Prayers of Shoghi Effendi - Shoghi Effendi (1994)
Why the Guardian's prayers are not translated into English.
Excerpts from three letters, all containing translations of prayers by Shoghi Effendi. While I received these postings in partial form and don't know their histories, the prayers of Shoghi Effendi included all appear to be from reliable sources. [-J.W.]
Keywords: Prayer texts; Shoghi Effendi, Prayers of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Translation

Prayers, Tablets, Instructions and Miscellany: Gathered by American Visitors to the Holy City During the Summer of 1900 - Getsinger,Edward C.; Getsinger,Lua; Hoar,William; Hoar,Anna (Adair Press, 1900)
Around the time of Kheiralla's defection, Abdu'l-Bahá selected some texts on the Covenant which, along with pilgrim's notes of the second party of American Bahá'ís to visit Akka, were translated and published as this book.
See the original image scans at h-net.org.
Keywords: 1900; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Chicago, IL; Covenant; Prayer texts; United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Precedentes de elementos de gobernanza en religiones: Aportaciones de la Fe bahá'í para la gobernanza futura - Perdu Honeyman,Nobel Augusto (Journal of the Sociology and Theory of Religion, 2022)
Agunos apuntes sobre el papel desempeñado por algunas religiones del pasado en el desarrollo y consolidación de lo que ahora se conoce como obernanza; los conceptos de las enseñanzas de la Fe bahá’í que pudieran relacionarse con la gobernanza global.
This article is online under CC license at revistas.uva.es/index.php. See full journal Los problemas sociales, económicos y religiosos desde la perspectiva bahá’í.
Keywords: Governance; Religion (general)

Precious Glimmers: The Bahá'í Faith in New York, 1892-1932 - Ahdieh,Hussein (2020)
Highlights of the first forty years of the Bahá'í Faith in the City of the Covenant, 1892-1932. Includes chronology of meetings, conferences, activities, and milestones, and photographs.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. Also online at academia.edu.
Keywords: 1890s; 1892; 1932; 20th century; Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Howard MacNutt; Juliet Thompson; Louis G. Gregory; Lua Getsinger; Martha Root; Mountfort Mills; New York, USA; Pilgrims notes; Roy C. Wilhelm; United States (documents); Visuals; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Précis Commentary on One Common Faith - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Commentary on the statement ‘One Common Faith’.
Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.
Keywords: One Common Faith (commentary); Unity; Unity of religion

Preface - Kazemzadeh,Firuz (The Promised Day is Come, 1961)
The original introduction for the book. In editions after 1967, this preface has been replaced by a statement written to the UN Special Committee on Palestine by the Guardian himself.
Keywords: Palestine; Promised Day is Come (letter); United Nations

Prejudice and Discrimination - Hoonaard, van den,Will C. (1993)
Prejudice is cultural. History shows no society is immune. U.S. Bahá'ís facilitated Racial Amity groups in the 20s and 30s, and found ignorance plus apathy are key factors in prejudice. Reducing it requires a universal commitment to the unity of humanity.
Written for possible inclusion in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. Posted with permission of both the author and of the editor of the Encyclopedia project.
Keywords: 1920s; 1930s; Apathy and indifference; Discrimination; Ignorance; Knowledge; Prejudice; Race; Racism; Unity

Preliminary Analysis of the Bahá'í Concept of Mental Health - Herzog,Laura (1998)
A preliminary analysis of Bahá’í concepts of psychology, delimited to translated Scriptures and the author’s understanding of Divine Revelation, vis-à-vis the theories of Jung, Maslow, and Rogers.
A Clinical Research Project submitted to the faculty of the Illinois School of Professional Psychology/Chicago Campus in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology, Chicago, Illinois, May, 1998.
Keywords: Mental health; Psychology; Spirituality

Preliminary Bibliography of works in French making mention of the Babí or Bahá'í religions (1945–2000) - Linard,Thomas (Online Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
See also Bibliographie des ouvrages de langue française mentionnant les religions babie ou baha’ie (1844-1944). Originally posted at ojbs.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: 1945; 2000; Bahá'í studies; Bibliography; Bábísm; France; French language

Preliminary History of the Bahá'í Community of Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Herrmann,Duane L.; Shodiev,Hasan T. (Baha'i Vizier, 2004)
Since repression of religion ended in the USSR, Bahá'ís in former Soviet territories resumed practice of their faith and become curious about their history, most of which had been destroyed. This article is an early step at rediscovering this history.
This article written in English in 1997 and published in Dutch in 2004. Also at academia.edu, see this Word version.
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Uzbekistan

Preparación para Vivir en Paz, el Papel de la Juventud - Bahá'í International Community (1985)
Declaración preparada en el Año Internacional de la Paz por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í para el Seminario de las regiones de Asia y el Pacífico y Asia Occidental. Bangkok, Tailandia, 20 al 24 de mayo de 1985.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Peace; Statements; Youth

Preparación Para Vivir En Paz, La - Bahá'í International Community (1985)
Charla presentada durante el Seminario Regional de las Naciones Unidas para Latinoamérica y el Caribe, auspiciado por la Comisión Económica y Social para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ECLAC) 26 de febrero de 1985
Charla presentada durante el Seminario Regional de las Naciones Unidas para Latinoamérica y el Caribe para el Año Internacional de la Paz (Tema 2 del programa), auspiciado por la Comisión Económica y Social para Latinoamérica y el Caribe (ECLAC). Organización de las Naciones Unidas, Nueva York. 26 de febrero de 1985.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Peace; Statements; Youth

Preparación para Vivir en Paz, La Contribución de la Mujer - Bahá'í International Community (1985)
Declaración preparada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá’í para el Seminario Regional Europeo para el Año Internacional de la Paz, Viena, Austria: 6 al 10 de mayo de 1985
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Peace; Statements; Women

Preparing Bahá'í Communities in the East and West to Embrace Gender Equality - Ma'ani,Baharieh Rouhani (Lights of Irfan, 2011)
The way Abdu'l-Bahá dealt with the matter of gender equality, some of his writings revealed in honor of the Bahá’í women in Iran and North America, and the practical ways he educated Bahá'í men to accept women as their equals.
Mirrored with permission from http://irfancolloquia.org/100/ma'ani_equality.
Keywords: Administration; Canada; Equality; Gender; Iran (documents); Social change; United States (documents); Wisdom; Women

Prescription for Living - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (George Ronald, 1950)
Thoughts on how to weave a happy individual life and a happy, united, world life: on love and marriage, death, work, habits, sorrow and trial, and the Bahá'í teachings.
This document is also available at archive.org; the e-book versions below are shared with permission of publisher at bahaiebooks.org.
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; E-books; Happiness; Life (general); Teachings; Tests and difficulties

Present Structure of Bahá'í Administration - Troxel,Duane (2005)
One-page illustration showing the full structure of the Bahá'í Institutions and their inter-connections.
Keywords: Administration; Covenant; Visuals; World order

Presentations on Various Topics of Bahá'í Teachings - Norozi,Mohammad (2024)
Eight presentations: references to the next Manifestation; equality in the writings of the Bab; listing Letters of the Living in order of conversion; Abdu'l-Bahá's love for Iran; Tablet of Unity; removal of the Sword with the Word; Ocean of Tenderness.
Keywords: Ark; Bible; Dreams and visions; Equality; Fourth heaven; Future Manifestations of God; Interpretation; Iran (documents); Jesus Christ; Lawh-i-Ittihad (Tablet of Unity); Lawh-i-Tabíb (Tablet to a Physician); Letters of the Living; Metaphors and allegories; Miracles; Muhammad (Prophet); Removal of the sword; Women

President Wilson and the Bahá'í Connection - Pearsall,Paul (Herald of the South, 1988)
Short overview of myths and facts on the Wilson-Bahá'í connection. Includes addenda on the League of Nations, by Vincent Littrell, and on the Fourteen Points, by Bahram Nadini.
Needs proofreading.
Keywords: Fourteen Points (Woodrow Wilson); History (general); League of Nations; Peace; Principles; United States (documents); United States, Presidents; War; Woodrow Wilson; World War I

Preuves bahá'íes basées sur le Coran - Spierckel,Pierre (2015)
Expose la compréhension bahá'íe des versets du Coran qui traitent de Sceau des prophètes, de Jour du Jugement et du Jour de Dieu.
Keywords: E-books (articles); Islam; Proofs; Quran

Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1988 - Bahá'í International Community (1988)
Declaración de la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í en el cuadragésimo período de sesiones de la Subcomisión de las Naciones Unidas de Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías. Sexto período de sesiones del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Poblaciones Indígenas. Tema 5 del programa: Actividades normativas: Evolución de las normas relativas a los derechos de las poblaciones indígenas. Ginebra. 1 a 5 de agosto de 1988.
Keywords: 1988; BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Discrimination; Human rights; Indigenous people; Minorities; Statements

Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías, 1989 - Bahá'í International Community (1989)
PREVENCION DE DISCRIMINACION Y PROTECCION A LAS MINORIAS COMISION DE DERECHOS HUMANOS, 46º período de sesiones. Tema 20 del programa provisional, INFORME DE LA SUBCOMISION DE PREVENCION DE DISCRIMINACION Y PROTECCION A LAS MINORIAS SOBRE SU 41° PERIODO DE SESIONES. Exposición escrita presentada por la Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í. El Secretario General ha recibido la siguiente comunicación, que se distribuye de conformidad con la resolución 1296 (XLIV) del Consejo Económico y Social. 27 de diciembre de 1989.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Discrimination; Human rights; Indigenous people; Minorities; Statements

Prière pour protéger des épidémies - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
Une prière révélée par Bahá’u’lláh pour protéger des épidémies, publiée dans Bahá'í Prayers. Traduction provisoire.
Keywords: Health and healing; Prayer; Prayer texts; Protection

Prière révélée par Bahá'u'lláh le premier jour du Jeûne - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
Provisional French translation by Daoust from an English rendering by Masumian of Bahá'u'lláh's prayer on the first day of the Fast.
See Ma'sumian's English translation.
Keywords: Fasting; Prayer texts

Prières bahá'íes: Un choix de prières révélées par Bahá'u'lláh, le Báb et 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Báb, The; Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Traduction de Bahá'í Prayers.
This is an "official" translation, prepared by the French Panel named by the Universal House of Justice and published by the French publishing trust, la Maison d'éditions bahá'íes. See also Bibliothèque baha'ie. See also English original.
Keywords: Prayer texts

Prières de 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (2021)
Sélection de prières de ‘Abdu’l-Bahá préparée par le Département de Recherche de la Maison Universelle de Justice et publiée en mars 2021 en commémoration du centième anniversaire de Son Ascension.
Translation of Twenty-six Prayers Revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. This is an "official" translation, prepared by the French Panel named by the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Prayer texts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, prayers of

Prières et méditations: Choix de prières et de méditations révélées par Bahá'u'lláh, compilé et traduit en anglais par Shoghi Effendi - Bahá'u'lláh (2024)
French translation of Prayers and Meditations.
See English original.
Keywords: Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

Prières supplémentaires révélées par 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Abdul-Bahá (2020)
Provisional French translation of "Additional Prayers Revealed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá".
See English original.
Keywords: Prayer texts; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Prières supplémentaires révélées par Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
Provisional French translation of "Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh."
See English original.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Prayer texts

Primary Source Texts Related to the Covenant - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2021)
Collection of some essential writings central to understanding the Bahá'í Covenant.
This page was inspired by a bundle published by the Dutch Bahá'í community in November 2021. See also Texts for the Study of the Covenant (bahaibookstore.com). The contents of the below files were taken from bahai.org/library, edited by Arjen Bolhuis (exception: the compilation "The Covenant" is mirrored here without any layout changes).
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Basics; Báb, Station of; Constitutions (Bahá'í); Covenant; Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); Guardianship; Kitáb-i-Ahd (Book of the Covenant); Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Universal House of Justice, Constitution of; Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Station of

Primary Source Texts, Access to - Universal House of Justice; Maneck,Susan (1998)
One scholar's query why the Bahá'í World Centre's copies of primary sources in Bábí and Bahá'í history are not available for study, followed by the House's response.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and name retained with permission of recipient. Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í studies; Criticism and apologetics; Manuscripts; Preservation and conservation (archives); Primary sources, Access to; Scholarship; Translation; Universal House of Justice

Primer for Bahá'í Assemblies - Gail,Marzieh (World Order, 1944)
Overview of the Bahá'í political system, and proposals for consultation, assembly functioning.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Consultation; Spiritual Assemblies

Primum Non Nocere: Reflections of a Bahá'í Oncologist about Treating the Dying Patient - Alizadeh,Aaron (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2015)
Doctors must learn how to bring the topic of death into the physician-patient conversation. The Bahá’í Faith can help to address how death is perceived and discussed in the medical community.
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/175.
Keywords: Cancer; Death; Health and healing; Soul

Principios de Administración Bahá'í (Una compilación) - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Editorial Bahá'í Indo-latino Americana, 1961)
Spanish translation of Principles of Bahá'í Administration
See English original.
Keywords: Administration; Principles of Bahá'í Administration (book)

Principles and Practices of Curriculum Design and Development - Arbab,Farzam (2004)
Talk given by Dr. Arbab, member of the Universal House of Justice, at the Portals to Growth Conference, Australia, 2004. Mirrored with permission from ruhiresources.org.
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Farzam Arbab; Institute process; Ruhi Institute; Training Institutes

Principles for Effective Parenting - Dainty,Don (White Mountain Publications, 2000)
A cycle for successful family development; preparation for marriage; parental roles; virtues education; support of institutions.
Keywords: Education; Family; Marriage; Virtues

Principles of Bahá'í Administration - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1950)
A guide to procedure in the life and organic activity of the Bahá'í community, prepared from three main sources from the US National Spiritual Assembly: Bahá'í Administration, Bahá'í Procedure, and Bahá'í Community.
Keywords: Administration; Auditing; Badi calendar; Conventions; Conventions, National; Decision making; Elections; Funds; Holy days; Laws; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies; Pilgrims notes; Prayer; Prayer, Five Steps of; Principles of Bahá'í Administration (book); Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Tests and difficulties

Principles of Consultation Applied to the Process of Innovation in a Corporate Environment - Rosenfeld,Robert B.; Winger-Bearskin,Michael H. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
Innovation is essential for industrial growth, but is obstructed when creative employees are unable to communicate ideas and the organization is unresponsive. The Bahá’í process of consultation can enhance communication to promote innovation.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Business; Consultation; Innovation

Principles of Spiritual Economics: A Compilation from the Bahá'í Writings - Badee,Hooshmand, compiler (2015)
A book-length compilation, in 38 chapters, from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, The Báb, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and the Universal House of Justice on the relationship between economics and 33 sub-topics.
Purchase a copy at amazon.com. Principles of Spiritual Economics is the newer edition of The True Foundation of All Economics, first published in 1993.
Keywords: Agriculture; Alcohol; Consultation; Development; Economics; Equality; Ethics; Health and healing; Morality; Profit-sharing; Prosperity; Social and economic development; Spirituality; Wealth and poverty; Women; Work; Work ethics

Prison Memories of Mr. Amoui (Feb. 1984 - March 1989) - Amoui,Ramezanali (1989)
Memoirs of five years in an Iranian prison. Includes Persian original. The author's full name is not known — and the last name could be Amu'i — and the translator's name is not certain.
These documents were sent to me by friends in Iran. It is also online in a different format at scribd.com. See also the Persian original in Word format, and see also a scan of the original (PDF, 17MB; from personal copy of K. Raoufian, 2022).
Keywords: 1980s; 1984; 1989; Biography; Imprisonments; Memoirs and chronicles; Prisons

Pritam Singh - Author unknown (1998)
Short biography of the first Sikh Bahá'í (1881-1959).
Archived from bahaindia.org [archive.org].
Keywords: 1881; 1959; 20th century; Biography; India; Pritam Singh; Punjab, India; Sikhism

Private Dowding: The personal story of a soldier killed in battle - Pole,Wellesley Tudor (Neville Spearman, 1966)
A record of a soldier in WWI allegedly "channeled" to Pole from the afterlife.
This book only tangentionally mentions the Bahá'í Faith; see pages 45-46. Read about the author at Wikipedia.
Keywords: Wellesley Tudor Pole

Problem Solving in the Family - Blumenthal,Erik (The Family: Our Hopes and Challenges, 1995)
How can we solve our problems or conflicts? We need to know and put 5 factors into practice: our attitude; mutual respect; understanding each other's motives; changing the 'present agreement' by conscious communication; and mutual cooperation.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Children; Collaboration and cooperation; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Consultation; Erik Blumenthal; Family; Family consultation; Parents; Psychology; Respect; Tests and difficulties

Problems of Chronology in Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Wisdom - Cole,Juan (World Order, 1979)
On the biographical section of the Lawh-i-Hikmat and its background in Islamic models.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document. Mirrored with permission from www.h-net.org.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom); Philosophers; Philosophy

Problems of Scholarship in a Bahá'í Context - MacEoin,Denis (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1982)
Thoughts on "anti-intellectualism" and faith-based interpretations of history, by a self-described outsider scholar.
See follow-up discussions in Debates between MacEoin et al.

Proceso de la creación artística, El: Una manifestación espiritual - Alba,David Cerpa (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2001)
La dinámica de la creación artística representa en todos los tiempos un vivo retrato de las aspiraciones espirituales que motivan a las personas. Este ensayo explora las fenomenológica de este proceso.
Sobre el arte como medio de expresión de la belleza espiritual de su autor. Author note: Estudiante de Economía. Miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'í de Arequipa. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.

Process Philosophy and the Bahá'í Writings: An Initial Exploration - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2004)
An examination of the Bahá'í Writings in relationship to modern process philosophy (e.g. Whitehead, Hartshorne, Cobb, and de Chardin), and some of the issues related to the formulation a unique Bahá'í version of process thought; some relevant topics.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #46, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 1-4, 2003). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/46/kluge_philosophy.
Keywords: Alfred North Whitehead; Irfán Colloquia; Philosophy; Process philosophy

Processes of the Lesser Peace, ed. by Babak Bahador and Nazila Ghanea: Review - Collins,William P. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/processes-of-the-lesser-peace [archive.org]. See also original scan.
Keywords: Lesser Peace; Peace

Proclaim the New Name - Herrmann,Duane L. (Twisting Topeka, 2014)
"When you take an actual historical time and twist it, the results can be rather interesting. What part is true, what part is not? That, the reader will have to decide." From the Twisting Topeka anthology of historical fiction.
Order a copy of the complete book from amazon.com.
Keywords: Fiction; Historical fiction; Stories

Proclamación de Bahá'u'lláh a los Reyes y Dirigentes del Mundo, La - Bahá'u'lláh (1978)
Spanish translation of Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh.
This document, and many more in Spanish, are online at Bahá'ís de Puerto Rico.
Keywords: Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Tablets to kings and rulers

Proclamation of Baha'u'llah - Zafar,Said
Date and context of this talk not given, and the correct spelling of the speaker's name not known; contact me if you know. Originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Tablets to kings and rulers

Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh - Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1978)
Excerpts from Baha'u'llah's letters to the kings and leaders of the world.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Tablets to kings and rulers

Proclamation of Baha'u'llah sources - Bolhuis,Arjen, compiler (2000)
Cross-reference chart of passages published in Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh with Summons of the Lord of Hosts and other published sources.
Also available in PDF format. See also another version of this chart.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Tablets to kings and rulers

Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh: Cross-reference to the Leiden List and Editable "Wiki" Pages - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Cross-references of the Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh to the Leiden List bibliography and some editable Wiki pages
Keywords: Cross-reference; Leiden List; Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Tablets to kings and rulers

Procrustes' Bed: The Insufficiency of Secular Humanism - Kluge,Ian (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
Secular humanism’s inability to accommodate the universal presence of religion in human nature undermines its claim to be a viable world-view for mankind and diminishes its internal coherence.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session [# ?]. Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/kluge_humanism.
Keywords: Humanism; Philosophy; Secularism

Professions - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Economics; Education; Health and healing; Leadership; Professions; Work

Professor: A Tribute to Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí - Sobhani-Matejko,Farideh (2022)
Tribute by a young psychology student in the late 1960s to Dr. ‘Alí-Murád Dávúdí, a philosopher and intellectual giant of the Bahá’í Faith who was later kidnapped by the Islamic regime and never heard from again.
Keywords: Biography; Iran (documents); Pen portraits; Persecution, Iran; `Alí Murád Dávúdí

Profezie con Valore Scientifico - Avaregan,Hossein (Opinioni Baha'i, 1981)
L’autore illustra le quattro condizioni necessarie affinché a una profezia si possa dare valore scientifico e ciò grazie alla soluzione scoperta dal teologo tedesco Johann Funk (1518-1566).
"Scientifically-Sound Prophecies": Discussion of the four conditions necessary for a prophecy to be given scientific value, and thanks to the solution found by the German theologian Johann Funk (1518-1566).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Prophecies; Science

Profiles of Some Topeka Bahá'ís - Herrmann,Duane L. (1997)
Background for the author's research into Kansas Bahá'í history.
Mirrored from geocities.ws/dlherrmann. See also Profiles of some Enterprise Bahá'ís.
Keywords: 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick; Biography; Kansas, USA; United States (documents)

Program for the Activities of the Bahá'í Students in the American University of Beirut, 1927-1928 - Author unknown, compiler (1927)
The program of the weekly meetings of the Bahá'í students in the American University of Beirut during the Bahá'í year 84-95 (1927-1928), including presentations by A.Q. Faizi, H.M. Balyuzi, Hasan and Ali Dehgan, Eshagh and Abbas Eqbal, et al.
Original document is one large sheet of paper, 11"x22", printed on both sides. Images scanned by P. Afsharian, stitched together in Photoshop by J. Winters; list of full names below provided by Afsharian, with their contemporary transcription (e.g. Abbas Adib Eghbal for Abbas A. Ekbal, or Bagheroff for Bakeroff).
Keywords: 1927; 1928; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; American University of Beirut; Beirut, Lebanon; Hasan Balyuzi; Lebanon; Universities

Programs for the Observance of Bahá'í Holy Days - Author unknown, compiler (2014)
Booklets from four devotional programs at the Wilmette House of Worship: 9th day of Ridván (2014), 1st day of Ridván (2017), martyrdom of The Báb (2017, and birth of Bahá'u'lláh (2021), with selections of relevant passages from the Writings.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Báb, Martyrdom of; Chicago, IL; Holy days; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Ridván; United States (documents)

Progress Bahá'í World Crusade 1953-1958 - Shoghi Effendi (The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1963: Information Statistical and Comparative, 1963)
Statistical information such as LSA incorporation, temple construction, etc.
Published as a pull-out in The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1963: Information Statistical and Comparative. Also published in Bahá'í World Volume XIII: 1954-1963. See also Index to Maps and charts in Bahá'í World volumes. The creases in the image existed in the original poster I used; I scanned the large original in ten separate scans and then collated them to produce this electronic image. [-J.W.]
Keywords: 1953; 1958; Maps; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in South Africa since 1911 - Author unknown (Bahá'ís of South Africa, 2007)
Overview of the Bahá'í communities in South Africa, 1911-2007.
Originally posted at bci.org/southafrica; later appeared (without images) at www.bahai.org.za/cm/node/19.
Keywords: 1911; 20th century; South Africa

Progress of the Faith in the United States and South Carolina - Universal House of Justice (2019)
While growth may not be always apparent in local regions, efforts of clusters country-wide are showing overall progress.
Transmitted by email and shared by recipient (name removed); original on file.
Keywords: Growth; Institute process; South Carolina, USA; United States (documents)

Progressive Revelation - 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.
Keywords: Progressive revelation

Progressive Revelation - Ferraby,John (Bahá'ı́ Publishing Trust, 1954)
Short pamphlet on the oneness of religion, Messengers of God, and the religious cycle.
Online at bahai.works.
Keywords: Bahá'í Cycle; Manifestations of God; Progressive revelation; Unity of religion

Progressive Revelation and Oneness of Religion - Sears,William (1972)
A videotaped talk (possibly from 1972), along with a shorter animated 2018 presentation prepared by a graphic designer for the Bahá'í Journeys website.
The first video below (followed by the longer original video) is embedded from youtube.com. It was first posted at, and created for, bahaijourneys.org/principles (archived). If you know the date or place of this talk, please let us know; the date "1972" was provided as a "guess" by a commentor at youtube.com.
Keywords: Basics; Deepening; Interfaith dialogue; Introductory; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Manifestations of God; Mirrors; Progressive revelation; Reconciliation; Unity of religion; Visuals; William Sears

Progressive Revelation Poster - Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Teaneck NJ
One-page poster giving a visual representation of the Manifestations that have come to nine countries or regions of the world.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. Date of original unknown (possibly 1940-1950s); digitized version prepared in 2005. See also a picture of my father, Walter Jones, teaching in the Gallup Bahá'í center during the 1960s, who likely used this chart as inspiration for his own chart for teaching the native People. [-E.J., 2021]
Keywords: Manifestations of God; New Jersey, USA; Progressive revelation; Teaneck, NJ; United States (documents); Visuals

Progressive Revelation: A Brief Circumstantial/Historical Contextualization - Wolf,Mehdi (2022)
Progressive revelation must be understood in the context of the twin purposes of a divine Manifestation, as well as the prevailing historical circumstances. The varying attitudes to law and science are used as test cases.
Also available in Powerpoint format.
Keywords: Buddhism; Christianity; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Laws; Progressive revelation; Science; Zoroastrianism

Progressive Revelation: The Bible and Bahá'u'lláh - Young,David F., compiler (2010)
A facilitator and a participant guide on studying The Bible and Bahá’u’lláh, prepared for the Core Curriculum for Spiritual Education program's "Fundamental Verities Courses."
The two guides below were based on a course prepared by D. Young, prepared for a program run on behalf of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Mirrored from core-curriculum.bahai.us [archive.org].
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Progressive revelation; Prophecies; Statistics; Teaching

Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology - McLean,Jack (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1992)
Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Bahá'í theology.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. Voir aussi traduction en français.
Keywords: Apophatic theology; Buddhism; Christianity; Cosmology; God; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Philosophy; Relativism; Sufism; Theology

Prolégomènes à une théologie bahá'íe - McLean,Jack (2014)
Deux objectifs à cet ouvrage: 1/ Résoudre la question préliminaire du concept et de la validité d’une théologie bahá’íe en soi, et 2/ Dégager le terrain, ce qui est déjà commencé, pour un examen en profondeur de quelques thèmes choisis.
See English original
Keywords: Apophatic theology; Philosophy; Theology

Prominent People, Teaching - Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (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: Teaching

Promise of Peace - Perry,Anne Gordon (2015)
A dramatic reading for two voices, incorporating various excerpts from Bahá’í Writings. It's a flexible script and can be modified in any way.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also the author's audio books at 9starmedia.com/encounters-with-abdulbaha.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Peace

Promise of World Peace - Universal House of Justice (1985)
A document distributed to many politicians and prominent individuals since its writing in 1985, it was the first official public statement made by the Universal House of Justice since its inception in 1963.
See also Message on World Peace (To the Bahá’ís of the World, 2019).
Keywords: 1985; Bahá'í community as example; Basics; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement); Statements; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; World peace

Promised Day is Come: Study Questions - Fazel,Seena (Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi, 1991)
A list of questions to inspire deepening and study.
Keywords: Promised Day is Come (letter); Study guides

Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Bahá'í Theology - McLean,Jack (1995)
A nascent Bahá'í systemic theology must have certain parameters, including spirituality, the prophetic tradition, and the "truth claims" neglected by the academic study of religion.
See also Propositions on a More Comprehensive Theology. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Philosophy; Scholarship; Theology

Promoting a Culture of Human Rights: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Bahá'í community in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Rahmani,Ladan (Australian Baha'i Studies, 1999)
Functions of the CHR and its role in addressing persecution; case study on Iran; while the CHR’s influence has been limited, it demonstrates the potential of international mechanisms to effect incremental change in human rights practices.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Persecution, Iran; United Nations Commission on Human Rights

Promoting a Discourse on Science, Religion, and Development - Arbab,Farzam (The Lab, the Temple, and the Market, 2000)
Personal experiences leading to work in the field of development; rural-urban balance; religion and spirituality; the state and the market; faith and reason; spiritual principles and epistemology; transfer of technology; universities and education.
Mirrored from idrc.ca, where it is also available in HTML format. The complete book is also available for free at Google books.

Promoting Entry by Troops: Study Guide - McClelland,Robert (1994)
Study guide for the statement by the House and their compilation "Promoting Entry by Troops."
Keywords: Conversion; Entry by troops; Study guides; Teaching

Promoting Peace: 100 Years of the Baha'i Faith in Santa Paula, California, 1914-2014 - Sadeghpour,Anne King (2017)
Detailed history of the community in southern California, including references to Marzieh Gail, Ethelwyn Drew Hall, Florence Mayberry, Molly King, the Yamamotos, ﻿Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani, Guy Murchie, Isabella Brittingham, Louise Waite, et al.
See picture of author at end.
Keywords: 1914; 2010s; 2014; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; California, USA; Ethelwyn Drew Hall; Florence Mayberry; Guy Murchie; Hiroshi Yamamoto; Isabella Brittingham; Kanichi Yamamoto; Louise Waite; Marzieh Gail; Michiaki Yamamoto; Molly King; Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Santa Paula, CA; Shinji Yamamoto; United States (documents)

Promoting the Equality of Women and Men: The Role of the Covenant - Khan,Janet A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2000)
The implementation of the principle of gender equality; the application of relevant Bahá’í law, including progressive clarification and application, the principle of convergence, and the exercise of restraint, all so as to ensure enduring change.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/115.
Keywords: Covenant; Equality; Gender; Women

Promulgation of Universal Peace - Abdul-Bahá (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982)
A collection of transcriptions of 140 talks delivered by ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá during the nine months in 1912 when he travelled across the United States and Canada.
See also scan of original (1982 ed), prepared by M. Thomas (2024). Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Promulgation of Universal Peace: Spreadsheet of Talks - Coe,Roger, compiler (2011)
Table of all talks published in this book, showing date, location, and the different page numbers in the 1982 and 2007 editions.
Also available in Excel format.
Keywords: Chronology and timelines; Cross-reference; Excel files; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); United States (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Proofs from the Holy Qur'án Regarding the Advent of Bahá'u'lláh - Afaqi,Sabir (Mir'át Publications, 1993)
Collection of prophecies and symbols from the Qur'án that foretell Bahá'u'lláh. Prepared for the deepening of Bahá'ís and to aid in introducing the Faith to Muslims.
Also available in Word format.
Keywords: Islam; Prophecies; Quran

Proofs of the Authenticity of the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Furutan,Ali-Akbar (1974)
Exploration of the recurring crises and triumphs in the history of the Bahá'í Faith, highlighting the authenticity and significance of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament, and its role in affirming the continuity of leadership.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Authenticity; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Proofs of the Prophets - Terry,Peter (Proofs of the Prophets, 2008)
Compilation of texts related to proofs of prophethood, as found in the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and in the Sacred Writings of various religions.
Keywords: Manifestations of God; Proofs

Proofs of the Prophets: Contents - Terry,Peter (2008)
Links to a series-in-progress of compilations and commentary.
Volumes marked "TBP" coming fall 2025.
Keywords: Manifestations of God; Proofs

Proofs of the Prophets: The Case for Baha'u'llah - Terry,Peter, compiler (Proofs of the Prophets, 2008)
Forty proofs of prophethood set forth in the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and other authors, in English translations.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Manifestations of God; Proofs; Prophecies

Proofs of the Prophets: The Case for Lord Krishna - Terry,Peter, compiler (Proofs of the Prophets, 2008)
Compilation of texts related to Lord Krishna; forty proofs of prophethood set forth in the Bhagavad-Gita, the Bhagavata Purana and other Scriptures of Hinduism, as well as the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb,‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, and others.
Keywords: Avatars; Hinduism; Krishna; Manifestations of God; Proofs; Prophecies; Sanskrit language

Prophecies Fullfilled by Baha'u'llah - Sears,William
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Prophecies; Talks

Prophecies of Jesus, by Michael Sours: Commentary and Responses - Sours,Michael W.; Buck,Christopher (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Editorial statement about the nature of Bahá'í scholarship and academic debate, followed by responses from each of the authors.
See also original review.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Jesus Christ; Prophecies; Scholarship

Prophecy in the Johannine Farewell Discourse: The Advents of the Paraclete, Ahmad and Comforter - Lambden,Stephen (Scripture and Revelation: Papers presented at the First Irfan Colloquium, 1997)
The exegetical history of sayings ascribed to Jesus which mention the Paraclete. Christian, Muslim, Bābī and Bahā'ī interpretations of these. These sayings are central to Bahā’u'llāh's claims and to Bahā'ī understanding of the New Testament.
This is an updated version of the paper that appeared in Scripture and Revelation. If any fonts or symbols do not display properly, see Lambden's original version. Mirrored with permission from hurqalya.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/03-Biblical-islam-BBst/Paraclete.htm, and with permission of publisher. See also irfancolloquia.org/1/lambden_prophecy.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Paraclete (prophecy); Prophecies

Prophecy of Daniel; Modifications of Baha'u'llah and the New Era - Universal House of Justice (1996)
Regarding the fulfilment of the Biblical prophecy of Daniel concerning 1,335 days, and modifications made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era.
Documents relevant to this issue include: The original article, Bahá'í-Christian Dialogue: Some Key Issues Considered (1989) UHJ: Changes Made to Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era Regarding the Explanation of Daniel 12:12 (1990) US NSA: Dates in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: A response to Francis Beckwith (1992) Peter Terry: Truth Triumphs: Response to Misrepresentations of Bahá'í Teachings and Bahá'í (1999) Douglas Martin: Missionary as Historian: William Miller and the Bahá'í Faith (1978) Transmitted by email from the House; submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: 1290 days; 1335 days; Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Daniel (Bible); Francis Beckwith; John Esslemont; Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Prophecies; Research Department, Questions and answers; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

Prophets and Mountains - Sharon,Moshe (Lights of Irfan, 2008)
Metaphors of mountains and actual mountains in the history of religion; Mount Carmel.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #76, Centre for Bahá'í Studies, Acuto, Italy (July 6-10, 2007). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/76/sharon_mountains. See also the author's Valleys: Real, Symbolic and Holy Sites.
Keywords: Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Christianity; Elijah (Prophet); Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Transfiguration of; Judaism; Manifestations of God; Metaphors and allegories; Moses; Mount Carmel; Mountains

Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria - Maneck,Susan (2011)
Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, compiled from an email discussion group archive; the context of the questions and their answers against the background of Ishraqi philosophy.
All emails are online in the public archive for bahai-st@list.jccc.edu: search "Manakji" and "Mahabad." See also Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran (Maneck, 1990), Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria (Cole, 1995), and wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabad_(prophet).
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Baghdad, Iraq; Betterment of the world; Christianity; Creation; Decline and renewal of religion; Din-i Ilahi; God; Hermes Trismegistus; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Iraq; Islam; Judaism; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Laws; Light; Mahabad (prophet); Manifestations of God; Manikchi Limji Hataria; Monism; Mughal empire and architecture; Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Neoplatonism; Perennialism; Philosophy; Philosophy, Ishraqi (Illuminationism); Progressive revelation; Qiblih; Silence; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Unity of religion; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); Zoroastrianism

Proposals to the United Nations for Charter Revision - Bahá'í International Community (1955)
Proposals from the Bahai International Community for revision of the U.N. charter in its capacity as a non-governmental organization with consultative status at the U.N.
Prepared by the "National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá'ís of Australia, New Zealand, British Isles, Canada, Central America, Egypt, Sudan, Germany, Austria, India, Pakistan, Burma, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Switzerland, South America, United States." Obtained from bic.org/statements/proposals-charter-revision-submitted-united-nations-baháí-international-community
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Statements; United Nations

Proposed Changes for Version 6 - Winters,Jonah (2024)
Some structural or systemic improvements necessary for future Bahá'í Library expansion 2025-.
See also our complete to-do list, history of past versions, overview of Version 4 and Version 5, and the 2022 update Bahá'í Library Online at 25: Background, Functioning, and Future.
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Propositions on a More Comprehensive Theology - McLean,Jack (1995)
Implications of theology for science and creativity, religious language, proclamation, apologetics, the existential dimension, the relativity of religious truth, and scholarship. Theology must be a careful science.
See also Promises to Keep: Thoughts on an Emerging Bahá'í Theology. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Philosophy; Scholarship; Theology

Prose-Poetry of the Five Year Plan: 2006-2011: Part 2 - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and A Study in Autobiography, 2007)
This is the 2nd in a series of prose-poetry selections written during the Five Year Plan (2006-2011).
The poetry here was written during the last four years of the Five Year Plan (2006-2011). The first poems I wrote were back at the start of my pioneering life in 1962, but none were kept until 1980. This Plan has shown an "eloquent testimony to the spirit of devotion" and has opened up "avenues to guide souls to the Ocean of His Revelation." (Ridvan, 2007)
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Plans; Ron Price

Prose-Poetry of the Five Year Plan: 21 April 2006 to 21 April 2007 - Price,Ron (Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study and A Study in Autobiography, 2007)
Autobiographical musings, unedited, as uploaded by the author.
Prose-poetry can be found at BLO for each of the epochs of the Heroic Age and the Formative Age, for each of the years 1995 to 2011, as well as several separate themes.
Keywords: Five Year Plan (2006-2011); Plans; Ron Price

Proselytizing, Development, and the Covenant - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
Teaching vs. proselytization; applying Bahá'í social teachings without becoming ensnared in prevailing cultural mores; and the uniqueness of the Bahá'í covenant.
Keywords: Agriculture; Bahá'í International Community; Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í schools; Conversion; Covenant; Funds; Growth; Gwalior, India; Health and healing; India; Interpretation; Legislation; Literacy; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Madhya Pradesh, India; New Era High School, India; Panchgani, India; Politics; Prejudice; Proselytizing; Rabbani School, India; Rural development; Social action; Social and economic development; Social teachings; Teaching; Tree (metaphor)

Prosperity of Humankind - Bahá'í International Community (Bahá'í International Community, 1995)
A statement prepared by the Bahá'í International Community Office of Public Information, Haifa, first distributed at the United Nations World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995.
See also The Role of Business in Enhancing The Prosperity of Humankind. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Basics; Empowerment; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Prosperity; Spirituality; Statements; Sustainable development; Virtues

Prosperity of Humankind Study Outline - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2003)
Detailed outline of this publication.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Prosperity

Prosperity of Humankind: An Outline - Rezai,Sana (2012)
Content outline of the document prepared by the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information, released in January 1995 in preparation for the UN World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen.
Also available in OpenOffice format.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; Prosperity

Protecting the Cause of God - Javaheri,Firaydoun (2007)
Mirrored with permission from bahaimp3.narod.ru. No information is given about the context of the lecture, but it is probably part of the "Serving the Divine Plan" program.

Protecting the Human Family: Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and Bahá'í Principles - Lepard,Brian D. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2003)
The moral and legal problems raised by the use of military force to aid human rights victims. Relevant Bahá’í ethical principles and how these might assist us to reform existing international law to better protect all members of the human family.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/102
Keywords: Century of Light (book); Charity and relief work; Collective security; Conflict; Conflict resolution; Consultation; History (general); Human rights; Law, International; Laws; Peace; Protection; United Nations; Unity of humanity; War

Protocols in Aboriginal Communities - French,Darryl (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Guide to fostering respectful and productive relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people; cultural sensitivity and historical awareness; Aboriginal English and communication in meetings; addressing barriers; the role of elders.
See also the rest of this issue.
Keywords: Aboriginal people; Australia

Protocols of the Followers of Baha'u'llah: Anti-Bahá'í propaganda in Iran - as-Sahyuni,Abdu'l-Bab (1998)
A sympathetic overview by "Freethought Mecca" of persecution of Bahá'ís, and activities of the Iranian government.
This essay was originally posted at a Geocities site Freethought Mecca, which is now defunct.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Iran

Prouver l'existence de Dieu 1 - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2008)
Fireside talk.
See also another version of this lecture. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

Prouver l'existence de Dieu 2 - Hatcher,William S. (William S. Hatcher Library, 2002)
Fireside talk.
See also another version of this lecture. Mirrored with permission from william.hatcher.org.

Providing answers to oft-asked questions of Baha'is - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2009)
What do Bahá'ís believe?
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=1701936.
Keywords: Introductory; Questions and answers

Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Ahmad - Bahá'u'lláh (2015)
Translation of a Tablet from from the Adrianople period, about the requirements for having an enlightened self and living spirit. Almost half of its passages were included in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh.
Keywords: Edirne, Turkey; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian))

Provisional Translations of Bahá'í Writings and their Publication - Universal House of Justice (1999)
Sent by the House to a number of NSAs, publishing trusts, and publishers to say that "favorable consideration has been given to allowing wider use of provisional translations..."
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of a recipient.
Keywords: Provisional translations; Publishing; Translation

Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá - Sazedj,Peyman (2009)
Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org.
Collated and re-formatted by A. Masumian from archive.org. See also the Microsoft Word version.
Keywords: Ancestors and descendants; Angels; Attachment; Badí' (Mírzá Áqá Buzurg-i-Nishápúrí); Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Báb, Writings of; Contentment; Covenant; Creation; Divine nonfulfillment (Bada); Extraterrestrial life; Fate, destiny and predestination; Free will; Freedom and liberty; Future Manifestations of God; God, Will of; Islam; Jinn (genie); Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book); Knowledge; Mahabad (prophet); Maid of Heaven; Middle Way; Moderation; Motion and stillness; Order of verses; Pilgrimage; Prayer texts; Prayers for pilgrimage; Prophets; Quran; Reward and punishment; Ruby Tablet; Self-knowledge; Seven stages of creation; Ships; Tablet of Paradise; Tablet of visitation for Badi; Tablets of Visitation; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; World order; Youth; Zoroaster (Zarathustra); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Provisional Translations, Policy Concerning - Universal House of Justice (1994)
Authorized vs. provisional translations of texts and the policies regarding their publication. Includes a compilation on "Policies and Procedures Concerning the Publication of Translations."
Keywords: Provisional translations; Translation

Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies - Armstrong-Ingram,R. Jackson (1996)
On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): the abolition of the concept of ritual pollution caused by sexual fluids (semen, menstrual blood); illicit sexual conduct (zina and liwat); and marriage.
Presented at the Society for Shaykhi, Babi, and Bahá'í Studies meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, in November 1996. See also the author's Bahá'í Faith and Sexuality.
Keywords: 19th century; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Sexuality

Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions of Persecution and Suffering - Ghadirian,Abdu'l-Missagh (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Persecution of the Bahá’ís of Iran as an example of spiritual resilience: what are the spiritual meanings of suffering? When confronted with persecution or torture, why do some individuals show radiant acceptance; what role do faith and belief play?
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/94. See also the author's Human Responses to Life Stress and Suffering.
Keywords: Grief; Persecution; Psychology; Suffering

Psychology and Knowledge of Self - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg.
Keywords: Health and healing; Knowledge; Psychology; Self; Self-knowledge

Psychology and Peace - Roesch,Ronald (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1988)
The relevance of psychology to the establishment of peace in the context of the Bahá’í peace message.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Change; Community (general); Cultural differences; Empowerment; Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement); Psychology

Psychology of Mysticism and its Relationship to the Bahá'í Faith - Momen,Moojan (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1984)
Contrast of theories of mysticism and its physiological components from the perspective of 20th-century psychology.
Keywords: Dualism; Interfaith dialogue; Monism; Mysticism; Psychology; Sufism

Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review - Agahi,Cyrus (Associate, 1999)
Mirrored with permission from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/associate/a29/page5.htm [defunct].
Keywords: Psychology

Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review - Miller,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)

Psychology of Spirituality, The, by H.B. Danesh: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 1995)
Mirrored with permission from www.onecountry.org/oc72/oc7216as.html. Later published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies 6:4 (1995), pp. 67-69, see PDF scan. See also review by R. Diessner (1995).

Public Address of Ruhiyyih Khanum to the 1953 Conference in Wilmette - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1953)
The Faith's mission over the next decade; spiritual and societal goals; humanity's individual relationship with God and the collective purpose of advancing civilization; plans to spread the teachings to over 130 countries; transformative power of unity.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: 1953; Conferences, Bahá'í

Public Discourse on Race: Abdu'l-Bahá's 1912 Howard University Speech - Buck,Christopher (2012)
Presentation at Louhelen Bahá’í School on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the black intelligentsia, his views of the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, and his message to African Americans and the "Whites."
Some content of this presentation comes from the paper "‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s 1912 Howard University Speech: A Civil War Myth for Interracial Emancipation."
Keywords: 1912; African Americans; Equality; Howard University; Race; United States (documents); Universities; War; Washington, DC, USA; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

Public Schools May "Teach About Religion" — Not "Teach Religion" - Buck,Christopher (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2012)
History of legislation regarding how and when religious texts might be studied in public schools, and comments on pedagogical approaches.
Submitted by author for posting here.
Keywords: Curriculum; Education; Interfaith dialogue; Schools; Teaching

Publishing Letters from the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (2005)
Permission must be sought from the House before publishing any of their letters.
The question asked was regarding "real-world" publishing, not online documents (like this one). Submitted by recipient; original PDF on file.
Keywords: Publishing; Publishing, Policy and practice; Universal House of Justice

Publishing, Bahá'í, Memorandum on: Materials to be Deposited with the Bahá'í World Centre Library - Bahá'í International Archives; Universal House of Justice (1998)
Overview of Literature Review, publishing, translations, and details of the requirement of sending copies of all materials to the World Center archives.
Two of these documents are from two different years (1998 and 2000). As there are minor differences, both are included.
Keywords: Archives; Bahá'í World Centre; International Bahá'í Archives; International Bahá'í Library; Interpolation of telegrams (cables); Libraries; Manuscripts; Publishing; Publishing, Policy and practice; Publishing, Review; Telegrams (cables)

Punti Razionali Comuni fra Corano e Vangelo - Avaregan,Hossein (Opinioni Baha'i, 1990)
Ricerca personale della verità, origine divina di tutte le religioni, analogia delle profezie, uso delle allegorie, significato spirituale di molti termini, atteggiamento verso i miracoli fisici.
"Rational themes in common between the Quran and the Gospel:" personal search for truth, divine origin of all religions, analogy of prophecies, use of allegories, spiritual meaning of many terms, attitude toward physical miracles.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Quran

Purpose and Mission of the Manifestations of God - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2002)
Keywords: Bahá'í Faith, Purposes of; Manifestations of God; Purpose of religion; Religion (general)

"Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary - Erickson,David L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1989)
See also The Purpose of Poetry, and see author's response to this commentary.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Literature; Literature, English; Poetry

Purposeful Spiritual Endeavour: A fundamental Connection between Bahá'ís and Christians - Quin,Colin (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 1997)
There is a need for clearer, warmer, more purposeful connections between individuals of different Faiths; we each have similar concerns with our own human needs, aspirations, and religious devotion, and seek deeper understanding of the ideas we value.
See the table of contents and editor's note in the complete issue, vol. 2.

Pursuing Excellence - Leith,Barney (Associate, 2001)
What is excellence, is it ineffable, how do we recognize it, and how might we pursue it?
Paper from the ABS-ESE Annual Conference, 2001. Mirrored with permission from bahai-faith.manvell.org.uk. See also the full PDF for issue 36.
Keywords: Excellence; Virtues

Putative Distinctions Between Apologetics and Scholarship: A Commentary - McLean,Jack (1993)
Response to Christopher Buck's review of Michael Sour's The Prophecies of Jesus, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, on the definitions of apologia and the thought of Paul Tillich.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.

Qá'ení, Shaikh Mohammad-ʿAli - Foadi,Minou (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2005)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/qaeni-moh.
Keywords: 1860; 1924; Ashgabat; Biography

Qayyum al-Asma' Sura 93: Chapter of the Bees (Qayyum al-Asma 93: Surat al-nahl): A commentary on the Sura of Joseph, "The Best of Stories" - Báb, The (2002)
Translation, and lengthy commentary, on the Súratu’l-Nahl.
Another version of this paper, entitled "Reading Reading Itself," can be found at www.h-net.org/~bahai/bhpapers/vol1/nahl2.htm. The original Arabic text and another translation by Stephen Lambden can be found at https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu.
Keywords: Bees; Báb, Writings of; Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Qayyúm-al-'Asmá: Notes on Joseph - Poirier,Brent; Lambden,Stephen (1999)
Prepared as part of Notes from Wilmette Institute courses and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read links or comments pertaining to this Tablet here.
Keywords: Joseph (Prophet); Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Qayyúm-al-'Asmá: Wilmette Institute faculty notes - Velasco,Ismael; Lawson,Todd (1999)
Prepared as part of Wilmette Institute notes and commentary on the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh. Add or read links or comments pertaining to this Tablet here.
Keywords: Qayyumul-Asma (book)

Qáʼim-Maqám Faráhání in the Baháʼí Writings - Rafati,Vahid (Lights of Irfan, 2019)
A comprehensive survey of references to the Qá’im-Maqám, prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Sháh, in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, as well as some of his statements that are directly quoted in the Writings.
See also Masumian's translation of "The Man of Courage: A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Life of Mírzá Áqá Khán Qá'im-Maqámí." Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/rafati_farahani.
Keywords: Iran (documents); Mírzá Abu'l-Qasim Farahani (Qaim-Maqam); Mírzá Áqá Khan Qaim-Maqamí

Qiblih, Determining the direction of - Universal House of Justice (2010)
Guidance on how best to ascertain the direction of the Qiblih, the focus to which the faithful turn in prayer. For Bahá’ís the Qiblih is the tomb of Bahá’u’lláh at Bahji, "the Heart and Qiblih of the Bahá’í world" — similar to the Ka'bah for Muslims.
Keywords: Obligatory prayer; Qiblih; Questions and answers

Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn] - Nicolas,A.L.M. (Tahirih in History: Perspectives on Qurratu'l-'Ayn from East and West, 2004)
First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Táhirih. These passages are from Seyyed Ali Mohammad dit le Bab (1905) by A.-L.-M. Nicolas, French diplomat and author.
Posted online with permission of both translator and publisher. Order a copy of the book online at kalimat.com.
Keywords: 1848; A. L. M. Nicolas; Badasht, Iran; Biography; Bábí history; Conference of Badasht (1848); Equality; Iran (documents); Veils; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

Qualities and Attributes of the Spiritually Learned: Excerpts from The Secret of Divine Civilization - Wilson,Thomas R. (1987)
Keywords: Ethics; Knowledge; Leadership; Scholarship; Secret of Divine Civilization (book); Social action; Spirituality; Virtues

Quddus - Johnson,Lowell (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South and West Africa, 1982)
Overview of the life of Quddus, the most prominent disciple of the Báb and the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living.
Also available as a Microsoft Word document.
Keywords: 1840s; 1849; Biography; Letters of the Living; Quddús

Quddus - Mohammad-Hosseini,Nosratollah (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/qoddus-mohammad-ali-barforusi.
Keywords: 1849; Biography; Quddús

Quddús - Villar,Husayn (2008)
Originally posted at husaynvillar.blogspot.com/2008/01/qudds-mrz-muhammad-al-barfursh-titulado.html
Keywords: 1840s; 1849; Biography; Quddús

Quddús: The First in Rank - Handal,Boris (2024)
Lengthy biography of Quddús, the most revered figure in the Faith of the Báb, including the history of his shrine, the most sacred Bahá'í sepulchre in Iran, which was destroyed in 2004.
Purchase the book (print or ebook) at amazon.com/dp/0645896322/.
Keywords: 1840s; 1848; 1849; Biography; Letters of the Living; Quddús

Queen Marie and the Baha'i Faith - Postlethwaite,Robert (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
On the first monarch to embrace the Bahá'í Faith; the stature and the character of Queen Marie and her unique position in the early 20th century; her identification as a Bahá'í and her plan to visit Haifa in 1929; her relationship with Martha Root.
See also Queen Marie of Romania: A Preliminary Bibliography from the same issue. See also original scan. Also online at journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/267.
Keywords: 1929; 20th century; Biography; Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; Romania; Royalty

Queen Marie of Romania: A Preliminary Bibliography - Jasion,Jan T. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1994)
Very few royals have left such a rich literary legacy as did Marie of Romania. She published novels, fairy tales, articles and essays for newspapers and magazines in Europe and North America, and she wrote of the Bahá'í Faith.
See also Queen Marie and the Bahá'í Faith from the same issue. See also original scan, from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/266.
Keywords: Queen Marie of Romania; Royalty

Queen Victoria and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (1999)
Keywords: Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Queen Marie of Romania; Queen Victoria; Tablets to kings and rulers

Quelques Rencontres Importantes entre les Communautés Protestante et Bahá'íe en France - Jasion,Jan T. (La communauté bahá’íe de Châtenay-Malabry, 2019)
History of the relationship between the Faith in France and the Protestant community, 1870-1913 (with photographs).
Also available in OpenOffice format.
Keywords: 1870; 1910s; 1913; 19th century; Christianity; France; Interfaith dialogue; Protestantism

Question-answer session from "Text and Context in the Bahá'í Heroic Age" - Saiedi,Nader (2024)
Partial transcript of the Q&A portion of a talk on the Bahá'í writings and the need for scholars to index and translate these texts; the metaphysical nature of the Manifestations.
This is a partial transcript of Part 5, online at soundcloud.com/bahai-blog.... See complete series (11 parts). Adapted from text prepared by Alison Elizabeth Marshall at alisonelizabethmarshall.com/the-large-number-of-bahaullahs-writings-yet-to-be-studied.
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings; Bahá'í studies; Báb, Writings of; Indexes and catalogues; International Bahá'í Archives; Manifestations of God, Gradual disclosure of; Scholarship; Tablet of Emancipation; Translation; Youth

Questions about Aspects of the Bahá'í Teachings: Seven various questions - Universal House of Justice (1991)
On Bahá'í status and community membership, spiritual primacy, Most Great Spirit, studying the Covenant, revelation of the Bab, civil elections, and definition of a pioneer. Includes short compilation "Conditions for Membership in the Bahá'í Community."
Posted at scribd.com. See original scan at end.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Station of; Báb, Revelation of; Civil elections; Contradictions; Covenant; Holy Spirit; Membership; Most Great Spirit; Pioneering; Research Department, Questions and answers

Questions about Science and Religion: Interviews with Abdul Baha at Tiberias and Haifa - Kunz,Anna (Star of the West, 1922)
Questions asked of Abdu'l-Bahá by two Christians visiting Haifa in 1921.
This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: 1921; Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Death; Divine Assistance; Education; Equality; Evil; God, Word of; Haifa, Israel; Hospitality; Iran (documents); Life after death (afterlife); Love; Manifestations of God; Moderation; Munavvar Khanum; Philosophy; Pilgrims notes; Prayer; Prejudice; Prophecies; Questions and answers; Refugees; Religious leaders (clergy); Science; Sea of Galilee, Israel; Service; Shortcomings; Teaching; Unity; Unity of humanity; Women; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Questions about the Second Coming - Townshend,George (1953)
Answers by Townshend to questions asked by the Bahá’ís of Kampala, Uganda about the return of Christ, the Bible, false prophets, the day of judgment, and the trinity.
PDF below from Microsoft Word version prepared by Ernie Jones (2022) from the original scan from bahai.works.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); False prophets; George Townshend; Judaism; Metaphors and allegories; Miracles; Prophecies; Return; Symbolism; Trinity; Unity of religion

Questions and Answers 1950-51 - Alfassa,Mirra (Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1951)
Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá speaking about sacrifice and suffering by a leading spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo.
These words were written in 1951 but not published until 1972. Mirra Alfassa, "The Mother," was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo; see Wikipedia. See also at Google books.
Keywords: 1950; 1951; France; Hinduism; India; Mirra Alfassa; Paris, France; Questions and answers; Sacrifice; Sri Aurobindo; Suffering; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Questions and Answers on War and Related Issues - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, compiler (2003)
Compilation of passages and commentary on the military, political activism, disarmament, pacifism, and collective security.
See also Participation in Anti-War Demonstrations and Responding to the Middle East Crisis. This document is also available in PDF format.
Keywords: Politics; Questions and answers; War

Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan - Muhammad,Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali (1997)
Translation of the questions submitted to Bahá'u'lláh by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal uncle of the Bab, which led to the revelation of the Kitab-i Iqan.
Adapted from Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts, No. 2 (June, 1997) on h-net.org.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh; Báb, Family of; Báb, The; Báb, Uncles of; Conversion; Hidden Imam; Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad; Imams; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Prophecies; Questions and answers; Qá'im; Shia Islam (Shiism); Twelfth Imam

Quickeners of Mankind: Pioneering in a World Community - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (Bahá'í Canada Publications, 1980)
Quotations about the theory and practice of pioneering and "travel teaching." Includes stories about pioneers, and a small selection of texts from Marion Jack.
Also available as PDF scan, original from bahaideepeningresources.blogspot.ca, optimized by M. Thomas (2023).
Keywords: Pioneering; Teaching; Travel Teaching

Quiet Strangulation: Islamic Republic's Treatment of Baha'is since 1991 - Yazdani,Mina (Tiempo Devorado, 2018)
Summary of persecution of Bahá'ís in Iran especially since 1991, and on analyses by other historians on the roots of anti-Bahá'í discrimination. Includes introduction by Amin Egea.
Mirrored with permission from revistes.uab.cat.
Keywords: 1991; Iran (documents); Persecution, Iran

Quinta Epoca de la Edad Formativa de la Fe, Anuncio de la - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Keywords: Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Formative Age

Quote from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J. E. Bolles - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1953)
One short note about the "urgency of this particular time in history," from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J.E. Bolles, contained in a letter from Agnes Alexander to "Lucy," June, 1953.
J.E. Bolles is probably Mrs. Jeanette Ruhanguiz Bolles, July 21, 1881 (?)-March 17, 1967. See "In Memoriam," Bahá'í National Review May 1967, p. 6. A letter from May Ellis Bolles is also included in the Autobiographical Materials of Agnes Alexander. This is a "Pilgrim's note," an individual's recollection of statements and actions of the Central figures. They are subjective and not authoritative. See an overview of Pilgrim's Notes.
Keywords: 1950s; Agnes Alexander; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Pilgrims notes; Pioneering; Urgency

Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance: The Bab's tafsirs of Qur'an 103 and 108, the Declining Day and the Abundance - Lawson,Todd (Der Iran um 19 Jahrhundert und die Enstehung der Baha'i Religion, 1998)
Quranic commentary played a major role in the formation of the Bábí movement. Early Babis were impressed by the Bab's innovative interpretation of scripture. As the Bab's claims became more widely known, his language became less esoteric.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of; Commentaries; Islam; Quran

Qur'anic and Biblical References in the Kitáb-i-Íqán: A Guide to Further Study - Garis,Dalton, editor; Sobhani,Mohebat, editor (2020)
List of quotes from the Bible and the Qur'an referenced by Baha’u’llah in the Kitab-i-Iqan as shown in its footnotes, and a brief discussion of each reference.
The translation of the Qur'án used in this document has been criticized for inserting some interpretations of the Wahhabi school directly into the English rendition — see wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Quran_(Hilali-Khan).
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Islam; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Quotations from the Bible; Quotations from the Quran; Quran

Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration - Lawson,Todd (Routledge Companion to the Qur'an, 2022)
Article contains no mention of the Bábí or Bahá'í Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Bahá'í teachings on the typologies of proclamation and apocalypse.
Keywords: Alast (Primordial Covenant); Angels; Apocalypse; Bible; Certitude; Christianity; Civilization; Covenant; Creation; Cultural diversity; Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Enlightenment, Age of; Epics; Eschatology; Ethics; Glory (general); God; God, Names of; Humility; Interfaith dialogue; Invocations; Islam; Jesus Christ; Jonah (Bible); Joseph (Prophet); Knowledge; Light; Light verse (Quran); Mary (Mother of Jesus Christ); Miriam (sister of Moses and Aaron); Northrop Frye; Opposites; Peace; Persecution; Point; Prophecies; Prophets; Quran; Recitation; Religion (general); Remembrance; Return; Revelation; Signs; Typology; Unity; Unity of humanity; Unity of religion; Voices of revelation; Words and phrases

Qur'ánic references in the Bahá'í Writings - Bolhuis,Arjen, compiler (2001)
Cross-reference list (incomplete).
Also available as an Excel spreadsheet.
Keywords: Cross-reference; Excel files; Islam; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Two seas; Vale of Towa; Words and phrases

Rabindranath Tagore: Some Encounters with Bahá'ís - Terry,Peter (1992)
'Abdu'l-Bahá is alleged to have met India's poet laureate Tagore in Chicago in 1912. This article examines the historical sources for that story.
See also a Tablet of Abdu'l-Bahá mentioning Tagore (off-site).
Keywords: 1912; Bengal Renaissance; Biography; Brahmo Samaj; Chicago, IL; Hinduism; India; Interfaith dialogue; Prosperity; Rabindranath Tagore; Renaissance; Santiniketan, India; United States (documents); West Bengal, India; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

Race and Man: A Compilation - Gift,Maye Harvey; Cox,Alice Simmons (Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1943)
A collection of words of scientists, sociologists and educators, arranged to present the problem of race relations in this modern world and the solutions as great thinkers envision them, followed by Bahá'í teachings on the same topics.
Read more about this compilation at bahaipedia.org/Race_and_Man.
Keywords: Race; Race unity

Race and Racism: Perspectives from Bahá'í Theology and Critical Sociology - Hughey,Matthew (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
Review of the concepts of race and racism based on social scientific understanding, in order to better understand their definition and to delineate their relation to one another, and correlate them with the Bahá'í Writings.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/220. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: History (general); Prejudice; Race; Race unity; Racism; Sociology

Race Unity Day - 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: Race; Unity

Race Unity: Implications for the Metropolis - Thomas,June Manning (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1995)
Universal principles of unity which apply to cities; how racial disunity has been imprinted upon the metropolitan landscape in the United States; spiritual principles necessary to improve the fragmented urban life around the world.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also original scan.
Keywords: Built environment and urban planning; Cities; Discrimination; Disunity; Education; Minorities; Race; Racism; Silos (segmentation); Social change; Spirituality; United States (documents); Unity; Virtues; Wealth and poverty

"Race, Immorality and Money in the American Bahá'í Community: Impeaching the Los Angeles Spiritual Assembly," by Juan Cole: Commmentary - Stockman,Robert (Religion, 2000)
Response to Cole's article in the same issue, which analyzes the dissolution of the Bahá'í local assembly of Los Angeles in 1986-88 by the US NSA.
See Cole's original article at www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahai/2000/dialala2.htm.

Race, Place, and Clusters: Current Vision and Possible Strategies - Thomas,June Manning (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
Division by place affects the possibilities for racial unity, especially in fragmented U.S. metropolitan areas. The "institute process” as a strategy could overcome challenges that place-based action poses for racial unity.
Article mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Cities; Clusters; Detroit, MI; Institute process; Neighborhoods; Race; Race unity; Silos (segmentation); Social action; Social change; United States (documents); Vision

Racial Identity and the Patterns of Consolation in the Poetry of Robert Hayden - Hatcher,John S. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
The dramatic tension in Robert Hayden’s poetry has often been mistaken for personal ambivalence and confusion with regard to both his ethnic identity and his beliefs as a Bahá’í — rather than the clear pattern of consolation that unites them.
This article is posted online at the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive. Permission to cross-post articles given by ABS editor in 1997 and 2000 when I was building the first bahai-studies.ca website.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; John Hatcher; Poetry; Race; Robert Hayden; Unity

Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard Thomas: Review - Berdjis,Nassim (Baha'i Studies Review, 1996)

Racial Unity: An Imperative for Social Progress, by Richard Thomas: Review - Hassall,Graham (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1997)
Originally published in Australian Bahá'í Bulletin, May 1993, 10. See also original scan.

Radiant Acquiescence - Rexford,Orcella (World Order, 1937)
"Radiant acquiescence" (ridá') means not only to give up your will to the Divine Will, but to do so joyfully and with radiance, knowing it is the best way in the end.
The original publication can be found at bahai.works. Also published as a separate booklet.
Keywords: Acceptance; Anger; Contentment; Ethics; Happiness; Health and healing; Joy; Love; Non-violence; Philosophy; Protection; Psychology; Radiant acquiescence; Self-control; Sincerity; Tests and difficulties

Radio and Television in Teaching, The Use of - Shoghi Effendi (Compilation of Compilations, 1991)
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. See also Guidance for Bahá'í Radio. Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here.
Keywords: Media (communication); Radio; Teaching; Television

Radio Bahá'í del Lago Titicaca, 20 años de historia - Qui√±onez,Rene (La Pluma del Conocimiento, 2002)
Un breve relato sobre los logros de un proyecto de desarrollo socio económico al servicio de los pobladores del altiplano peruano boliviano.
Author note: Técnico en Electrónica. Miembro de la Comunidad Bahá'i de Puno. From bahaidream.com; see also bahaidream.com/lapluma/revista01/revista01.htm.
Keywords: Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í history by country; Bolivia

Radio Baha'i Ecuador, by Kurt Hein: Review - O'Shea,Des (CADE: Journal of Distance Education, 1989)
Mirrored with permission from cade.athabascau.ca/vol4.1/12c_review-oshea.html (defunct).
Keywords: Bahá'í history by country; Ecuador; Radio

Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity - Francis,Richard (1998)
Short biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
Mirrored with permission from the Bahá'í Faith Website of Reno, Nevada; no longer online, but available at archive.org.
Keywords: Biography; Hands of the Cause; Mass teaching; Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir; Travel Teaching

Rainha Vitória: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh - Oliveira,Marco (2004)
Short biography of Queen Victoria and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
This text was originally published in a Portuguese Bahá'í blog, povodebaha.blogspot.com.
Keywords: 20th century; Biography; Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria); Queen Victoria

Rainn Wilson on His Baha'i Faith and Why His Success is Connected to His Spirituality - Wilson,Rainn; Power,Tom (2023)
Transcript prepared by Doug Couper from video online at youtube.com/watch?v=SYkXbjgJ-oQ.
Keywords: Canada; Interviews; Rainn Wilson; Spirituality; Television

Raising Children of Light: editorial - Bahá'í International Community (Jerusalem Post, 2008)
In seeking to end the world's suffering, we need to acknowledge that we are all one human race in an increasingly interconnected world, educate children and mothers, and end the oppression of girls and women.
Mirrored from www.bic.org/statements-and-reports/featured/raising-children-of-light.
Keywords: BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Children; Education; Statements; Unity; Unity of humanity; Women

Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History - Sims,Barbara R. (1996)
Bahá'í activities in Korea 1921-1988.
Keywords: 1921; 1988; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Hiroyasu Takano; Korea; Photographs

Raising the Tent of Unity - Furutan,Ali-Akbar (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1970)
The year 1844 marked the end of humanity’s childhood and signaled the "coming of age" of the human race. Like a pot of water which has just come to a boil, we are now ready to rid ourselves of enmity and discord, and abide in freedom and security.
Two identical editions have been scanned; embedded below is the 1972 edition (signature written in ink, not printed), and the 1970 one is here.
Keywords: Unity; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

Random page: Sacred Writings - Zamir,Brett, compiler (2011)
Jump to a random page of the Bahá'í Writings. Useful for exploration of the Bahá'í Writings, learning something new, or refreshing on something old. May be bookmarked for repeated use.
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings

Random Thoughts of a Mystic Economist - Shams,Badi (2016)
Collection of 68 articles published on bahaiteachings.org.
All items mirrored with permission from bahaiteachings.org/author/badi-shams. See this in Spanish translation, Pensamientos varios de un Economista Místico. See also badishams.com/resources.
Keywords: Economics

Rank and Station: Reflections on the Life of Bahíyyh Khánum - Khan,Janet A. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2007)
Distinctive characteristics of the designation of rank in the Bahá’í administration and the nature of "station," drawing upon the example of Bahíyyih Khánum, the highest-ranking woman in the Bahá’í dispensation.
24th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture. Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/140.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Ranks, stations and functions

Ranks and Functions in the Bahá'í Cause - Universal House of Justice (1978)
Different ranks of and interactive functioning of the Continental Board of Counsellors versus National Spiritual Assemblies.
Keywords: Counsellors; Names and titles; National Spiritual Assemblies; Ranks, stations and functions

Ransom-Kehler, Keith - Bramson-Lerche,Loni (World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy, 2011)
Keywords: 1876; 1933; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Keith Ransom-Kehler

Ransom-Kehler, Keith Bean - Ruhe-Schoen,Janet (The Baha'i Encyclopedia, 2009)
On the American Bahá’í lecturer and world traveler, designated by Shoghi Effendi as the first American Bahá’í martyr, and a Hand of the Cause of God, the first woman to be so named.
Mirrored with permission from bahai-encyclopedia-project.org.
Keywords: 1876; 1933; Biography; Hands of the Cause; Keith Ransom-Kehler

Rashḥ-i-'Amá: Les Nuages des Royaumes d'en-haut - Bahá'u'lláh (2020)
Poème de Bahá’u’lláh publié dans "The Call of the Divine Beloved", édition anglaise du Centre mondial, 2019. Traduction provisoire.
See also the authorized English translation, the official French translation by la commission de traduction, another French translation by Pierre Spierckel, and some earlier provisional English translations.
Keywords: Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Rashh-i-'Amá: Les nuées du plus haut des cieux - Bahá'u'lláh (Appel du Bien-Aimé divin: Sélection d'oeuvres mystiques, 2021)
Traduction officielle d'une poème de Bahá’u’lláh publié dans "The Call of the Divine Beloved" (édition anglaise du Centre mondial, 2019).
Text below extracted and formatted from Appel du Bien-Aimé divin: Sélection d'oeuvres mystiques. Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also the authorized English translation, a provisional French translation by Pierre Daoust, another French translation by Pierre Spierckel, and some earlier provisional English translations.
Keywords: Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Rashh-i-'Amá: traduction en assonances - Bahá'u'lláh (2023)
Poème de Bahá’u’lláh, traduction provisoire.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also the authorized English translation, the official French translation by la commission de traduction, another French translation by Pierre Daoust, and some earlier provisional English translations.
Keywords: Rashh-i-Ama (Sprinkling from the Cloud of Unknowing)

Rashid Rida on the Bahá'í Faith: A Utilitarian Theory of the Spread of Religions - Cole,Juan (Arab Studies Quarterly, 1983)
Rida developed a theory of missionary work characterized by both modern pragmatic and traditionalist Islamic aspects: a sociology of the spread of religion in terms of organizational efficiency avoids talk of intrinsic "truth" or supernatural agency.
Also available as a scan of the original article. Mirrored with permission from www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/bahai/2000/rida.htm.
Keywords: Egypt; Islam; Muhammad Rashid Rida; Syria

Rationalisation and re-enchantment in Malaysia: Temiar religion 1964-1995 - Benjamin,Geoffrey (1996)
Extensive discussion of the Baha’i Faith among the Temiars of Malaysia. Link to paper (offsite).
Updated version of a paper presented at the Conference on Enchantment and Re-enchantment: Religion in Modern Southeast Asia (Australian National University, 14-15 March 1996), and an extension of the author's PhD dissertation "Temiar Religion" (Cambridge, 1967).
Keywords: 1964; 1995; Bahá'í history by country; Malaysia

Rationality in Academic Disciplines - Mohanan,K. P. (Singapore Baha'i Studies Review, 2001)
For an academic community to construct knowledge through teamwork, its members must have a shared language with the same pairings of concepts and words, and they must have shared epistemic values by which to "dialogue" and base collective decisions.
See the table of contents, editor's note, and biographical data in the complete issue, vol. 6.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Knowledge; Philosophy; Rationality; Reason; Scholarship; Science

Reaching and Teaching the Indians: Clinics and Task Force Discussions #17 - Kahn,Franklin (1967)
Outreach and teaching teams for native peoples on reservations and in cities; the need for pioneering on reservations; understanding Indigenous culture.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also bahaipedia.org/Franklin_Kahn.
Keywords: Native Americans; Teaching

Read-Aloud Plays - Holley,Horace (Mitchell Kennerley, 1916)
Nine short plays. Contains no mention of the Bahá'í Faith.
This book is available in a variety of formats at gutenberg.org. Also available as PDF scan of original [10 MB].
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Drama; Fiction; Horace Holley; Plays

Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War - Egea,Amin E. (Baha'i World, 2021)
How ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporaneous “progressive” movements and thinkers.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org (includes the footnotes).
Keywords: Crisis; Equality; Ethics; History (general); International peace conferences; Law, International; Laws; Materialism; Peace; Prejudice; Public discourse (discourses of society); Race; Reality; Social action; Unity; War; `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)