers by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (2025)
Five prayers or tablets: for forgiveness, for guidance, and for spiritual qualities.
See also the translator's Some Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Prayer texts

Some Prayers by Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (2024)
A prayer for aid and assistance, and a prayer for spiritual qualities.
See also the translator's Some Prayers by Abdu'l-Bahá.
Keywords: Prayer texts

Some Reflections on Bahá'í Approaches to Social Change - Danesh,Roshan; Musta,Lex (Juxta Publishing Co., 2012)
The Bahá’í writings foresee social change happening both through engagement in society at large and through the work of building patterns and structures within Bahá’í community life. There should be less emphasis on limiting political participation.
From the series "Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights"; see also Volume 1. Mirrored with permission from, and HTML version available at, perspectives.juxta.com.
Keywords: Social action; Social change; Unity

Some Reflections on "Questions" and Bahá'í Studies - Weinberg,Matthew (2005)
Address to the "Ascending Heights of Excellence: Scholarship, Service and Social Action Young Adults Scholarship Conference," Skokie Illinois, April 1-3 2005. Mirrored with permission from bahai-studies.ca/StudentConferences.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; Questions and answers

Some Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith - Danesh,Roshan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2014)
The concept of law in the Bahá’í Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language and discourse in Bahá’u’lláh’s writings. Religious law, rooted in conscious knowledge and the dynamics of love, rejects rigid and legalistic rules.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Cleanliness; Gradual implementation of laws; Imitation; Intellect; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Laws; Love; Obedience; Obligatory prayer; Prayer; Priesthood; Purpose of life; Questions and answers; Refinement; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Shia Islam (Shiism); Wine (metaphor); Words and phrases

Some Reflections on the Different Meanings of the Word Báb - Danesh,Amelia (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
While Bahá'ís associate the Arabic word báb with Sayyid ‘Ali-Muhammad, to Muslims it has several other meanings, resulting in different interpretations of events and figures in Bahá'í history by scholars approaching it from an Islamic perspective.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/ .
Keywords: Báb (Gate); Islam; Words and phrases

Some Reflections on the Principle of Unity/Oneness - Badee,Hooshmand (Lights of Irfan, 2018)
Reflections on the message of Bahá'u'lláh creating the oneness of humanity and a global society that is based on unity and love rather than factors such as economic and political gains.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/badee_reflections.
Keywords: Covenant; Independent investigation of truth; Marriage; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Nineteen Day Feast; Pioneering; Politics; Promise of World Peace (statement); Travel Teaching; Unity

Some Sort of Foreigner - White,Roger (The Witness of Pebbles, 1981)
Fictional dramatization of an encounter with Abdu'l-Bahá in 1911, and reflections on "this business of religion."
Posted with permission of current copyright holder. Also available in Microsoft Word format. Read about this book at bahaipedia.org, goodreads.com, or books.google.com.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Plays; Roger White; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Some Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh Revealed for His Female Relatives - Norozi,Mohammad, compiler and editor (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.
Also available in original PowerPoint format.
Keywords: Khadijih Khanum; Sarih Khanum; Women

Some Themes and Images in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Nakhjavani,Bahiyyih (Baha'i World, 1976)
Exploring the relationship between the Creative Word, particularly its expression in language, and the journey of the human soul to its Creator.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org in the series The Revelations of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb.
Keywords: Angels; Archetypes; Bahá'u'lláh, Revelation of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Báb (Gate); Deeds; Dust (earth); God; God, Nearness to; God, Word of; Humility; Huruf (letters); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Language; Manifestations of God; Meditation; Metaphors and allegories; Mysticism; Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Paradise; Pilgrimage; Poetry; Point; Powerlessness; Prayer; Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Spirituality

Some Thoughts about Scholarship and Learning in a Far-from-Equilibrium State - Birkland,Stephen (2003)
Presented at the 27th ABS Annual Conference "Religion and Community in a Time of Crisis," San Francisco, CA, August 29 - September 1 2003. Mirrored with permission from www.bahai-studies.ca/proceedings. Author affiliation: Continental Counsellor
Keywords: Scholarship; Stephen Birkland

Some Thoughts on Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Christians - Dainty,Don (White Mountain Publications, 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.
Keywords: East and West; Lawh-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Tablet); Mount Carmel; Prophecies; Symbolism

Some Thoughts on Marriage - Ruhe,Margaret (Kalimat Press, 1982)
An essay on various aspects of Bahá'í marriage.
This essay was published as a 13-page pamphlet by Kalimat Press.
Keywords: Kalimat Press; Marriage

Some Thoughts on the Establishment of a Permanent Bahá'í Studies Center and Research Institute - Lambden,Stephen (dialogue magazine, 1988)
Present state and future possibilities of Bahá'í studies and academic curricula, and answers to various objections. Includes short compilation on the importance of scholarship.
Article originally published in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin 3:3 (September 1985). See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Research; Scholarship

Some Thoughts on the Lesser Peace - Nakhjavani,Ali (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.
See also the author's The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace. Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by M. Thomas (2024).
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Contradictions; Government; Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace

Some Thoughts on the Ministry of the Universal House of Justice - Nakhjavani,Ali (Lights of Irfan, 2009)
The position and responsibilities of the Universal House of Justice, particularly in the absence of a Guardian.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/nakhjavani_ministry.
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Irfán Colloquia; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)

Some Thoughts on the Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh and the Rise of Globalism - van Es,Rose (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
Global thinking is replacing traditional nationalist ideologies; changes necessary for a shift to an ecologically centered ideology; merits of the Bahá’í Faith’s teachings in light of a global transformation to a world-centered mindset.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive. See also original scan.
Keywords: Environment; Globalization

Something New in Iran - Hoare,J. N. (Church Missionary Society, 1937)
Brief (negative) reference to the Bahá'ís by a Christian missionary in Iran.
Mirrored from anglicanhistory.org/me/ir/hoare1937.
Keywords: Church Missionary Society; Mentions

Something Regal: Uncle Fred Murray Extracts from a compilation of tributes, photographs and stories - Perkins,June (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2000)
Stories about and pictures of Fred Murray, an early Indigenous Baha’i.
See also the rest of this issue. See also more history on the author's blog, including this page.
Keywords: 20th century; Aboriginal people; Australia; Biography; Fred Murray; Indigenous people; Photographs; Stories

Songs for the Phoenix, by Michael Fitzgerald: Review - Perry,Anne Gordon (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Also online at journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/325.

Songs of the Spirit: A Collection of Poems Written during the Fast 2003 and 2004 - Staudt,Dawn (Solas, 2004)
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 4. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: 2003; 2004; Fasting; Poetry

Soul, Life of the: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Keywords: Introductory; Life after death (afterlife); Philosophy; Soul

Sourate de la Patience (Tablette de Job) - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
Tablette de Bahá’u’lláh, Traduction française provisoire.
Keywords: Surih-i-Sabr or Lawh-i-Ayyub (Tablet of Patience or Tablet of Job)

Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, by Denis MacEoin: Some Notes - Gonzales,Grover (2022)
Keywords: Archives; Azali Bábís; Bábísm; Manuscripts

Sources for Early Babi Doctrine and History, The: A Survey, by Denis MacEoin: Review - Walbridge,John (Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1993)

Sources for studying the life and writings of Abdu'l-Baha: A topical bibliography - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1999)
Now outdated bibliography; retained for historical interest.
Compiled for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: Biography; Introductory; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Sources of Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Rafati,Vahid; MacEoin,Denis; Izadinia,Faruq (1997)
List of the original Tablets excerpted by Shoghi Effendi in compiling Gleanings.
Peter Terry also has a version of this in Excel spreadsheet format, and see also a Persian version.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Cross-reference; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Identifying recipients of Tablets

Sow the Seeds of My Divine Wisdom in the Pure Soil of Thy Heart: Towards Coordinating Langs' Communicative Approach of Psychoanalysis with the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
On correlating the contemporary world and the Bahá’í Revelation through the psychoanalysis of Robert Langs, who postulated that "divine wisdom" lies inherent deep within the human unconscious mind.
Mirrored with permission from http://irfancolloquia.org/u/klebel_psychoanalysis.
Keywords: Psychology

Space: The Final Frontier?: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1997)
Bahá'í perspective on extraterrestrial life, technological progress, and spiritual development
Keywords: Extraterrestrial life; God, Worlds of; Technology

Spatial Strategies for Racial Unity - Thomas,June Manning (Baha'i World, 2020)
On the nature and approaches of Bahá’í educational programs and community building efforts which seek, in the context of neighborhoods and villages, to raise capacity for service to humanity.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org, where this article is also available as HTML. Portions of this paper were previously published in “Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Visions and Possible Strategies" (2017).
Keywords: Clusters; Cultural diversity; Institute process; Minorities; Plans; Prejudice; Race; Race unity; Racism; Social action; Social and economic development; United States (documents); Us and them

Speaking in Edinburgh - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1981)
Address at Edinburgh Bahá'í Centre. Includes discussion of Shoghi Effendi in Scotland and the eagle and pillar at his resting place.
Audio first digitized from cassette and saved in wma format by David Merrick, 2011. Includes Merrick's transcript of the section about Shoghi Effendi in Edinburgh and the eagle over his grave; see paintdrawer.co.uk/david/. Later converted to mp3 format and posted at bahaimp3.narod.ru. See also a partial transcript, formatted, at Eagle and Pillar over Shoghi Effendi's resting place, and his visits to Scotland, and a full transcript at bahai.works/Transcript:Ruhiyyih_Khanum/Speech_in_Edinburgh.
Keywords: 20th century; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Biography; Birds; Distraction; Eagles; Edinburgh, Scotland; London, England; Metaphors and allegories; Science; Scotland; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Resting place of (London); United Kingdom; Youth

Special Report on Baha'i Burial vs. Maori Custom - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of New Zealand (1989)
Special report about reconciling Bahá'í burial laws with local maori customs where they conflict; includes guidance from the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Burial (funeral); Change; Conflict resolution; Crisis; Cultural diversity; Indigenous people; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Maori people; New Zealand; Obedience; Opposition; Questions and answers; Transformation; Unity

Spirit of Service: Bahá'ís and Development - McCallough,Lawrence
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org. Part 2 has not been saved at archive.org mp3s.

Spiritual Assembly - Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2017)
Online at britannica.com/topic/spiritual-assembly.
Keywords: Spiritual Assemblies

Spiritual Assembly (Mahfel-i-Ruháni) - 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/mahfel-e-ruhani.
Keywords: Spiritual Assemblies

Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran - Corbin,Henry (Princeton University Press, 1977)
An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body identity. Includes descriptions of cosmologies in Zoroastrian, Shi'i Islamic and Shaykhi philosophies.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Alam-i-Mithal (World of images); Alchemy; Angels; Cosmology; Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad); God, Worlds of; Henry Corbin; Holy Spirit; Hurqalya (imaginal realm); Intermediary realm; Iran (documents); Jinn (genie); Life after death (afterlife); Philosophy; Philosophy, Islamic; Philosophy, Shaykhi; Philosophy, Zoroastrian; Resurrection; Reward and punishment; Shaykhism; Shia Islam (Shiism); Sophia (wisdom); Soul; Symbolism; Zoroastrianism

Spiritual Citizenship: Putting Faith into Practice - McClelland,Robert, compiler (2017)
Lengthy compilation on promoting the betterment of the world, addressing cruelty and negativity, avoiding harmful actions, acquiring and promoting knowledge, work, and acquiring virtues.
Keywords: Action; Deeds; Ethics; Living the life; Virtues

Spiritual Conquest of the Planet - Lample,Paul (2007)
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. No information is given about the context of the lecture, might be part of the "Serving the Divine Plan" program; if you know, please contact us.

Spiritual Cosmopolitanism, Transnational Migration, and the Bahá'í Faith - Miron,Layli Maria (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2020)
Spiritual cosmopolitanism — how people can be persuaded to extend feelings of kinship beyond their own ethnic or national groups — and its principles of universal love and harmony is a key to borderless solidarity.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/1. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Cosmopolitanism; Diaspora, Persian; Migration; Refugees

Spiritual Dimensions of Health Science - Danesh,Hossain
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Health and healing

Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainable Development - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1996)
The many meanings of "development" and their spiritual aspects.
Presented at the workshop on Sustainable Development and International Cooperation, Bucharest Romania, 22-23 March 1996 Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl96a.htm.
Keywords: Spirituality; Sustainable development

Spiritual Education of Children (in Russian and English) - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Fireside talk given in English, with Russian translation.
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: Education

Spiritual Footprints in the Sands of Time - Brogan,Kevin (Solas, 2003)
The covenantal relationship between God and humankind; the lives of the founders of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, and Buddhism; the societies in which these religions developed; and some of their common features.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 3. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Covenant; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Progressive revelation; Unity of religion; Zoroastrianism

Spiritual Foundations for an Ecologically Sustainable Society - White,Robert A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
The basic attitudes to Nature contained within the Bahá’í writings; the emergence of an ecologically sustainable social order is linked to basic principles of the Bahá’í Faith, with the balance and cohesion of material and spiritual realities.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Environment; Nature

Spiritual Growth, Essential Requisites for - Universal House of Justice (1983)
Letter to Europe; its historically-recent turn away from religion, six ways to improve spirituality, and the importance of prayer and meditation.
Keywords: Ethics; Europe; Materialism; Meditation; Obligatory prayer; Prayer; Reading the Writings; Requisites for spiritual growth; Service; Spirituality; Spiritualization; Summer schools; Teaching; Work

Spiritual Health of American Community - Universal House of Justice (American Baha'i, 1991)
Publication of a letter addressing an individual's concerns for the spiritual health of the American Bahá’í community, and suggestions for personal action. (Letter dated Dec. 24 1990, published March 1991.)
See entire issue at bahai.works/The_American_Bahá'í/Volume_22/Issue_3.
Keywords: Community (general); Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Deepening; Grassroots; Growth; Growth, Limited; Individual initiative; Marriage; Materialism; Nineteen Day Feast; Prayer; Shortcomings; Spirituality; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; Transformation; United States (documents)

Spiritual Institutions: The Foundation for Oneness - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (2000)
Annotated compilation on the structure and functioning of the Bahá'í administrative order.
Mirrored with permission from usbnc.org [archive.org].

Spiritual Oppression in Frankenstein - Perrakis,Phyllis Sternberg (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
Comparing Shelley’s depiction of a spiritual malaise in Frankenstein with Bahá’u’lláh’s definition in the Kitáb-i-Íqán of the oppression experienced at the end of a reigning spiritual dispensation by the soul who seeks God but does not know where to look.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/6
Keywords: Equality; Frankenstein (novel); Gender; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Literature; Literature, English; Manifestations of God; Mary Shelley; Oppression; Psychology; Women

Spiritual Reinforcement: Study Questions, Compilation, and Quiz - Author unknown, compiler (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1957)
Questions and quizzes for individual study and group discussion, on "what every Bahá'í should know" about the Covenant and the Bahá'í way of living.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date not given: between 1957-1959.
Keywords: Administration; Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Covenant; Race; Race unity; Spiritual Assemblies; Study guides; Teaching; United States (documents)

Spiritual Spring - Holley,Horace (1956)
A talk on divine renewal, given at the temple foundation hall, Wilmette, Naw Ruz 1956.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.

Spiritualism, Reincarnation and Related Subjects - Author unknown, compiler (Bahá'í Institutions (A Compilation), 1973)
Includes psychic phenomena, spiritual healing, and astrology.
Much of this compilation is also included in Lights of Guidance.
Keywords: Astrology; Dreams and visions; Faith healing; Health and healing; Intuition; Occultism; Psychic powers; Psychology; Reincarnation; Science; Speculation; Spiritual healing; Spiritualism; Superstition

Spirituality in Medicine: Reflections of a Bahá'í Physician - Hatcher,Sharon Nur (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
A self-reflective piece by a family physician and educator; personal experiences and challenges with patients, students, and colleagues related to the integration of spirituality into medicine.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/470.
Keywords: Health and healing

Spirituality of Games - Price,Tom (2012)
Talk on the science of spirituality as it relates to a quotation of Abdu'l-Bahá comparing life to a game: what are the rules of life, and how does one win the "game" of life?
From "The Science of Spirituality," a series of talks given by Price once a week in Calabasas, California, from November 2011 to June 2012.
Keywords: Games; Spirituality

Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community: A Plan for Teaching - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland; Taherzadeh,Adib (1982)
A three-part collection consisting of a letter from the NSA of Ireland, a letter from Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community, and the preamble for a plan of action for teaching.
This document is in 3 parts: (1) a letter of introduction from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Republic of Ireland; (2) a letter from Mr. Taherzadeh to the Bahá'ís of Ireland regarding the spiritualization of the Bahá'í community; (3) a preamble for the teaching plan (the actual plan itself was omitted from the copy that was distributed beyond Ireland—only the preamble to the plan is included below).
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Ethics; God, Worlds of; Life after death (afterlife); Living the life; Obligatory prayer; Prayer; Purpose of life; Reading the Writings; Requisites for spiritual growth; Service; Soul; Spirituality; Spiritualization; Teaching; Teaching

Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions - Khan,Ali Kuli (2013)
Proofs of the Bahá'í Faith, written by a prominent translator and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá. Includes short biography of Ali-Kuli Khan regarding the history of this document, with photographs.
Dr. Khan signed this copy of the book and personally gave it to Randolph in 1965, just prior to his passing in Washington, DC. Randolph then scanned it in 2012. See more details in the introduction, below. See also Zoroaster: The Prophet of Ancient Iran and His Book, the Zend Avesta. For more about Dr. Khan, see bahaistories.blogspot.ca.
Keywords: Biography; Fig (symbol); Free will; Philosophy; Photographs; Prayer; Questions and answers; Resurrection; Soul; Talks; Theology; `Alí Kulí Khán

Springtime metaphors and spring-related imagery - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (1995)
Introduction and Compilation, interspersed with editorial comments. Includes discussion of "plain English" translation.
This was assembled for posting to a listserver, and retains some informal tone and conversational formatting. Some excerpts below have been rendered into standard English by the compiler.
Keywords: Metaphors and allegories; Spring; Symbolism

Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): 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: Ama (cloud); Clouds; Outlines and summaries; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Velasco,Ismael; Savi,Julio (1999)
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: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Maid of Heaven; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing); Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh

Sprinkling of the Cloud of Unknowing (Rashh-i-'Amá) - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1984)
The first extent Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh.
First published in BSB 3:2 (1984); revised translation posted by Stephen Lambden to Talisman I in 1995. See also an authorized translation, released in 2019.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Sri Aurobindo Movement and the Bahá'í Faith - Sarwal,Anil (2001)
Summary historical connections between the two communities.
Keywords: Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Meditation; Mirra Alfassa; Peace; Philosophy; Sri Aurobindo; Unity; Yoga

St. Lucia - Kolstoe,John E. (1991)
Article written in the mid-nineties for possible inclusion in the Bahá'í Encyclopedia, posted with permission at bahaihistorycaribbean.info. See also photos and history.
Keywords: Caribbean; Lesser Antilles; St. Lucia; Windward Islands

Star of the West Book 1: Contents lists of the Persian sections - McGlinn,Sen, compiler (Star of the West, 2000)
This is a compilation of the English introductions to the Persian sections of Star of the West. The original pages were unformatted, see a sample page.
Keywords: Persian language; Star of the West

Star of the West Extracts - Thomas,Mike, compiler; McGlinn,Sen, compiler (Star of the West, 1910)
Lengthy, annotated compilation of the writings and talks of Abdu'l-Bahá from Star of the West which are not readily available elsewhere. Includes pilgrim's notes, historical records, and reports relating to Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). These new documents include correct transcription for most words and names that were so poorly transcribed in the past that they are difficult to identify; also, additional background information is given regarding people and places.
Keywords: 20th century; Star of the West; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Star of the West Volume 1 - Windust,Albert R., editor; Buikema,Gertrude, editor (Star of the West, 1910)
See all volumes online in multiple formats at bahai.works/Star_of_the_West, and some individual articles at bahai-library.com/series/Star of the West; single-volume PDFs also archived at bahai-library.com/star_of_the_west.
Keywords: Indexes and catalogues; Star of the West

Star of the West: Complete issues - Various (Star of the West, 1910)
Star of the West was a US Bahá’í newsletter published between 1910 and 1935.
Star of the West was one of the few ways for the western friends to receive Tablets and news about the Bahá’í Faith at that time and contains many translations of Tablets and communications which have to date not been published elsewhere. The first volume of Star of the West was published under the title of Bahai News. Some individual articles are at bahai-library.com/series/Star of the West. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: 20th century; Periodicals; Pilgrims notes; Star of the West

Star of the West: Use of, in Electronic Form - Universal House of Justice (1999)
Guidance on use of the publication Star of the West in electronic form as well as advice on how to describe the authoritativeness of the material
Names retained with permission of recipient. Obtained from the Sifter - Star of the West CD-ROM jacket (pp. 12-13).
Keywords: Authenticity; Bahá'í history; Periodicals; Pilgrims notes; Publishing; Star of the West

Star Wars or World Peace - Posin,Dan Q. (dialogue magazine, 1986)
How a "missile defense system" might work and ways in which it would not, ramifications for achieving global peace, and discussion by Robert Bowman, the first director of the Star Wars program. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also Dr. Bowman's contemporary work, on 9/11 studies, at his website thepatriots.us (disclosure: Bowman is also a member of the group I helped found in 2003, Scientific Panel Investigating 9/11 [-J.W.]). See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Collective security; Military; Peace; Weapons

State and Society: Implications of the Most Holy Book - Hassall,Graham (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book, vol. 1, 1996)
The purpose of law is for the order of the world and the security of people; the Kitáb-i-Aqdas reinstates authority and renews the linkages between society, law, virtue, and spirituality; the situation in future Bahá'í states.
Mirrored with permission of author from archive.org.
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); World order

Statecraft, Globalization, and Ethics - Lerche,Charles O. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
The impact of cosmopolitan morality on international statecraft in an era of globalization; globalization is a process of world economic, political, and social change; globalism is a positive, and potentially corrective, dimension of globalization.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/280.

Statement in Rebuttal of Accusations Made against the Bahá'í Faith by the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations - Bahá'í International Community (1982)
In a document distributed to the UN, "Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran made a number of false and damaging statements concerning the Bahá'í Faith. The BIC wishes to refute these false statements and to present the true facts.
Also available as a facsimile of original document [PDF, 4.5MB] and as Word document.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Criticism and apologetics; Iran (documents); Opposition; Statements; United Nations

Statement on Mason Remey from the Western Hands of the Faith - True,Corinne; Grossmann,Hermann; Sears,William (1960)
Background information on the claims of Remey, compiled by the Hands of the Cause of God in the Western hemisphere.
Title given for this online posting, not in original. See the PDF scan of the original pages.
Keywords: Charles Mason Remey; Corinne True; Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Guardianship; Hands of the Cause; Hermann Grossmann; William Sears

Station and World Order of Baha'u'llah - Shahrokh,Darius (Windows to the Past, 1992)
Two separate talks on similar topics; PDF transcripts not yet available (as of 2013-05).
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: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; World order

Station of Baha'u'llah: Three Letters - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Three letters on the station of Bahá'u'lláh, the souls of the Manifestations, the varying intensities of their Revelations, the phrase "most precious Being," and on teaching the Faith to Christians.
The first letter was published in Bahá'í Journal, the second circulated online with no recipient's name attached, and the third was shared by the recipient, whose name has been removed.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Burning Bush; Christianity; Deepening; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Future Manifestations of God; God; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Manifestations of God; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Teaching; Trinity; Unity of religion

Station Wagon Odyssey: Baghdad to Istanbul; A famous American traveler continuing a journey across the Moslem East - Douglas,William O. (National Geographic Magazine, 1959)
Very short mention in this travelogue by a Supreme Court Justice of the United States.
Keywords: Báb, Martyrdom of; Iran (documents); Tabríz, Iran

Statistical Information on the Bahá'í Faith - Bahá'í International Community (The Baha'is, 1994)
Brief statistics on the number of Bahá'ís in the world and in certain territories and the activities of Bahá'ís.
These statistics taken from The Bahá'ís magazine.
Keywords: 1954; 1963; 1968; 1973; 1979; 1988; 1994; 1997; Statistics; United States (documents)

Statistical information on the Bahá'ís of the United States, 1979 - Bahá'í World Centre (1979)
Document issued to delegates to the annual National Spiritual Assembly elections, April 1979.
Keywords: 1979; Statistics; United States (documents)

Statistics on Members of the Universal House of Justice - Fatheazam,Shahbaz, compiler (The Last Refuge: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice, 2015)
2-page chart showing the nationality, years served, and membership changes of the Universal House of Justice, 1963-2015.
This chart does not show the first contingent elected in 1963; they were Hugh Chance, Hushmand Fatheazam, Amoz Gibson, Lutfu'llah Hakim, David Hofman, Borrah Kavelin, Ali Nakhjavani, Ian Semple, and Charles Wolcott. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/papers3.
Keywords: 1963; 2015; 20th century; Irfán Colloquia; Statistics; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Election of; Universal House of Justice, Members of

Steadfastness - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2004)
Compilation on "The King of all acts."
Keywords: Steadfastness

Stem Cells - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (2001)
There is nothing in the Writings related to stem-cell research or therapy; individuals are free to come to their own conclusions.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Ethics; Health and healing; Science; Stem cells

Stepping Out - Herrmann,Duane L. (Herald of the South, 1998)
A young man asserts his independence and sets off to begin his own life.
Keywords: Fiction; Stories

Stewardship and Development - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2005)
Deepening tool for understanding the spiritual nature of giving, and a reference tool for use by NSAs and their treasurers. Includes previously-untranslated passages.
From the introduction: "The second edition of this expandable manual is intended to serve two important functions. As a deepening tool, this manual provides an invaluable benefit to the friends as they gain more knowledge and a deeper understanding and appreciation for the spiritual nature of giving. As a reference tool, it is meant to be read and used by both the Spiritual Assembly or registered Bahá'í Group...and by the Treasurer, to whom certain tasks and responsibilities have been delegated by the Assembly .... There are several passages here that have not been published elsewhere..." Posted with permission.
Keywords: Administration; Funds

Still Lives - MacEoin,Denis (New Jerusalems: Reflections on Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Rushdie Affair, 1993)
The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the lives of Tahirih and Shoghi Effendi.
Originally published under pseudonym Daniel Easterman.
Keywords: Andaruni and biruni; Arts and crafts; Biographies (general); Criticism and apologetics; Culture, Persian; Individualism; Iran (documents); Islam; Middle East; Priceless Pearl (book); Privacy; Purity; Shoghi Effendi; Veils; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Still the Most Challenging Issue - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2019)
"From the Editor's Desk": On race, racism, and the American Bahá'í community.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/251. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: John Hatcher; Race; Race unity; Racism

Stories from the Dawn-Breakers: For Children - Sears,William (Children's Stories from the Dawn-Breakers, 1998)
Stories for children about Shaykh Ahmad, Siyyid Kazim, Young Man in the Green Turban, The Letters of the Living, and The Bab, taken from the book Children's Stories from the Dawn-Breakers, by Zoe Meyer, illustrated by Winifred Barnum Newman (1998).
See this book at amazon.com. No information is given about the date or context of this reading; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Children; Childrens books; Dawn-Breakers (book); Stories

Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí - Haydar-Ali,Haji Mirza (Kalimat Press, 1980)
Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follower of Bahá'u'lláh and companion of Abdu'l-Bahá.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document, prepared by M. Thomas (2025). Read about the author at bahaiblog.net.
Keywords: 19th century; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Akka, Israel; Biography; Egypt; Haifa, Israel; Humor; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Iran (documents); Isfahan, Iran; Persecution; Sudan; Teaching; Tehran, Iran; Turkey

Stories of 'Abdul-Baha - Kelsey,Curtis (1957)
No information is given about the date or context of this talk; email me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.

Stories of 'Abdul-Baha and the Guardian - Kelsey,Curtis (1957)
Kelsey was serving in Haifa when 'Abdu'l-Bahá passed away. These are his recollections and stories of his time with Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi.
Audio from bahaiexplorer.com, which notes "It is also an exceptionally good quality recording for its age. From the content of the talk it appears that it was recorded sometime between 1957 to 1963."
Keywords: 1950s; 20th century; Shoghi Effendi; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers - Taherzadeh,Adib (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 2003)
Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh, Volumes 1-4.
Mirrored from bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: 19th century; Adib Taherzadeh; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í history; Biography; E-books; Kiser Barnes; Stories

Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Elizabeth Cheney - Barrow Newhall,Muriel Ives (1998)
One-paragraph account of an incident in the life of Elizabeth Cheney, pioneer Bahá'í teacher in Paraguay.
See also more stories by Newhall.
Keywords: Biography; Elizabeth Cheney; Stories

Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Grace Robarts Ober - Barrow Newhall,Muriel Ives (1998)
Brief account of Grace Ober's interactions with 'Abdu'l-Bahá during his visit to the USA.
See also more stories by Newhall.
Keywords: 1912; Biography; Grace Robarts Ober; Stories; United States (documents)

Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Harry and Ruth Randall - Barrow Newhall,Muriel Ives (1998)
Brief account of William Henry ('Harry') Randall (1863-1929) and his wife Ruth's first encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Randall became a prominent American Bahá’í and was named a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi.
See also more stories by Newhall.
Keywords: Biography; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Ruth Randall; Stories; William Harry Randall

Stories of the Martyrdom - Jahanpur,Rouhi
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm

Story of David and Esther Tanyi, by Enoch Tanyi Nyenti: Review - Momen,Moojan (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2018)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/the-story-of-david-and-esther-tanyi-adam-and-eve-of-the-bahai-faith-in-cameroon [archive.org].

Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions - Stokes,Jim (World Order, 1997)
The parable of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and Islam. Prefaced by comments by Moojan Momen.
I've prefaced the following two articles with some notes by Moojan Momen on the symbolism of the story of Joseph. These notes were originally posted to a Wilmette Institute private listserver on the Qur'an on Jan. 17 2001, and are included with permission. See also The Story of Joseph in the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Joseph (Prophet); Judaism; Symbolism

Story of Mr. Rufino Gualvisí - Dexter,Ralph (2020)
Biography of a well-known travel teacher in Ecuador. English and Spanish text by Dexter; includes section by Isabel Pavon de Calderón; includes photographs.
See also Reseña Biográfica de la Vida de la Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón. Shared by, and posted with permission of, Oficina Nacional Bahá'í del Ecuador.
Keywords: 20th century; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Biography; Ecuador; Photographs

Story of Mulla Husayn - Author unknown
Life of the first Bahá'í. Speaker not known.
Date, speaker, and context not given; contact me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Letters of the Living; Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í

Story of Quddus - Author unknown
Quddus was one of the early notable Bahá'ís. Speaker not known.
Date, speaker, and context not given; contact me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Quddús

Story of the Prophets - Ma'sumian,Farnaz (2013)
Biographies of nine Manifestations, from Abraham to Bahá'u'lláh. Designed for junior youth by a retired professor of world religions, it provides a compact source of information on the founders of the world's major religions in readable language.
Keywords: Abraham; Bahá'u'lláh; Buddha; Buddhism; Báb, The; Childrens books; Christianity; E-books; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jesus Christ; Judaism; Krishna; Moses; Muhammad (Prophet); Stories; Youth; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Strangers Passing Through Town - Herrmann,Duane L. (2021)
Brief historical fiction short story, based on the finding that 'Abdu'l-Bahá passed through Kansas on his way to and from Denver when he visited North America in 1912.
Mirrored with permission from adirondackcenterforwriting.org. See the author's many other pieces for that site.
Keywords: Denver, CO; Kansas, USA; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Strategies and Processes of Social Change - Buchbinder,Howard (The Baha'i Faith and Marxism, 1987)
The theoretical and analytic context within which Marxists approach issues of social change; Marxists believe in the notion of praxis, i.e. the linkage of social theory and social action/practice.
Keywords: Change; Marxism; Philosophy

Strategies for Spiritualization - Fotos,Sandra S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1999)
If the spiritualization process in adults is similar to other learning tasks, then active use of learning strategies may facilitate the development of spiritual virtues; a possible cognitive, language-based pathway for spiritualization.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/111.
Keywords: Spiritualization

Strengthening Solidarity: Social Cohesion as a Driver of Development - Bahá'í International Community (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.
Mirrored from bic.org/statements/strengthening-solidarity.... See also BIC New York: New statement explores spiritual dimension of human prosperity (BWNS, January 2025, off-site). Voir aussi en français.
Keywords: BIC statements; Community (general); Grassroots; Institute process; Interaction; Prosperity; Social action; Social and economic development; Social cohesion; Spirituality; Sustainable development; Virtues

Strickland's Dilemma - Tichenor,James (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.
Keywords: Institute process; Plays

Striving for Human Rights in an Age of Religious Extremism - Ghanea-Hercock,Nazila (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2016)
Bahá'í perspectives on global human rights law, community duties, religion as a pillar of justice, and the oneness of humanity.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/203.
Keywords: Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Human rights; Justice; Unity of humanity

Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations, by Charles Kimball: A Jihad for All Seasons: Review - Fazel,Seena (World Order, 1994)
For clarity: the full title of this review is "A Jihad for all Seasons: A review of Charles Kimball's Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations."
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam

Strong Foundationalism in the Bahá'í Faith?: An Analysis of Michael Karlberg's 'Ontological Foundationalism' - Boicu,Filip (2022)
A close reading of Michael Karlberg's Constructing Social Reality. An Inquiry into the Normative Foundations of Social Change, and reflections on the Bahá’í methodology for social justice and social change that he has put forward.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu. See also a reworked excerpt from this article, Karlberg's Notion of Consultation and Bahá'í Consultation (Boicu, 2022).
Keywords: Michael Karlberg

Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History - Momen,Moojan, editor (Studies in the 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.
Purchase this book online at Kalimat Press. Items either shared by author, or posted as free preview at Google Books; also online with permission of publisher and editor. Complete volume available upon request in Microsoft Word or PDF formats.
Keywords: Christian missionaries; Christianity; Kalimat Press; Kenosha, WI; Shaykhism; United States (documents)

Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í History / Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: List of volumes - Lee,Anthony, editor (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1982)
List of all 23 volumes in the SBBH / SBBR series from Kalimat Press.
All books can be ordered from kalimatpress.com/product-category/scholarship; see also kalimatpress.com/product-tag/studies-series. Volumes that are online at this Library, in whole or in part, are highlighted bold (all with permission of publisher).
Keywords: Africa; Alain Locke; Americas; Anthropology; Bahá'í history; Bahá'í history by country; Bahá'í studies; Biography; Bábí history; India; Iran; Kalimat Press; Music; Philosophy; Poetry; Sociology; United Kingdom; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi - Momen,Moojan, editor (Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 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.)
Purchase this book online at Kalimat Press. Items either shared by author, or posted as free preview at Google Books; also online with permission of publisher and editor. Complete volume available upon request.
Keywords: Biography; Hasan Balyuzi; Kalimat Press

Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions vol. 5, ed. Moojan Momen: Review - Lewis,Frank (Iranian Studies, 1999)
Review of a collection of five articles about various subjects.
The book itself is available from Kalimat Press. See also bahai-library.com/momen_studies_babi-bahai_history; the articles of Lambden; and Momen's article.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Relativism; Shoghi Effendi; United Kingdom

Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements, and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faiths - Sharon,Moshe, editor (Numen Book Series, 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.
Purchase book online at brill.com.

Study Guide for Baha'i Marriage and Family Life - Author unknown, compiler (National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Canada, 1986)
This study guide is a companion to the compilation Bahá'í Marriage and Family Life.
Keywords: Family; Marriage; Study guides

Study Guide of the Tablet of Maqsúd - Oliveira,Marco (2009)
The Tablet of Maqsúd is a good presentation of the principles and teachings of the Bahá’í Faith. Its structure is suitable for a first contact with the Bahá'í Writings.
See also an accompanying presentation, in either PDF or Powerpoint [33MB]. Posted by author at academia.edu. See also a version in Portuguese.
Keywords: Lawh-i-Maqsud (Tablet of Maqsud); Principles; Study guides; Teaching

Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Comment on Issues Related to the - Universal House of Justice (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
A follow-up to the "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith" letter.
See also Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums; Irfán Colloquia; Scholarship

Study of the Bahá'í Faith, Issues Related to the - Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United States; Baha'i Canada, 1998)
Letters from the House and the International Teaching Center, and compilation on the nature of opposition to the Faith from within academia, especially as conducted via the Internet.
This compilation consists of three parts. The last of the three is a compilation on scholarship, "Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith," which was published in Bahá'í Canada, May 1998. Copies were distributed by the Canadian NSA to a number of other NSAs. In 1999 this compilation was reprinted by the US NSA (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1999). It was distributed in booklet form with a cover letter from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies, dated 7 April 1999. This cover letter, scanned by Duane Troxel, was appended to the compilation already online in May, 1999, and later published in Bahá'í Canada in June and in The American Bahá'í in November 1999. The International Teaching Center then released a letter elaborating on the themes of the April 7 1999 letter, which follows it. This compilation is available in other formats at bahai.org. See also Comment on Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith. Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Internet forums; Scholarship

Study of the Bahá'í Writings on Economics - Shams,Badi (2021)
Annotated compilation on: divine economy, Bahá'í economic system, station of humankind, material civilization, nature of the economic problem, cost of warfare, cooperation vs competition, capitalism, the golden rule, wealth and equality, agriculture.
See more at badishams.net. See this in Spanish translation.
Keywords: Economics

Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi - Bergsmo,Morten, editor (George Ronald, 1991)
Six items from this book that have been shared by their authors at various times.
See also review by M. Smith (1992). See also How to Study Shoghi Effendi's Writings by S. Fazel (1993).
Keywords: Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Promised Day is Come (letter); Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, by Morten Bergsmo: Review - Smith,Melanie (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/69. See also original scan. See book Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi.
Keywords: Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Study guides

Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review - Bradbury,Miles L. (1998)
Keywords: Arabic language; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Language; Style (Writings); Translation

Style of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, The: Aspects of the Sublime, by Suheil Bushrui: Review - McGlinn,Sen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)
Keywords: Arabic language; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Language; Style (Writings); Translation

Styles of piety: Notes on the relationship between Bahá'í scholars and the Bahá'í institutions with reference to academic methodology - Lawson,Todd (Baha'i Studies Review, 2003)
On the role of the scholar in the community, the phenomenon of the internet, and the institution of the Covenant, as seen in the light of the intellectual heritage of the Islamic world.
Keywords: Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Institutions; Internet; Scholarship

Subhi Ezel Mirza Yahya ve Ezeliler (Subhi Azal Mirza Yahya and the Azalis) - Ipek,Yasin (Bilimname, 2021)
History of the Bábí community following the execution of the Bab, which split into three sectarian divisions: the Bahá'ís, the Azalis, and the Bayanis.
Mirrored from avesis.kayseri.edu.tr.
Keywords: Azali Bábís; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal)

Substance Abuse Alcohol and Drug Abuse: A Psychosocial and Spiritual Approach to Prevention, by A.M. Ghadirian: Review - Guilfoyle,John (The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2011)
Keywords: Alcohol; Drugs; Prevention

Substance Abuse: A Bahá'í Perspective - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Bahá'í Canada Publications, 2000)
Up-to-date information about diverse addictive substances that are widely abused worldwide, including alcohol, tobacco, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. Written for both the general public, the health professional, and government policy-makers.
See also the author's paper "Bahá'í Perspective on Drug Abuse Prevention." Available for free download from palabrapublications.com/downloads.
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol; Drugs; Health and healing; Psychology; Smoking (tobacco)

Subud, Membership in - Universal House of Justice (1995)
Whether a person may be allowed to be a member of both the Bahá'í Faith and "Subud," an international spiritual movement that began in Indonesia in the 1920s.
Read more about Subud at Wikipedia.
Keywords: Membership of other organizations; Other organizations; Subud (organization)

Suffering of the Exalted Letters - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Tablet written in Baghdad about death and the development of the human soul.
See also a brief essay about this Tablet, and see Adib Taherzadeh's Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh vol 1 pp. 122-125.
Keywords: Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Burial (funeral); Death; Havvá; Huruf (letters); Iraq; Life after death (afterlife); Maryam (cousin of Bahá'u'lláh); Muhammad Vazír; Musíbat-i-Hurúf-i-‘Állín (Suffering of the Exalted Letters); Soul; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

Suffering, The Meaning of: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1990)
Keywords: Introductory; Purpose of life; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

Sufi and Baha'i Spiritual Practices - McCarron,Michael (2009)
Brief overview of some commonalities.
Keywords: Interfaith dialogue; Practices; Sufism

Suggestions for Bahá'í Hermeneutics - Foster,Mark A. (1999)
Four essays: "Non-Overlapping Magisteria [science, religion, and Stephen Jay Gould]," "Infallibility: Sinlessness and Prophetic Ecology," "The Case of Some Answered Questions [pedagogy and evolution]," and "The Gospel According to Nabíl."
Mirrored with permission from www.markfoster.net.
Keywords: Bible; Bábí history; Christianity; Dawn-Breakers (book); Evolution; Infallibility; Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam; Philosophy; Science; Some Answered Questions (book)

Suicide and the Bahá'í Faith - Anonymous (2003)
Inspired by the death of David Kelly, see bahai9.com/wiki/David_Kelly. Prepared by a Bahá'í physician who prefers to remain anonymous.
Keywords: David Kelly; Death; Ethics; Suicide

Sul Valore Scientifico delle Profezie: Considerazioni di uno Studioso - Avaregan,Hossein (Opinioni Baha'i, 1987)
Illustrazione del “calcolo della probabilità”, ramo della scienza matematica scoperto dal matematico Blaise Pascal, applicato alla religione.
"The scientific character of prophecies: personal scholarly reflections": An explanation of the "calculus of probability" (a branch of mathematical science discovered by the mathematician Blaise Pascal) applied to religion.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Prophecies; Science

Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History - Alkan,Necati (2000)
On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translation of passages on Tahirih.
Adapted from h-net.org/~bahai/notes/vol4/nazif.htm.
Keywords: 1910s; Biography; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Nasirid-Din Sháh; Ottoman Empire; Qajar dynasty; Shahs; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Summary of Baha'i Activities on Worldwide Computer Networks (1995) - Bahá'í Computer and Communications Association (1995)
A snapshot of the very early online Bahá'í community, when there were "over 1,000" Bahá'ís on the internet!
This document, which has not been updated since 1995, is preserved here out of historical interest only. Its content is entirely out-of-date. See also an older document, Computers in the Bahá'í Community through Ridván 1992. Read about the newer Bahá'í email lists, and for up-to-date discussions of computer technology in the Bahá'í community, join our email list "Tech," bahai-library-lists.com/tech.
Keywords: 1995; Bahá'í Computer and Communication Association (BCCA); Internet; Internet forums; Statistics; Websites

Summary Statement of the ANISA Model - Jordan,Daniel C. (1974)
ANISA is a comprehensive educational system defined by specifications which insure its replicability, evaluation, and refinement. Its objectives are the actualization of human potential and explanations of how to achieve them.
Keywords: Alfred North Whitehead; Anisa Educational Model; Dan Jordan; Education; Philosophy; Process philosophy

Summon Up Remembrance - Gail,Marzieh (George Ronald, 1987)
Memoir left by Ali-Kuli Khan, one of the first translators of Bahá'í Writings; writings of his wife Florence; other family papers and memories.
See also Arches of the Years. Also available as a Word document (proofed by M. Thomas) and as a scan of the original [21 MB]. See also just the image plates. Text from Ocean. Purchase book from grbooks.com.
Keywords: 1906; 20th century; Arminius Vambery; Biography; Burial (funeral); Cremation; Culture, Persian; Florence Breed; Hair, fur and bones; Interracial marriage; Iran (documents); Marzieh Gail; Pilgrims notes; Race; Taaruf (Tarof); Tablet of Cremation; Translation; United States (documents); Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Alí Kulí Khán

Summons of the Lord of Hosts - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá’í World Centre, 2002)
A collection of the tablets of Baháʼu'lláh, written to the kings and rulers of the world during his exile in Adrianople and in the early years of his exile to the fortress town of Acre.
Original digital version provided by the Bahá'í World Center, online at bahai.org/library. Add or read links or comments pertaining to The Summons of the Lord of Hosts here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Body; Czar Alexander II; Fuad Páshá; Haykal (temple); Lawh-i-Fuad (Tablet to Fuad Pasha); Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus (Tablet to Alexander II); Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Lawh-i-Napulyun (Tablets to Napoleon III); Lawh-i-Pap (Tablet to Pope Pius IX); Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Napoleon III; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Peace; Pope Pius IX; Queen Victoria; Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Muluk (Surih to the Kings); Suriy-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Tablets to kings and rulers; Temples; World peace

Summons of the Lord of Hosts: Cross-Referenced to Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh, the Leiden List, and Other Works - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Keywords: Cross-reference; Leiden List; Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); Tablets to kings and rulers

Sunburst - Schopflocher,Lorol (Rider & Co., 1937)
Autobiography of the life story, and travels on behalf of the Bahá'í Faith, of prominent socialite and wife of the Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher. (Author name misspelled as Shofflocher.)
Some related links: See Siegfried Schopflocher's profile on the NSA of Canada website; see bahaichronicles.org/florence-lorol-schopflocher; and see various mentions in Bahá'í World Volume 8.
Keywords: 20th century; Akka, Israel; Baghdad, Iraq; Biography; Haifa, Israel; Lebanon; Lorol Schopflocher; Mashhad, Iran; Photographs; Siegfried Schopflocher; Travel Teaching; Travelogues

SunWALK: A Bahá'í-inspired Model of Education - Prentice,Roger (Lights of Irfan, 2005)
A model for a spiritualizing pedagogy based on development of the individual's Caring, Creative and Critical abilities, developed within the Community (the 4Cs), inspired by the light of higher-order values.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #58, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (October 8-11, 2004). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/58/prentice_pedagogy.
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Irfán Colloquia; Knowledge

Supplication To the Believers of God and the Maid-servants of the Merciful, Portland, Oregon - Abdul-Bahá (Star of the West, 1914)
Text, and photograph of a small poster, of a translation of a one-paragraph Tablet.
There is no date on this document or translator listed. The poster below was found in a box in the Portland archives, and was probably printed for distribution in the community for an occasion. The letter was published in Star of the West, Vol. 5 #11 (Sept. 27, 1914), with the date for the tablet as August 4, 1914, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Syria, Asiatic Turkey. See this page in Star of the West. See also Letter to the Portland Spiritual Assembly (1914-10) and Letter to the Believers in Portland, Oregon (1914-06).
Keywords: Portland, OR; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Supplications by Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Collection of two-hundred provisionally translated prayers and supplications. Link to translator's website for PDF download.
See joshuahalltranslations.com. Voir aussi en français.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Prayer; Prayer texts

Supreme Tribunal (Mahkamiy-i-Kubra) - Nakhjavani,Ali (Lights of Irfan, 2012)
Meaning of "Bahá'í Court" in the writings of the Guardian and how it compares with the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Mirrored here with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/nakhjavani_tribunal.
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Government; Supreme Tribunal; United Nations; World order

Sur l'histoire de la première lettre du Báb envoyée à Bahá'u'lláh - Balyuzi,Hasan M. (2020)
Extrait du livre de H. M.Balyuzi, Bahá'u'lláh The King of Glory (George Ronald, 1980, pp. 35-37), contant l'histoire de la première lettre du Báb envoyée à Bahá’u’lláh. Traduction française provisoire.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb; Báb, The

Surah of God - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1992)
Includes essay about the "Most Great Separation" (1866) and historical events in Bahá'u'lláh's household in the mid-1860s.
Keywords: 1860s; 1866; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Edirne, Turkey; Most Great Separation; Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Súratu'lláh (Surah of God); Turkey

Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i-Ahzán) - Bahá'u'lláh (Athar-i Qalam-i A`la, 1968)
The Surah of Sorrows is Bahá'u'lláh's lament for his predecessor, The Bab. [Late Edirne/Adrianople period, 1867-68.] This Tablet was addressed to `Ali Sayyah Maraghih-`i: See `Abdu'l-Hamid Ishraq-Khavari, Ganj-i Shayigan (Tehran: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 124 B.E.).
Keywords: Grief; Suriy-i-Ahzan (Surih of Sorrows)

Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-Qadir) - Bahá'u'lláh (2000)
Short tablet on the virtues and meaning of qadir, one of the 99 names of God
Mirrored from h-net.org/~bahai/trans/vol4/qadir.htm.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; God, Names of; Qadir (Almighty); Surat al-Qadir (Surah of the Almighty)

Surah of the Arabs - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Tablet revealed in the early `Akká period to the Bahá'ís of Arab extraction living in Iráq.
This Surah is also discussed in Ramsey Zeine's Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, Part I (1753-1863). Mirrored from joshuahalltranslations.com.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Surat Al-Arab (Surah of the Arabs)

Surah of the Companions - Bahá'u'lláh (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
One of Bahá'u'lláh's first public proclamatory tablets, following his private proclamation in 1863.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Suriy-i-Ashab or Lawh-i Habib (Surah of the Companions or Tablet for the Beloved One)

Súrah of the Pen: Súratu'l-Qalam - Bahá'u'lláh (2002)
Prepared by a group of contributors to the "Tarjuman" translation email list.
Translated by Franklin Lewis, Peter Terry, Moojan Momen, Kavian Milani, J. Vahid Brown and Ismael Velasco. The translation is based on Athar-i-Qalam-i-Alá,Vol. 4, pp 258-267 and Risáli-yi-Tasbih-u-Tahlil, pp. 124-139. The two sources are cited below as "AQA" and "TT".
Keywords: Suriy-i-Qalam (Surih of the Pen)

Surah of the Sacrifice (Súratu'dh-Dhibh) - Bahá'u'lláh (1996)
Keywords: Suratudh-Dhibh (Surah of the Sacrifice)

Surih of Admonition (Suratu'l-Nus'h): Revealed for Siyyid Ja'far-i-Yazdí - Bahá'u'lláh (2012)
A tablet in which Bahá'u'lláh identifies with God and speaks as His mouthpiece, describes the appearance of the Prophets from Adam to the Báb, counsels the learned to be ready for the Promised One, and refers to his enemy Shaykh 'Abdu'l-Husayn-i-Tihrání.
Mirrored with permission from nayriz.org/template.php?pageName=tablet145. The Leiden List titles this "Sura of the Counsel" and dates it to Baghdad, circa 1861-1862. See discussion of this tablet in Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh vol. 1.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Manifestations of God; Opposition; Progressive revelation; Prophets; Shaykh `Abdu'l-Husayn-i-Tihrání; Suriy-i-Nush (Surih of Counsel); Unity of religion

Surih of the Sun (Súriy-i-Vash-Shams): Introduction and Commentary - Cole,Juan (1994)
Overview of a tablet of Bahá'u'lláh touching on matters of interpretation and theology.
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Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Commentaries; Interpretation; Islam; Quran; Sun; Symbolism; Tafsír-i-Suriy-i-Vash-Shams (Commentary on the Surih of the Sun)

Surih of Visitation - Bahá'u'lláh (2016)
Addressing Mulla Husayn's sister Leaf of Paradise, Bahá'u'lláh recounts the oppression of past prophets at the hands of an adversary, tells of his own sufferings, affirms his spiritual victory, and reveals a prayer of visitation for the Báb.
Original published in Athar Qalam al-A`la vol. 2. See also an earlier translation by Will McCants (2002). To comment on or improve this translation, please email the translator.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í; Surat az-Ziyarah (Surih of Visitation for Mulla Husayn); Tablets of Visitation; Tablets of Visitation for Mulla Husayn; Varaqatu’l-Firdaws (Leaf of Paradise, Mulla Husayns sister)

Sustainable Consumption and True Prosperity - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1998)
The problems of consumption and their solutions.
Presented at the 2nd International Conference of the Environment Forum, 6-8 November, 1998, De Poort, The Netherlands. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl98c.htm.
Keywords: Consumption; Prosperity; Sustainable development

Sustainable Development and Prosperity - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 2001)
The goal of development is to achieve prosperity, but prosperity has multiple dimensions, it’s not just something material, but also includes environmental, social, and spiritual prosperity.
Unedited transcript of a conference lecture. Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Prosperity; Sustainable development

Sustainable Development and the Environment of the World: An Overview - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (1997)
Presented at the International Bahá'í Environment Conference, de Poort Netherlands, 24-26 October 1997. Mirrored with permission from www.bcca.org/ief/ddahl97d.htm [archived]
Keywords: Environment; Sustainable development

Sustainable Development, A Bahá'í View: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1995)
Keywords: Introductory; Sustainable development

SW. Persia: A Political Officer's Diary 1907-1914 - Wilson,Arnold (Oxford University Press, 1941)
Two passing mentions of Bahá'ís and Babis.
Keywords: 1907; 1914; Consuls; Iran (documents); Mentions; Travelogues

Sweet and Enchanting Stories - Rohani,Aziz, compiler (Juxta Publishing Co., 2005)
Stories and memoirs by and about ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Zia Baghdadi, ‘Ali Akbar Furutan, Adib Tahirzadih, Abul-Qasim Faizi, and other loved and historic figures.
Mirrored with permission from juxta.com/books/sweet-and-enchanting-stories. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: 20th century; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Adib Taherzadeh; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í history; Biography; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Collins Gate (Bahjí); Haifa, Israel; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Stories; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Sweet Scented Dreams: Poems for Devotion - Herrmann,Duane L. (n.p., 2011)
Selection of twelve poems of a devotional nature from a Bahá'í perspective, some previously published individually.
Keywords: Poetry

Sydney Sprague: In Memoriam - Hatch,Willard P. (Baha'i World, 1945)
Sprague (1875-1943) was an American Bahá’í who traveled the East to promote the religion in the early 1900s. He became alienated from the Bahá’í community at some point but reconciled shortly before his passing.
See also Sprague's book A Year With the Bahá'ís of India and Burma.
Keywords: 1875; 1941; 1943; Biography; In Memoriam; Sydney Sprague

Symbol and Secret and Revisioning the Sacred: Reviews - Winters,Jonah (Iranian Studies, 1999)
Keywords: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Revisioning the Sacred (book)