The Tablet of Emancipation - Bahá'u'lláh (2014)
Authorized translation of a prayer in which Bahá'u'lláh frees a slave.
Mirrored from bahai.org (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), where it is available in various formats; also online here. This prayer was discovered in 2012. The original text is unnamed. The work title "Tablet of Emancipation" has been added by Christopher Buck (link to 2017 article below). Background information about this Tablet: Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Emancipation (Christopher Buck, Jul 27, 2017); The Baha’i Prayer that Freed the Slaves (Christopher Buck, Mar 25, 2014); Baha'u'llah Frees the Enslaved (Christopher Buck, Jan 13, 2014); Baha'u'llah's Law Abolishing Slavery (Nader Saiedi, Aug 31, 2020).
Keywords: Prayer texts; Servants; Slavery; Tablet of Emancipation

The Tablet of the Clouds (Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb) - Bahá'u'lláh (2017)
Proclaims Bahá’u’lláh’s divine authority, challenges religious leaders, emphasizes detachment, warns of worldly decay, and recounts His hardships and messages to rulers.
Mirrored with permission from joshuahalltranslations.com.
Keywords: Badí' (Mírzá Áqá Buzurg-i-Nishápúrí); Chastity; Clouds; Detachment; Gold; Lawh-i-Sahab (Tablet of the Clouds); Lawh-i-Sultan (Tablet to Nasirid-Din Shah); Living the life; Promised One; Proofs; Qiblih; Religious leaders (clergy); Tablets to kings and rulers; Valleys; Women

"The Tablet of the True Seeker" from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) - Bahá'u'lláh (1931)
Guidance to the true seeker, a passage from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude).
Note: This passage is from paragraps 213 and 214 of the Kitáb-i-Íqán (line breaks added). In his commentary on this text, Ted Brownstein mentions: "The "Tablet" first appeared in Gleanings of the Writings Of Bahá'u'lláh (CXXV), from which fact readers got the impression that it was a separate tablet."
Keywords: Ethics; Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Living the life; Prerequisites of the true seeker; Requisites for spiritual growth; Search; Spirituality; Tablet of the True Seeker; Teachings

The Tablet to Hardegg (Lawh-i-Hirtik) - Norozi,Mohammad, compiler (2024)
Summary of German Templers and their leader, David Hardegg, who came to Haifa in 1868; their interactions with the Bahá'ís and Bahá'u'lláh; brief study of the tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to Hardegg. Includes authorized translation.
Also available in original PowerPoint format.
Keywords: 1868; 1871; 1883; 1890; Georg David Hardegg; Lawh-i-Hirtik (Tablet to Hardegg)

The Ten Commandments: A Baha'i Perspective - Oliveira,Marco (2019)
Overview of the history and theology of the Ten Commandments. Like Christianity and Islam, the Bahá’í Faith inherited and expanded the moral values exposed in the Ten Commandments.
Keywords: Christianity; Ethics; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Jews; Judaism; Lawh (tablet); Laws; Moses; Mount Sinai, Egypt; Ten Commandments (Decalogue)

The Ten Plagues of the Exodus in Light of the Bahá'í Writings - Borovicka,JoAnn M. (Lights of Irfan, 2015)
The historical accuracy of Exodus is not essential to an appreciation of it; scholarship regarding the historicity of the Exodus story in general and the ten plagues specifically; contemporary significance of the metaphor of the plagues.
Hear a discussion between the author and Robert Stockman about this topic, on Youtube. Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #128, Louhelen Bahá'í School, Michigan (2014). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org.
Keywords: Bible; Christianity; Egypt; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Judaism; Moses; Pharaoh (Bible); Plagues (Bible); Symbolism

The Ten Year Crusade - Nakhjavani,Ali (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2004)
How Shoghi Effendi prepared Bahá’ís for the 10-Year Crusade; 27 objectives he formulated; impediments to the implementation of some of those objectives; and the place of the Crusade in history as well as future developments destined to flow from it.
Also available as a corrected Microsoft Word document prepared by Mike Thomas. Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/125.
Keywords: Alí Nakhjavání; Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lectures; Plans; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

The Ten-Year Crusade: Seven Thousand Years In Retrospect - Ward,Allan L. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1960)
A brief, dramatic sketch of the spiritual development of man, beginning with Adam, to help Bahá'ís grasp the meaning of the present World Crusade as the most urgent stage in Abdu'l-Bahá's Divine Plan unveiled 40 years earlier.
Keywords: History (general); Religion (general); Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963)

The Terms Remembrance (dhikr) and Gate (bab) in the Bab's Commentary on the Sura of Joseph - Lawson,Todd (Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi: Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, 1988)
Who is the "voice" of the Qayyum al-Asma: the person Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, the hidden Imam through The Báb, the Báb as the Imam himself, or God? The Bab seems to be the Imam speaking the voice of God. He is Dhikru'lláh, "Remembrance of God."
Also available as scan from Google Books [16 MB]. Also available as uncorrected Word document.
Keywords: Báb (Gate); Báb, Titles of; Dhikr (Remembrance); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Remembrance; Words and phrases

The Theology of Osama bin Laden: History and 9/11 - Maneck,Susan (2001)
Overview of the Muslim thinkers who influenced bin Laden and their motivations, and some historical context.
The first essay was written in an informal style for posting to a Bahá'í listserver, September 2001. The second was a talk given in 2002.
Keywords: Islam; Jihad (Holy war); Martyrdom; Terrorism; Violence

The Theology of the Sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church - Brogan,Kevin (Solas, 2001)
Helping Bahá'ís understand the Catholic church's historical perspectives and spiritual significance placed on sacraments, which are: Baptism, Penance, Confirmation, Eucharist (or Mass), Marriage, Holy Orders, and Sacrament of the Sick (“Extreme Unction").
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 1. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Baptism; Bread; Catholic Church; Christianity; Eucharist; Lamb; Sacraments; Symbolism; Theology; Wine (metaphor)

The Three Ages of Man: Are They Integrated? - Rodwell,Viva (75 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Australasia, 1996)
Childhood, adulthood, old age, and family integration in contemporary culture.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Administration; Aging; Children; Consultation; Culture, Western; Elections; Ethics; Family; Family consultation; Homes for the aged; Individualism; Isolation and loneliness; Love; Materialism; Maturity of humanity; Philosophy; Psychology; Religion (general); Respect; Sociology; Volunteering; Wealth and poverty; Youth

The Three Stages of Divine Revelation - Sinclair,Guy (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2002)
Shoghi Effendi states that the Kitáb-i-Iqán "adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages of Divine Revelation"; some Sufi doctrines help understand the significance of Bahá'u'lláh’s three stages.
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/451. See also original scan.
Keywords: Archetypes; Cosmology; Creation; Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); Philosophy; Revelation; Revelation, Three stages of; Sufism

The Throne of the Inner Temple - Zohoori,Elias, compiler (National Spiritual Assembly of The Bahá'ís of Jamaica, 1985)
Selections from the Bahá'í Writings about the human body, health and nutrition, purity and holiness, science and medicine, physical sickness, and spiritual healing.
Publisher's blurb: "Popular, well-received compilation of Bahá'í writings on human body, its health and related subjects. Addresses organ transplant, abortion, vaccination, birth control, circumcision, tubal ligation, illness, nutrition, suicide, science of medicine, spiritual and material healing. If you have questions about how to live a fulfilling Bahá'í life, this book is sure to answer it."
Keywords: Food; Health and healing

The Training Institute and the Main Sequence of Courses - 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: Farzam Arbab; Institute process; Ruhi Institute; Study circles; Training Institutes

The Transliteration System Used in Bahá'í Literature - Bahá'í World Centre (2023)
Overview of the transliteration / transcription system used by Shoghi Effendi, including a list of common Bahá'í names and terms.
This document is available in multiple formats, including HTML and Word, at bahai.org/library/transliteration. See also Glossary of Arabic and Persian Transcription.
Keywords: Arabic language; Glossaries; Names and titles; Persian language; Terminology; Transcription; Transliteration and diacritics

The Transmission of Cultural Values in Persian Bahá'í Families - Licata,Stephen (1997)
On how immigrant Persian Bahá’í families have carried their cultural values to the U.S., how the move affected the development of their children, and the cultural adaptation process. Includes survey on cultural values among Persian Bahá'ís in Los Angeles.
Keywords: Children; Cultural differences; Culture, Persian; Diaspora, Persian; Family; Iran (documents); Migration; Parents; United States (documents); Values

The Travels of `Abdu'l-Bahá and their Impact on the Press - Egea,Amin E. (Lights of Irfan, 2011)
The presence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Western countries aroused great interest in the general public and the media. The surveys the news reports of the events related to His visit and the impressions gained by His audiences.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/97/egea_survey.
Keywords: Media (communication); `Abdu'l-Bahá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of (documents)

The Tree of Life: A Program for the Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community - National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the Hawaiian Islands (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1993)
Compilations for a spiritualization and teaching campaign on prayer and meditation, how to be like the "shining examples" of the Bab and Bahá'u'lláh, and the 1992 Ridvan message.
See also Spiritualization of the Bahá'í Community: A Plan for Teaching.
Keywords: Meditation; Prayer; Questions and answers; Spirituality; Spiritualization; Study guides; Teaching; Tests and difficulties; Tree (metaphor)

The Trial of Mullá 'Alí Bastámí: A Combined Sunní-Shí'í Fatwá against The Báb - Momen,Moojan (Iran: Journal of the British Institute for Persian Studies, 1982)
The trial of Mullá `Alí Bastámí was one of the most important episodes of 1844-45, being both the first occasion on which the new Bábí movement encountered the opposition of the ulama, and a crucial turning point in the development of the movement.
Also presented at the Bahá'í Studies Seminar at the University of Lancaster, April 1980. Mirrored with permission from www.momen.org/contents.htm.
Keywords: 1844; 1845; Baghdad, Iraq; Báb, The; Fatwa; Iraq; Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Basṭámí; Persecution, Iraq; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Trials

The Trial of the Yaran under Iranian Criminal Procedure: "The Justice of God" or Procedural Injustice?: Iranian Islam, not the Yaran, on trial in the court of international opinion - Buck,Christopher (Iran Press Watch, 2010)
Two essays about legal issues associated with the 2009-2010 trial of the Yaran, the former informal group of leaders of the Bahá'í community of Iran.
Buck, PhD and JD, is both a Bahá'í and a legal scholar. See also The Trial of the Yaran and Criminalizing the Bahá'í Religion Mirrored with permission from iranpresswatch.org/post/5402 and iranpresswatch.org/post/5459 and christopherbuck.com.
Keywords: 2009; 2010; Abdolfattah Soltani; Adib Masumian; Evin Prison; Hadi Esmailzadeh; Human rights; Imprisonments; Injustice; Persecution, Court cases; Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran; Shirin Ebadi; Sultán `Abdu'l-Azíz; Torture; Yaran

The Triumph of the Cause - Balyuzi,Hasan M.
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm
Keywords: Hasan Balyuzi

The True Foundation of All Economics - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (1993)
Book-length compilation ordered by chapters covering 26 themes on the economy, welfare, development, women's employment, work ethics, morality, agriculture, extremes of wealth and poverty, profit-sharing, health and alcohol, consultation.
Purchase a copy at amazon.com. The True Foundation of All Economics is the older edition which was approved by the NSA of Canada, first published in 1993. The new and revised edition is Principles of Spiritual Economics, first published in 2019 in Great Britain. [-H.B.]
Keywords: Agriculture; Alcohol; Consultation; Development; Economics; Equality; Ethics; Health and healing; Morality; Profit-sharing; Prosperity; Social and economic development; Wealth and poverty; Women; Work; Work ethics

The Turban for the Crown - Arjomand,Said Amir (Oxford University Press, 1988)
Passing mentions of Babis and Bahá'ís on six pages. Includes 2-page Chronology of Significant Events in Iranian History since 1500.
From books.google.com.
Keywords: 20th century; Chronology and timelines; Iran (documents); Mentions; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Tudeh Party of Iran

The Twelve Steps: Bahá'í Writings and recovery from substance abuse - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (1988)
See also Reviews of two books on Alcoholics Anonymous.
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol; Drugs

The Two Parts of the Law of God: The Essential and the Secondary Teachings of the True Religion of God, and Counterfeit Doctrines - Terry,Peter, compiler (2022)
Four compilations on themes related to the progressive revelation of the religion of God; essential vs. secondary teachings; counterfeit doctrines of the false religion of man.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Decline and renewal of religion; Disunity; Ethics; Imitation; Laws; Man-made doctrines and dogmas; Moral education; Morality; Principles; Progressive revelation; Superstition; Teachings; Traditions; Unity; Unity of religion; Virtues

The United Nations and the Bahá'ís: An Interview with Kofi Annan - Annan,Kofi (Yale International Forum, 1999)
Annan's vision for the institution of the U.N., and mentions of the Bahá'ís in Iran.
Submitted by and posted with permission of interviewer.
Keywords: Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education (BIHE); Kofi Annan; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; United Nations

The Unity of Civilization - Whitson,Robley Edward (The Coming Convergence of World Religions, 1971)
Excerpt of a chapter on unity of humankind and civilizations. No mention of the Bahá'í Faith, but the content is of direct interest to Bahá'í studies.
See this book online at Google Books or buy a copy at Amazon.com.
Keywords: Civilization; Social networks; Unity

The Unity of Humanity: An Interview with Professor Todd Lawson - Hornsby,David; Clark,Jane (Beshara Magazine, 2016)
Biography of Lawson and his personal interests in the Qur'an and the Bahá'í Faith, discussion of contemporary Western approaches to Islam, and commentary on current world affairs and hope for the future. (Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.)
See the full interview online at beshara.org/magazine/the-unity-of-humanity-an-interview-with-todd-lawson (archived).
Keywords: Bahá'í scholars (English-language); Biography; Interviews; Islam; Quran; Todd Lawson; Toronto, ON

The Unity of Nations - Vail,Albert Ross; Vail,Emily McLellan (Transforming Light: The Living Heritage of World Religions, 1970)
A meditation on Bahá'í-inspired themes of peace and the betterment of society. Does not mention the Faith.
Vail was a prominent Baha’i, and both he and his wife were members, circa 1918 to 1932. Though Vail left the scene of visibility for the Faith there are direct personal connections they had with the Faith especially in later years. This work was published posthumously. [-S.K.]
Keywords: Civilization; Social networks; Unity

The Unity of Nations - Cobb,Stanwood (Baha'i World, 1938)
A look six decades into the future (from 1938) to envision the Lesser Peace.
See also Orrol L. Harper, "A Bird's-Eye View of the World in the Year 2000"
Keywords: Future; Lesser Peace; Stanwood Cobb; Unity of Nations

The Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael - Universal House of Justice (1990)
The individual recipient of this letter submitted the same (or a similar) question to his Local Spiritual Assembly (which submitted the question to the National Spiritual Assembly) ten years earlier. It is available online here.
Keywords: 20th century; Abraham; Authenticity; Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Isaac (Bible); Ishmael (Bible); Islam; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; Jews; Judaism; Lesser Peace; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Quran; Sacrifice; Translation; Unity of religion

The Unity Principle: Ideas of Social Concord and Discord in the Bahá'í Faith - Stockman,Robert (Research in Human Social Conflict, 2001)
The concept of unity pervades Bahá’í thought, expressed both in the functioning of Bahá’í administration and the Bahá’í community and in the avoidance of political partisanship in the relationship of Bahá’ís to the wider world.
Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research/unity-principle.
Keywords: Covenant; Covenant-breaking; Unity

The Universal Cycles - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2013)
Lengthy compilation on the cycles of time and eras in the world of existence, and stages of Bahá'í development.
Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com. See also the Vision of the Future compilation. Note: many paragraph breaks, and possibly other formatting from the original documents, are missing in the excerpts below; refer to originals.
Keywords: Adamic Cycle; Bahá'í Cycle; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Plans

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Bahá'í Scriptures - Cole,Juan (Occasional Papers in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, 1999)
The conception of human rights arose as part of the project of modernity, and has been problematic for many religious traditions, but Bahá'u'lláh  and the religion's subsequent holy figures all had a strong commitment to human rights.
Mirrored with permission from h-net.org.
Keywords: Bahá'í Writings; Human rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Cultural Relativism and the Persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran - Farhoumand-Sims,Cheshmak (Bahá'í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights, 2001)
Are the Human Rights of the Universal Declaration universal: a comparison of Western and Islamic notions of human rights; the religious justifications provided by the Islamic regime for the persecution of the Bahá’ís in Iran.
This book is also available for download as a single PDF [2MB]. Mirrored with permission from juxta.com. See publisher's Books for the World license.
Keywords: Human rights; Iran (documents); Persecution; Persecution, Human rights; Persecution, Iran; Relativism; United Nations; Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal House of Justice - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, compiler (2021)
Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, 'Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, and from the constitution and letters of the Universal House of Justice.
This document is online in HTML and other formats at bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/compilations/universal-house-of-justice-compilation.
Keywords: 1957; Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í history; Constitutions (Bahá'í); Contradictions; Covenant; Criticism and apologetics; Guardianship; Infallibility; Interpretation; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Universal House of Justice, Constitution of; Universal House of Justice, Election of; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages; Universal House of Justice, Membership on

The Universal House of Justice and the Bahá'í World, 1963-1973 - Smith,Peter (2011)
Institutional and structural changes, the Nine-Year Plan, aspects of personal Bahá'í life, and the development of the World Centre. Includes tables of statistics and data.
Keywords: 1960s; 1963; 1973; Nine Year Plan (1964-1973); Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)

The Universal House of Justice Letter Dated 28 November 2023: A Study Guide - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
Study guide of the document "Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age." Includes the letter, an outline and study questions and answers by paragraph.
See the letter Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age.
Keywords: 2023; Formative Age; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Nine Year Plan (2022-2031); Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (letter); Study guides; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

The Universal House of Justice Letter Dated 28 November 2023: A Study Guide - Michot,Eric, compiler (2023)
In-depth exploration of the document "Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age." Includes the letter and study questions by paragraph.
See the letter Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age. The PDF below contains the letter from the House along with the study guide; see also the study guide only, without letter.
Keywords: 2023; Formative Age; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Nine Year Plan (2022-2031); Reflections on the First Century of the Formative Age (letter); Study guides; Universal House of Justice, Letters and messages

The Universal House of Justice's Power of Elucidation - Universal House of Justice (Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986, 1996)
Clarification about the qualitative difference between the Guardian's prerogative of interpretation and the power of elucidation of the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: Elucidation; Guardianship; Interpretation; Universal House of Justice

The Universal House of Justice: Significance, Origin, Authority, and Election - Vafai,Shahin (The Essence of the Covenant: Features, History, and Implications, 2005)
See also excerpts from Chapter 5 and Chapter 8 of the same book.
Keywords: 1963; Elections; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general)

The Universality of the Church of the East: How Persian was Persian Christianity? - Buck,Christopher (Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society, 1996)
Prepublication chapter from Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha’i Faith (Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.
SUNY Press flyer: click here. Paradise and Paradigm is the first formal (academic) comparative study of the Bahá'í Faith and Christianity (even though there is an abundance of popular, apologetic literature on the topic). The choice of "Persian Christianity" is important for historical and cultural reasons, as this is a comparison of two commensurables (two Persian religions) rather than "apples and oranges." See also http://www.jaas.org/toc/v10011996.htm and http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v10n1/intro.pdf.
Keywords: Christianity; Symbolism

The Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas - Samali,Bijan (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Studies from the First National Conference on the Holy Book, vol. 1, 1996)
The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisation of the oneness of human race; ensure the equality of the sexes; are adaptable to cultural diversities; and call for the elimination of all prejudices.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Arts and crafts; Children; Circumpolar regions; Cleanliness; Cultural diversity; Economics; Education; Equality; Exemption; Fasting; Gradual implementation of laws; Hair, fur and bones; Inequality; Inheritance; Interest; International auxiliary language; Interpretation; Islam; Justice; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Language; Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors); Laws; Marriage; Maturity of humanity; Moderation; Monogamy; Music; Obligatory prayer; Pilgrimage; Polygamy; Prayer; Prejudice; Principles; Refinement; Religious leaders (clergy); Servants; Singing; Superstition; Translation; Uncleanness (impurity); Unity; Unity of humanity; Universal House of Justice (UHJ general); Usury; Wisdom; Women; Worldwide

The Unknown Hour - Friedman,David (1998)
Christians believe the Bible does not specify the time of Christ's return, but the Bahá'í teachings are that an exact year, 1844, is indicated in the Bible for the time of the Second Coming.
Keywords: 1260; 1844; Bible; Christianity; Criticism and apologetics; Interpretation; Prophecies; Return

The Use of the Masculine Gender in the Bahá'í Writings: Extracts from Letters Written By and on Behalf of the Universal House of Justice - Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, compiler (2002)
Extracts from letters from the House of Justice from 1981-1999 on general principles in relation to this subject and the Bahá'í perspective on it.
More details about this compilation are in Materials Provided by the Bahá'í World Centre on Gender in the Writings and Matters of Translation (2002). The original date of this compilation (if prior to 2002) is not given.
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Equality; Gender; Gender pronouns; God; God, Gender of; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Prayer; Pronouns; Transliteration and diacritics

The Use of Trees as Symbols in the World Religions - Liya,Sally (Solas, 2004)
The tree is a universal symbol found in the myths of all peoples. This Jungian archetype figures in dreams; symbolizes growth, unfolding, shelter, and nurture; is regarded as the gatekeeper to the next world; and is a metaphor in Bahá'í scripture.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 4. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Archetypes; Bible; Buddhism; Carl Gustav Jung; Christianity; Dreams and visions; Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Metaphors and allegories; Quran; Symbolism; Tree (metaphor); Trees; Zoroastrianism

The Value of Prayer - Robarts,John (Baha'i News, 1974)
Talk at the House of Worship in Wilmette by a Hand of the Cause.
Talk delivered an March 20 1974, published in Bahá'í News in June 1974. See also a version with photographs at bahaitalks.blogspot.com.au.
Keywords: John Robarts; Obligatory prayer; Obligatory prayer, Long; Prayer; Spirituality

The Verge of the New: A Series of Talks - Phelps,Steven (2017)
Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment. Includes compilation of Writings on spiritual dislocation, science, language, spiritual evolution, nature, and revelation.
An eight-part series of talks given by Dr. Phelps at the Norwegian Baha’i Summer School (July 2-8, 2017). Mirrored with permission from bahaiblog.net/audio/talks/verge-new-series-talks-steven-phelps and soundcloud.com/khelabaskett/sets/verge-of-the-new.
Keywords: Abjad system; Advancement of civilization; Arabic language; Arc of ascent and descent; Arts and crafts; Axial Age; Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Changeless Faith of God; Civilization; Contradictions; Correspondance (concept); Divine Physician; Dualism; Enlightenment, Age of; Evolution; God; God, Word of; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Immanuel Kant; Independent investigation of truth; Interpretation; Islam; Javáhiru'l-Asrár (Gems of Divine Mysteries); Language; Lawh-i-Manikchi Sahib (Tablets to Manikchi Sahib); Manifestations of God; Manikchi Limji Hataria; Meditation; Metaphysics; Monism; Monotheism; Neoplatonism; One Common Faith (commentary); Philosophy; Physics; Polytheism; Prayer; Progressive revelation; Public discourse (discourses of society); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Reason; Relativism; Relativity of religious truth; Religion (general); Renaissance; Revelation; Science; Self-annihilation (fana); Spiritual correspondence; Spiritualization; Sufism; Tabernacle of Unity (book); Theology; Theory of relativity; Transformation; Unity; Unity in diversity; Unity of religion; Words and phrases

The Verse of Light, the Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine Lote Tree), and the Unfoldment of God's Plan - Macias,Shirley (1991)
Relationship of a key mystical Quranic verse, Súrih 24:35, to Bahá'í theology; includes a brief compilation of Bahá'í Writings about the Lote Tree.
Keywords: Al-Ghazali; Islam; Light; Light verse (Quran); Plans; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Lote Tree); Spirit (general); Symbolism; Tree (metaphor); Trees; Words and phrases

The Virtues Project: Educator's Guide - Popov,Linda Kavelin (1998)
Activities and workshops designed to present, in simple ways, methods to create a culture of character.
Online in various formats at archive.org.
Keywords: Character; Virtues; Virtues Project

The Vision of Shoghi Effendi: Proceedings of the Association for Bahá'í Studies Ninth Annual Conference, November 2-4, 1984, Ottawa, Canada - Various (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1993)
Select portions of this book as they've appeared elsewhere, or were shared by their authors.
See also audio question-and-answer apparently from this conference. Scan of complete book available upon request.
Keywords: 1984; Bibliography; Biography; Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í studies; David Hofman; John Robarts; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; `Alí-Akbar Furútan

The Waves of One Sea: A Compilation on Unity in the Bahá'í Writings - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá (2004)
A compilation on the nature, significance, and promotion of Unity.
Keywords: Unity

The Way to World Peace: Warwick Leaflets - Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop (2015)
Keywords: Introductory; Peace

The Wellbeing of Nations: A Country-by-Country Index of Quality of Life and the Environment, by Robert Prescott-Allen: Review - Naqvi,Kim (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2003)

The White Silk Dress - Gail,Marzieh (Baha'i World, 1945)
An "intimate portrait" of Ṭáhirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: Abrogation and confirmation of laws; Badasht, Iran; Beauty; Biography; Báb, Birth of; Conference of Badasht (1848); Culture, Persian; Equality; Food; Gender; Interfaith dialogue; Iran (documents); Islam; Leyli and Majnun; Mahmud Khan; Martyrdom; Persecution; Persecution, Iran; Quddús; Shaykh Salih; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Veils; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Whole World is but One Family - Munje,H. M. (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, 1980)
Booklet demonstrating, with scriptural references, that the world is a unified human family. Includes many quotes from the Vedas and the Bhagavad-Gita in English and Sanskrit, and the Bahá'í Writings.
Also available in Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2025).
Keywords: Hinduism; Unity of humanity

The Wild Asses: A Journey through Persia - Emanuel,W. V. (Jonathon Cape, 1939)
Passing mentions of Babis in Tabriz and Zanjan.
Keywords: 1930s; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Tabríz, Iran; Travelogues; Zanjan, Iran

The Wine of Astonishment - Sears,William (George Ronald, 1963)
Discussion of Christian doctrines such as the ritual of baptism, the bread and the wine, confession and penance, the meaning of 'Son of God', the secret of the trinity, heaven and hell, and the meaning of the resurrection.
Also available at archive.org, and in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Baptism; Bread; Christianity; Confession; Heaven and hell; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Resurrection of; Resurrection; Some Answered Questions (book); Son of God; Wine (metaphor)

The Wisdom and Wit of Roger White: Two Reviews - Gail,Marzieh; Phillips,Hilda (dialogue magazine, 1987)
Reviews of White's books One Bird One Cage One Flight and A Sudden Music.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Fiction; France; Historical fiction; Literature; Paris, France; Poetry; Roger White

The Wise Men of the West: A Search for the Promised One in the Latter Days - Tyson,Jay (2019)
Sample chapters from a 2-volume novel of historical fiction on Miller and the Adventists through the quest of a Quaker and a researcher as they search beyond the Holy Land, following clues from Jewish, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Hindu, and Buddhist prophecies.
The front matter, Introduction, and first two chapters of this two-volume book have been shared by the author and publisher; please purchase a copy, paperback or Kindle, at Amazon.com: Volume One and Volume Two.
Keywords: 1844; Bible; Fiction; Prophecies; William Miller

The Woman Who Read Too Much: A Novel, by Bahíyyih Nakhjavani: Review - Sobhani,Mary A. (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2018)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/the-woman-who-read-too-much-a-novel [archive.org]. See also another review by the same author (2015).
Keywords: Bahiyyih Nakhjavani; Education; Gender; Historical fiction; Iran (documents); Literature; Reading; Women; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

The Wonder Lamp - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1972)
A children's story, and performance / storytelling piece, published as a 45-page booklet and also in audio recording.
Audio originally posted at bahaistudy.org, archived at archive.org.
Keywords: Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Children; Childrens books; Fiction; Stories

The Word Bahá: Quintessence of the Greatest Name - Lambden,Stephen (Baha'i Studies Review, 1993)
History of the concept of the Greatest Name and its place in Bahá'í theology.
Later revised for the Journal of Bahá'í Studies 8:2 (1998). See also the author's encyclopedia article on the Greatest Name.
Keywords: Bahá (title); Buddhism; Christianity; Glory (general); Greatest Name; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism; Tetragrammaton; Zoroastrianism

The Word Bahá': Quintessence of the Greatest Name of God - Lambden,Stephen (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1998)
The Arabic word bahá' — meaning beauty, excellence, goodliness, majesty, glory, splendor, brilliancy, and many others — was a term of considerable import in Islamic and Bábi literature, and was occasionally seen in prophetic or messianic contexts.
Earlier version published in Bahá'í Studies Review 3:1 (1993). See also scan of original. See also journal.bahaistudies.ca.
Keywords: Bahá (title); Buddhism; Christianity; Glory (general); Greatest Name; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism; Tetragrammaton; Zoroastrianism

The Word is the Master Key for the Whole World: The Bahá'í Revelation and the "Teaching and Spirit of the Cause" in Dialogical and Personal Thinking - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2007)
The Word of God is the master key that opens all doors; it assures the opening to the meaning of the whole world and its relationship to heaven; it is the key to the hearts of men and the human spirit, which opens this world towards the doors of heaven.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #67, Bosch Bahá'í School, California (May 25-29, 2006). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/67/klebel_masterkey
Keywords: Bible; Book of Revelation (Bible); Christianity; Consultation; God, Word of; Irfán Colloquia; Logos; Ontology; Philosophy; Physics; Progressive revelation; Psychology; Science; Unity

The Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937) - Momen,Moojan (The Bábí and Bahá'í Religions: Some Contemporary Western Accounts, 1981)
Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
See some of the works of Nicolas, in translation, at bahai-library.com/author/nicolas. Originally posted at bic.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: 1864; 1937; 19th century; 20th century; A. L. M. Nicolas; Bahá'í studies; Biography; Bábísm; Rasht, Iran

The Works of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í: A Bibliography - Momen,Moojan, compiler (Baha'i Studies Bulletin, 1991)
An annotated encyclopedia of core Shaykhi writings. Based on Shaykh Abu'l-Qasim Kirmani's Fihirist Kutub Masháyikh 'Izám.
Vahid Rafati's The Development of Shaykhi Thought in Shi'i Islam also includes a bibliography, which has been excerpted here: rafati_shaykh_ahmad_bibliography.pdf.
Keywords: Bibliography; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism

The World as Text: Cosmologies of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i - Cole,Juan (Studia Islamica, 1994)
Shaykh Ahmad's creative use of mythic symbols can be seen as an escape from the limitations of the conceptual and literary structures erected by his forebears; his millenarianism and rebellion against staid literalism as a means of reinvigorating Shi'ism.
Mirrored from
Keywords: Cosmology; Huruf (letters); Islam; Judaism; Kabbalah; Metaphors and allegories; Pen; Point; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá'i; Shaykhism; Sufism; Symbolism

The World Into One Nation: World Peace and the Bahá'í Faith - Buck,Nahzy Abadi (1981)
How a whole human society, united and cooperative, can be like a single family. Includes overview of opinions of world leaders on the Bahá'í Faith, essential elements of the Faith, cooperation of the Bahá'í International Community with the United Nations.
Thesis written for Master of Arts in Political Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul Korea, written under the name Behnaz Abadi.
Keywords: Appreciations; Bahá'í International Community; Peace; United Nations; Unity

The World of the Bahá'í Faith, ed. Robert H. Stockman: Review - Sabet,Michael (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2023)
Mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Introductory; Reference works

The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh: Study Guide - Bayat,Ehsan, compiler (2024)
Detailed study guide of seven letters written by Shoghi Effendi and addressed to the Bahá'ís of the United States and the West, which offer a vision of the relation between the Bahá’í community and the process of social evolution.
Also available in Microsoft Word format. See also original book.
Keywords: Outlines and summaries; World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book)

The World Vision of a Savant - Forel,Auguste Henri (Star of the West, 1928)
Ruminations on the nature of the human brain, causes of racism, how to stop wars, the meaning of "God," and Bahá'í principles.
Keywords: Auguste Forel; Philosophy; Psychology; Race unity; Science; Unity

The World We Want: Overcoming Barriers to Systematic Action - Hanson,Holly (2001)
Explores the process through which humanity can create a peaceful and just world society, as presented in The Secret of Divine Civilization, "The Promise of World Peace," and letters of the Universal House of Justice.
Presented at Orlando Bahá'í Development Conference, December 15, 2001, Orlando Florida.

The World Wide Web: An Owner's Manual for Bahá'í Youth - Christensen,Phil (2005)
Guide to the Internet for Bahá'í Youth. Sites to visit, sites to avoid, and other information. [Old, not updated]
In 2003 I began work on a brief guide to the Internet for Bahá'í Youth at the request of the Counsellors for Africa. The Counsellors gave me permission to share this with other friends. (-P.C., 2005)
Keywords: Internet; Internet forums; Youth

The World's Current State of Disorder and Confusion - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2020)
Compilation of passages relevant to contemporary issues of 2020, and the appropriate disposition of the Bahá'ís.
See also French translation and Persian translation, and A World in Travail: Understanding and Responding to the Events of Our Times (K. Sedig, 2020).
Keywords: 2020; Calamities and catastrophes; Community (general); Community building; Crisis; Disorder and confusion; Hope; Integration and disintegration; Materialism; Social action; Suffering; Tests and difficulties

The World's Equilibrium - Khan,Peter J. (1998)
Short, partial notes of a talk delivered at Baruch College, New York, August 22, 1998.
These are the notes I took from Peter Khan's (member of the Universal House of Justice) talk in NYC last Sat night. They are just notes, not to be taken as his literal statements. He always prefaces his talks with the statement that it is his own opinion and thought, not the House of Justice. And so this is my understanding of what he said. Sometimes it might not be so clear because he speaks very fast, and to keep up was not easy. [-C.R.]

The Worlds of God - Tinto,Iscander Micael (2013)
Creation is an act of divine manifestation across five realms: Háhút, the unknowable Essence of God; Láhút, the first actualization of potentiality; Jabarút, God's action and will in creation; Malakút, the angelic plane; and Násút, the physical world.
The following is a set of research notes, not an actual article. Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com.
Keywords: Abhá Kingdom; Annemarie Schimmel; Archetypes; Cosmology; Creation; God, Worlds of; Islam; Philosophy; Sufism

The Writings of 'Abdu'l-Baha - Banani,Amin (World Order, 1971)
The style and genres of Abdu'l-Bahá's writings, a chronology of their thematic and linguistic change, and a categorization of the various types of his writings and talks.
Also available as PDF, mirrored from aminbanani.com (website archived). This article has also been published on
Keywords: Amin Banani; Style (Writings); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of

The Writings of Baha'u'llah - Ishráq-Khávarí,Abdu'l-Hamid (Baha'i World, 1974)
Part of a commentary by the renowned scholar `Abdu'l-Hamid-i-Ishraq Khavari, adapted by Habib Taherzadeh, summarizing many of the early and often untranslated Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh.
See also Ishraq-Khavari's Adhkáru'l-Muqarrabín.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari

The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Holley,Horace (Star of the West, 1922)
On the creative nature of literature; the writings of Shakespeare; Bahá'u'lláh as author; the influence of the Divine shines through the writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
Mirrored from bahai.works/Star_of_the_West, where it is also available in scanned images. For this version, the transliteration "Bahá 'Ullah" has been changed to the currently used transliteration "Bahá'u'lláh". This article is discussed in J. A. McLean's book Dimensions in Spirituality (1994), pp. 138-141.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Christianity; God, Word of; Jesus Christ; Literature; Literature, English; Philosophy; Revelation; William Shakespeare

The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh - Phelps,Steven (The World of the Bahá'í Faith, 2021)
Mirrored from academia.edu, original at taylorfrancis.com. See also complete Loom of Reality: A Partial Inventory of the Works of the Central Figures of the Bahá'í Faith, list of Inventory at Baha'i Library Online, and Best known Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Best known Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í World list); Chronology and timelines; Partial inventory

The Writings of the Bab: A Survey Based on English Language Sources - Stockman,Robert (2010)
PowerPoint presentation on the scope, style, and history of the Writings of The Báb.
Mirrored with permission from rsmd.net/research.
Keywords: Báb, Writings of

The Wronged One: Shí'í Narrative Structure in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Visitation for Mullá Husayn - McCants,William F. (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
On the martyrdom of Mulla Husayn, the structure of sacrificial and devotional narratives, and Shi'i antecedents.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #38, Louhelen Bahá'í School (October, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/38/mccants_wronged.
Keywords: Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Mullá Ḥusayn Bushrú'í; Shia Islam (Shiism); 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); Wronged One

The Yahi-Bahi Society of Mrs. Resselyer-Brown - Leacock,Steven (Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich, 1914)
Canadian humorist's 1914 parody of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
Stephen Butler Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writing, contained in volumes such as Literary Lapses (1910) and Nonsense Novels (1911).
Keywords: Fiction

The Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine - Alkan,Necati (Late Ottoman Palestine: The Period of Young Turk Rule, 2011)
Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Bahá on his political milieu.
Mirrored with permission from academia.edu.
Keywords: Israel; Palestine; Politics; Reform; Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid II; Turkey; Young Turks

The Younger Generation Has Always Had the Power to Reshape Our World - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2010)
Young people have a great potential to shape society. Youth trained to lead junior youth groups are called "animators"; they can help guide activist potential to achieving positive effect.
Mirrored with permission of author from stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2237784.
Keywords: Institute process; Youth; Youth empowerment program

'Thee' and 'thee' in the translation of the Súrih of the Temple (Súriy-i-Haykal) - Fananapazir,Khazeh (Lights of Irfan, 2003)
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/fananapazir_thee.
Keywords: Capitalization; Irfán Colloquia; Pronouns; Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Thou and Thee; Translation; Words and phrases

Thelma Perks - Hassall,Graham (Baha'i World, 1998)
Perks (1901-1988) was a prominent Australian Bahá'í who served at various times on the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia, and as an inaugural Auxiliary Board member and later Continental Counselor.
Keywords: 1901; 1988; 20th century; Australia; Biography; Thelma Perks

Themes in the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Emerging Approaches to Scholarship on Bahá'í Law - Danesh,Roshan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2017)
Review of what emergent scholarship has thus far accomplished relating to the study of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas and Bahá'í law; suggested core themes and approaches; directions which future study of this topic might encompass.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/225. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws

Themes of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of The Divine Plan Illustrated by Scriptural References to the Bible and the Qur'án - Fananapazir,Lameh (Lights of Irfan, 2017)
The Tablets of the Divine Plan, as well as Abdu'l-Bahá's Will and Testament and the Tablet of Carmel, are three “Charters” for promotion of the Cause of God, which can also heal the problems facing humanity in its crisis of faith.
Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/u/fananapazir_themes.
Keywords: Bible; Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; Christianity; Civilization; Deepening; Interpretation; Islam; Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel); Quotations from the Bible; Quotations from the Quran; Quran; Renaissance; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Teaching; Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Themes of 'The Erotic' in Sufi Mysticism - Winters,Jonah (Sutra Journal, 2017)
Mystical writing is replete with symbolism of love and eros, and it can also be found in the mystical poetry of Bahá'u'lláh. This paper provides background for that topic by surveying the use of themes of the erotic in writings by seven Sufi mystics.
This paper does not mention the Bahá'í Faith. My original intent was to do so, but the paper got too long before I'd finished covering Sufism.
Keywords: Al-Ghazali; Bride (metaphor); Ibn Arabi; Ibn al-Farid; Lover and the Beloved; Metaphors and allegories; Mysticism; Poetry; Rumi (Mevlana); Rábí'a Basri; Separation and reunion; Sexuality; Sufism

Theocracy and Separation of Church and State - Universal House of Justice (1995)
On theocracy in relation to the Bahá'í model of government, and issues relating to the development of the Bahá’í Administrative Order.
This letter was later posted at bahai.org, where it is also available in PDF and Word formats.
Keywords: Administrative Order; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Church and state; Criticism and apologetics; Government; Politics; Questions and answers; Theocracy; World order

Theocratic Assumptions in Bahá'í Literature," by Sen McGlinn: Review - Maneck,Susan (2007)
Mirrored with permission from theocracy.susanmaneck.com. This review was originally posted to the listserver talisman9@yahoogroups.com. I do not know the date Maneck's review was posted there, but McGlinn's responses are dated March 2007. McGlinn has posted two essays to his blog responding to Maneck's review: senmcglinn.wordpress.com/email-archive/response-manecks-cs-review and senmcglinn.wordpress.com/email-archive/response-maneck-cs-2.

Theocratic Ideas and Assumptions in Bahá'í Literature: An Inquiry - McGlinn,Sen (Reason and Revelation: Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions, 2002)
A selection and interpretation of scriptures which suggest that an institutional differentiation of the religious and political orders — i.e., the separation of church and state — is a central Bahá’í doctrine.
Updated in 2007. Also online at academia.edu.
Keywords: Church and state; Theocracy; World order

Theodore Russell Livingston - Herrmann,Duane L. (1997)
Bahá'í teacher and Mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
Keywords: 1944; 1996; Biography; Cottonwood Falls, KS; Kansas, USA

Theological Ethics in a Bahá'í Perspective - McLean,Jack (1996)
The Bahá'í writings are a rich source of moral precepts, with a large corpus of ethical statements in the form of laws, directives, exhortations, injunctions, and axioms of moral theology. What would Bahá'í divine ethics look like?
Paper presented to the ABS Annual Conference, Edmonton, September 19, 1996. Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
Keywords: Ethics; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Philosophy

Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East - Scharbrodt,Oliver (Lights of Irfan, 2002)
With their theologies, Bahá'u'lláh and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity and sought change, but while 'Abduh remained on the grounds of the Islamic tradition, Bahá'u'lláh founded a new religion.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #36, London (July 13-15, 2001). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/36/scharbrodt_abduh.
Keywords: 19th century; Interfaith dialogue; Irfán Colloquia; Islam; Middle East; Modernity; Muhammad Abduh; Philosophy; Rationality; Reform; Theology; `Abdu'l-Bahá

Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundations of the Islamic Republic in Iran - Dabashi,Hamid (New York University Press, 1993)
Two passing mentions of the Bahá'í Faith in the context of Iranian nationalism.
Keywords: Iran; Mentions; Nationalism

Theology of Revolution: Messianic Traditions and the Revolutions They Inspired - McLellan,Jaime Lenninger (2012)
Includes extensive discussion of Bahá'í history, doctrines, and the ideology behind the Bábí revolts. Link to thesis (offsite).
Thesis for Master of Arts in Global and International Studies, University of Kansas.

There are rifts, but we have so much in common - Slavin,Ted (St. Catharines Standard, 2011)
Unity of religions, and a review of Harold Rosen's book Founders of Faith: The Parallel Lives of God's Messengers.
Mirrored with permission of author from www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=2942067.
Keywords: Materialism; Unity; Unity of religion

"These Four States Conferred Upon Thee": Tetrarchic Thinking in Philosophy, Theology, Psychology - Klebel,Wolfgang A. (Lights of Irfan, 2013)
We follow Bahá’u’lláh’s new principles and forget old patterns of thought in order to find peace, not only in the world, but also in our hearts. One new paradigm includes four-fold relationships, like Firstness/Lastness vs. Inwardness/Outwardness.
Presented at the Irfan Colloquia Session #109, Bosch Bahá'í School (May 2012). Mirrored with permission from irfancolloquia.org/109/klebel_reality.
Keywords: Philosophy; Psychology; Theology

These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah - McLaughlin,Robert W. (George Ronald, 1982)
Detailed study of a section from Ishraqat and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.
Keywords: Akka, Israel; Balance (Day of Judgment); Bible; Christianity; Clouds; Conference of Badasht (1848); Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment); Fear; God, Partner with; Heaven and hell; Hour (prophecy); Islam; Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Lawh-i-Ishraqat (Tablet of Splendors); Light; Memorization; Mountains; Pairs of words; Paradise; Patience; Plain, The (prophecy); Proofs; Prophecies; Questions and answers; Quran; Resurrection; Signs; Stars; Testimonies; These Perspicuous Verses; Trumpet blasts (prophecy); Truth; Words and phrases

Theses and dissertations on the Bahá'í Faith: 1954-2003 - Winters,Jonah, compiler (1995)
List of dissertations, as taken from the ProQuest database. Needs to be updated.
If you have access to ProQuest or a similar database and can help, please email me. See also this list of theses to 2003.
Keywords: Bahá'í scholars (English-language); Bahá'í studies; Indexes and catalogues; Thesis

Theses on Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith - Sergeev,Mikhail (Studies in Baha'i Philosophy, 2015)
On how new religious movements respond to modernity; cycles of religion; project of modernity; culture vs. civilization; the Bahá'í extension of modernity; Bahá'í departure from modernity; separation of religion and state.
See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Church and state; Civilization; Criticism and apologetics; Culture; Cycles, Eras, Ages and Epochs; Decline and renewal of religion; Enlightenment, Age of; Equality; Ethics; Interpretation; Modernity; Philosophy; Politics; Power; Principles; Reform; Reformation (Christianity); Renaissance; Secularism; Unity

Thief in the Night or The Strange Case of the Missing Millennium, by William Sears: Review - Anonymous (1998)
Anonymous by request; name on file.
Keywords: Thief in the Night (book); William Sears

Thief in the Night: Index - Cates,Merle, compiler
Older, alternate index to the one provided in the newer digital versions of this book. This copy is one Sears himself would sometimes share with people.
See the complete Thief in the Night online, which has a slightly different index.
Keywords: Indexes and catalogues; Thief in the Night (book)

Thief in the Night: The Case of the Missing Millennium - Sears,William (George Ronald, 1961)
In the early 19th-century there was world-wide and fervent expectation that during the 1840s the return of Christ would take place. Did this happen, or was it all a dream?
See also another, older Index to Thief in the Night. Text distributed online in Ocean. This version adds formatting and proofreading by many people. Also available in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: 1260; 1840s; 1844; 19th century; 2300 days; Astronomy; Bible; Christianity; Comets; Day-year principle; Expectations; Falling stars; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Jesus Christ, Return of; Millennialism; Prophecies; Return; Signs; Solar eclipses; Thief in the Night (book); William Sears

Thinking in Buddhism: Nagarjuna's Middle Way - Winters,Jonah (1994)
Thesis and unpublished book on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, the central text of a school of thought that later evolved and migrated to become Zen Buddhism.
Also available in a nicely-formatted PDF (2002). See more about this topic at wikipedia. Bachelor's Thesis, Reed College (Portland OR); advisor Kees Bolle.
Keywords: Buddhism; Madhyamaka (Buddhism); Middle Way; Nagarjuna; Sanskrit language; Zen Buddhism

Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea - Were,Graeme (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2005)
Anthropological study on the Bahá'í Faith in the Nalik area of New Ireland, New Guinea, especially the Nalik people's belief in harnessing ancestral power using transformative imagery.
Mirrored from nhbahais.com.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Conversion; Cultural diversity; Indigenous people; Papua New Guinea; Sociology; Teaching

Third Bahá'í Intercontinental Conference, Chicago: Notes - Jones,Emma Maxie; Author unknown (1958)
Notes, with comments by Borah Kavelin, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Leroy Ioas, Horace Holley, John Robarts, Ugo Giachery, et al., on topics such as raising funds for Temples, pioneering, Native Americans, reflections on Shoghi Effendi, and Mt. Carmel.
See photograph of exterior of this convention at media.bahai.org. From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection.
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Borah Kavelin; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Intercontinental; Conferences, Teaching; Emma Maxie Jones; Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Horace Holley; Illinois, USA; John Robarts; Leroy Ioas; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); Ugo Giachery; United States (documents); Wilmette, IL

This Decisive Hour: Messages from Shoghi Effendi to the North American Bahá'ís 1932-1946 - Shoghi Effendi (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1992)
Expanded version of Messages to America. Includes glossary of Bahá'í terms.
Add or read quotations or links pertaining to this work here. The Bahá'í Distribution Service website offers this description of the book: Originally published under the title Messages to America, This Decisive Hour is an expanded collection of major cables and letters from Shoghi Effendi to the North American Bahá'í community from 1932 to 1946, one of the most tumultuous periods in world history. These communications represent far more than chapters in a historical record to be closed and laid away. They remain an enduring source of guidance, inspiration, and training and bear witness to the Bahá'í Faith's power to build a new spiritual order on the wreckage of the past.
Keywords: 1932; 1946; Shoghi Effendi, letters of; This Decisive Hour: Messages from Shoghi Effendi to the North American Bahá'ís 1932-1946 (book); United States (documents)

This Gem-Studded Crown: A Dramatic Sketch - Munro,Sarah; Geschier,Sofie (2017)
Fictional dialogue of the first of eight actual meetings between Martha Root and Queen Marie of Romania, in January 1926.
Read more at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Root#Meeting_with_Queen_Marie_of_Romania.
Keywords: Arts and crafts; Bucharest, Romania; Drama; Martha Root; Plays; Queen Marie of Romania; Romania

"This Glorious Harvest of Victory": The 1963 World Congress - Thorne,Adam (2012)
Brief history about the first international Bahá'í congress, including recollections of some participants.
Keywords: 1963; Bahá'í World Congress, First (1963); London, England

'This Is a Progression, Not Conversion': Narratives of First-Generation Bahá'ís - Makhani-Belkin,Tova (Religions, 2023)
Unlike personal transformation experiences in Christianity, religious conversion to the Bahá'í Faith is more often described as a gradual personal and spiritual growth analogous to progressive revelation. Link to article (offsite).
Published in the Religions special issue "The Bahá'í Faith: Doctrinal and Historical Explorations," online at mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/3/300, where it is also available in HTML, XML, and epub formats.
Keywords: Conversion; Progressive revelation

This is Faith - Khanum,Ruhiyyih (1954)
One poem.
Extracted from Violette Nakhjavani's "
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Faith (general); Poetry; This is Faith (poem)

'This Place Has a Major Historical Value Since Prophet Elijah. How Can They Do This?' - Gilad,Moshe (Haaretz, 2023)
An Israeli army base is set to be vacated in Haifa's Stella Maris area, which houses a Carmelite monastery and a Bahá'í holy site. Residents are horrified at the idea of turning such a rich historical site into housing.
Article freely online (no paywall other than email registration) at haaretz.com.
Keywords: Carmelite monastery, Israel; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Stella Maris monastery, Haifa

Thomas Kelly Cheyne - Toy,Crawford Howell (Harvard Theological Review, 1916)
Overview of the works and diverse intellectual interests of Cheyne, who championed the Faith as an independent Biblical scholar before joining it in 1914.
This book is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. See also Stephen Lambden's biography of Cheyne and his bibliography.
Keywords: 1841; 1915; Biography; Thomas Kelly Cheyne (T. K. Cheyne)

Thoughts on the City of Certitude - Rose,Rouha (1998)
Reflections on the 'City of Certitude' referred to in the Bahá'í writings.
Presented as a homework assignment for the Wilmette Institute's "Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh" Course, year one
Keywords: Certitude; City of Certitude; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)

Thousand Years Must Elapse: Examining a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá - Liedtke,Harry (2022)
Commentary on a tablet by 'Abdu'l-Baha that addresses the present debasement of Persia and its future glory, and the Western world.
Keywords: Future Manifestations of God; Independent investigation of truth; Iran (documents); London, England; Prophecies; Speculation; United Kingdom

Three Bahá'í Voices - Bradley-DeTally,Esther (dialogue magazine, 1988)
Personal stories about addiction, alcoholism, and spiritual growth through a then-new group called "Bahá'ís in Recovery." Includes letter from Dann Irish introducing the Bahá'ís in Recovery Program.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.
Keywords: Addiction; Alcohol

Three Books of Poetry - Holley,Horace (1913)
Collections Creation: Post-Impressionist Poems, The Inner Garden: A Book of Verse, and The Stricken King and Other Poems.
Many titles online, and in various formats, at archive.org/search?query=creator:"Holley,+Horace,+1887-1960".
Keywords: Horace Holley; Poetry

Three Books on Self-Help and Healing: Review - Radpour,Mary K. (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2017)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/three-books-healing [archive.org].
Keywords: Abuse; Domestic violence; Health and healing; Mental health; Psychology

Three Meditations on the Eve of November Fourth - Faizi,Abu'l-Qasim (Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom, 1970)
Essays and poems written by Hand of the Cause A.Q. Faizi on the evening of Shoghi Effendi's death, November 4 1957.
Also available in Persian translation, and see also a scan of the book. See also Conqueror of Hearts.
Keywords: 1957; Abu'l-Qásim Faizí; Shoghi Effendi; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of

Three Momentous Years of the Heroic Age - Taherzadeh,Adib (Baha'i World, 1973)
A look at the extraordinary period of Revelation immediately after Bahá’u’lláh’s imprisonment in Akká.
Mirrored from bahaiworld.bahai.org.
Keywords: Adib Taherzadeh; Akka, Israel; Badí' (Mírzá Áqá Buzurg-i-Nishápúrí); Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Centenaries; Christianity; Fuad Páshá; 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); Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl Gulpáygání; Napoleon III; Pope Pius IX; Popes; Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Prophecies; Queen Victoria; Summons of the Lord of Hosts (book); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Suriy-i-Haykal (Surih of the Temple); Tablets to kings and rulers; Tsar Alexander II; Ulysses S. Grant; Visuals; `Alí Páshá

Three Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh to Áqá Yahúdá, an Early Jewish Convert to the Bahá'í Faith from Hamadán - Fananapazir,Khazeh, translator; Masumian,Adib, editor (2023)
English side-by-side with Persian or Arabic of three short Tablets to the father of 'Abdu'l-Missagh Missaghieh, founder of the Missaghieh hospital in Tehran.
Keywords: Hamadán, Iran; Iran (documents); Jews; Judaism; Moses; Ten Commandments (Decalogue); Áqá Yahúdá

Three Talks in Africa - Nakhjavani,Ali; Nakhjavani,Violette (2001)
Three talks given in East London, South Africa circa August-September 2001, on personal reminiscences of Ruhiyyih Khanum and Enoch Olinga, some history of the Faith in Africa, and stages of spiritual growth and teaching.
Keywords: Africa; Alí Nakhjavání; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Bahá'í history by country; Enoch Olinga; Great African Safari; Race; South Africa; Teaching

Three Teaching Methods Used During North America's First Seven-Year Plan - Dahl,Roger M. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1993)
Teaching methods used by American Bahá’ís to spread the Faith; firesides and teaching campaigns evolved during the 1930s; pioneer settlements were not used systematically until the Seven-Year Plan; difficulties caused by the race question in the South.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Firesides; Pioneering; Race; Race unity; Seven Year Plan, US and CA (1937-1944); Teaching; United States (documents)

Throndhjems borgerlige Realskoles - Author unknown (Adresseavisa, 1852)
1852 report in Norwegian on assassination attempt of the Sháh.
The translation was included at the site from which this item is mirrored, uga.edu/bahai/2003/Oct301852.html. English corrected by J. Winters, and translation from Norwegian verified by Nicholas Sanders [2010].
Keywords: 1852

Through Persia by Caravan - Arnold,Arthur E. (Tinsley Brothers, 1877)
Early three-page overview of Bábí and Bahá'í history. Bahá'u'lláh is here referred to as "Behar."
Keywords: Bábí history; Bábísm; Iran (documents); Travelogues

Through the Eyes of Margaret Cousins: Irish and Indian Suffragette - Munro,Keith (2018)
Biography of the co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League, a theosophist, who met both Martha Root and Shoghi Effendi.
Keywords: 20th century; Biography; Haifa, Israel; India; Ireland; Krishnamurti; Margaret Cousins; Martha Root; Other teachers; Shirin Fozdar; Shoghi Effendi; Theosophical Society; Theosophy; Women

Through Warring Countries to the Mountain of God - Remey,Charles Mason (1915)
Experiences of two American Bahá'ís in France, England, and Germany on their way to visit Abdul-Baha in the Israel in 1914. Includes excerpt of address by Abdu'l-Bahá on proofs of the coming Prophet, and letter written by Abdul Sana to a friend in London.
This document is online in a variety of formats at archive.org. See also "Observations of a Bahá'í Traveller, 1908." While Remey later broke the covenant (see uhj_mason_remey_followers), at the time he wrote this journal he was an influential figure in the Bahá'í community and was later appointed Hand of the Cause. This document is thus not "covenant-breaker" material.
Keywords: 1914; Biography; Mount Carmel; Travelogues

Time and the Containment of Evil in Zoroastrianism - Maneck,Susan (1997)
Basic beliefs of Zoroastrianism, the concept of time in Zoroastrianism, and Zoroastrianism in a Bahá'í context.
Delivered as a talk to a Friends of Persian Culture conference.
Keywords: Devil (Satan); Evil; Prophecies; Time; Zoroastrianism

Time of Peril, Prospects for Peace - Mitchell,Glenford (2001)
Talk at the Bahá'í Unity Center in Atlanta.
Transcript prepared by Raymond Jeffords; topic headers added by Jeffords and Watson, as well as page references and extended quotes to which Mr. Mitchell referred.  Additionally, there are supplemental quotes, at the end, with respect to the role of the Universal House of Justice and the Bahá'í Community in the establishment of the Lesser Peace. Talk recorded and posted with permission of Mitchell.
Keywords: Calamities and catastrophes; Integration and disintegration; Lesser Peace; Teaching; Terrorism; United States (documents); War

Timeline of major letters of the Guardian - Author unknown, compiler
Date, location published, summary, and memorable quotations of some significant letters of Shoghi Effendi.
Text from Ocean; edited and formatted for posting here. If you would like to help expand this chart, please download the document timeline_major_letters_guardian.rtf, update it, and then contact us. See also detailed discussion of some of the Guardian's writings, and how they got their titles, in Nakhjavani's Shoghi Effendi: The Range and Power of His Pen.
Keywords: Chronology and timelines; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Shoghi Effendi, letters of

Timeline to the Baghdad Period: Themes of Early Tablets and Historical Personages Related to them - Brown,Kathryn; Davis,Sharon; Johnson,Karen (2000)
History and themes of and personages related to Bahá'u'lláh's Tablets of the Baghdad period (1853-63), including a graphical chronology.
Prepared as a project for the Wilmette Institute.
Keywords: 1850s; 1852; 1853; 1863; 1863; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (2. Baghdad); Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (3. Sulaymaniyyih); Biographies (general); Chronology and timelines; Iraq; Kurdistan; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq

To Build Anew: Creating Bahá'í-inspired Enterprises - Brown,Don (Paragon-Quest Publications, 2002)
A study in social and economic development, applying Bahá'í principles in a business how-to manual. Sample chapter: "The Enterprise and the Spiritual Principle Paradigm."
Only Chapter 3 has been provided by the author.
Keywords: Business; Social and economic development

To Build in the World of Things a Safe Home for the Children of Men - Boyles,Ann (2009)
Presented at the 33rd Annual Conference "Environments," Washington, DC, August 13-16 2009. Mirrored with permission from www.bahai-studies.ca/proceedings. Author affiliation: Professor at University of Prince Edward Island; Member, Continental Board of Counsellors for the Americas
Keywords: Michael Karlberg

"To dance like Solomon": Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal - Parvis Brookshaw,Dominic (Middle Eastern Literatures, 2004)
Maryam Bushru'i (1815-1902), a sister of Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, produced a bold, emotionally charged response to a celebrated poem by Rumi, lending a broader definition to the community of Qajar poets that transcends social, doctrinal, and gendered lines.
Mirrored from tandfonline.com, where it is available in HTML, PDF, and ePub formats. The PDF below is OCRed from the image PDF as saved, with open-copyright permission, from the publisher's website.
Keywords: 19th century; E. G. Browne; Gazal; Martyrdom; Poetry; Qajar dynasty; Rumi (Mevlana); Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn

To Russia with Love: Journal of a Member of the Quddus Team - McLean,Jack (1990)
Journal of a visit through Moscow, Kiev, and Levov in August 1990 by the four travel teachers Shamsi Sedagat, Ann Clavin, Leo Misagi, and Jack McLean.
Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com. See also the last chapter of Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light, "Travel Teaching in the Former Soviet Union and Ukraine."
Keywords: 1990; Biography; Kyiv, Ukraine; Lviv, Ukraine; Moscow, Russia; Quddús; Russia; Travel Teaching; Travelogues; Ukraine

To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages - Bahá'u'lláh; Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice (2023)
The cause of unity; creating families that illuminate the world; the ideal milieu for learning the principles of consultation; addressing challenges.
Mirrored from bahai.org, where it is also available in Word and HTML formats.
Keywords: Children; Consultation; Divorce; Equality; Family; Family consultation; Gender; Marriage; Marriage, Civil; Prayer; Prayer texts; Race; Reconciliation; Sexuality; Unity; Women; Year of patience (year of waiting)

To the Bahá'í Youth - Khanum,Ruhiyyih
The youth should focus on embodying the teachings of the Faith, particularly in their community life; the goal is not personal salvation, but the oneness of humanity; principles of unity, justice, and love, especially within the Institutions.
From the Emma Maxie Jones Collection. See also What it is to be a Bahá'í?: A letter to the Bahá'í youth from Ruhiyyih Khanum (1948).
Keywords: Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Life (general); Purpose of life; Shoghi Effendi; Suffering; Unity of humanity; Youth

To the Bahá'ís in Iran - Universal House of Justice (2014)
Emphasizes Mashriqu’l-Adhkár’s integration of worship and service, urging Bahá’ís in Iran to foster unity, resilience, and societal progress through prayer and action.
Mirrored from payamha-iran.org, where it is also available in Persian and in PDF format.
Keywords: Dawn prayer; Devotional gatherings; Equality; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Dependencies of; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Prayer; Reflection; Service; Social action; Universal House of Justice, Letters to the Bahá'ís of Iran

To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith - Universal House of Justice (2010)
Regarding subjects such as family life, wealth, materialism, and justice.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Children; Economics; Education; End does not justify the means; Equality; Ethics; Family; Iran (documents); Justice; Leadership; Material means; Materialism; Profit; Purpose of life; Social action; Social and economic development; Social justice; Universal House of Justice, Letters to the Bahá'ís of Iran; Us and them; Virtues; Wealth and poverty; Work; Youth

To the Believers in the Cradle of the Faith - Universal House of Justice (2009)
Regarding the family and its role in the advancement of civilization.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library.
Keywords: Advancement of civilization; Apathy and indifference; Children; Consultation; Domestic violence; Education; Equality; Ethics; Family; Gender; Human rights; Injustice; Iran (documents); Justice; Oppression; Service; Unity; Unity in diversity; Unity of humanity; Universal House of Justice, Letters to the Bahá'ís of Iran; Us and them; Women

To the Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity - Universal House of Justice (2024)
The Bahá’í response to conflicts and related humanitarian crises in the world; encouraging Bahá’í youth to contribute to peace and unity by avoiding political involvement, focusing on moral principles, and promoting constructive social change.
Mirrored from bahai.org/library, where this title is given.
Keywords: Action; Apathy and indifference; Belief; Charity and relief work; Conflict resolution; Criticism and apologetics; Education; Hope; Human flight (flight of the soul); Humanitarian Relief Fund; Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity (ISGP); Justice; Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Leaven; Nine Year Plan (2022-2031); Peace; Politics; Prejudice; Principles; Public discourse (discourses of society); Purity; Responsibility; Selflessness; Social action; Social change; Suffering; Unity of humanity; War; Youth

To the Peoples of the World: A Bahá'í Statement on Peace by the Universal House of Justice - Universal House of Justice (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1985)
Text of the October 24 1985 statement by the House of Justice addressed to the peoples of the world on the theme of peace, followed by 60 pages of Annotations: a compilation of relevant quotations and references, assembled by a team of ABS contributors.
The portion of this book which is the letter from the House is online, in multiple formats, at bahai.org.
Keywords: Peace; Promise of World Peace (statement)

To what extent can the 'blogs' of sympathisers and representatives of the Bahá'í Faith be seen as interactive channels of communication that report on the persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran? - Rohani,Afshin Robin (2009)
Examination of how online communications have been used to highlight human rights, including the Muslim Network for Bahá'í Rights blog. Link to thesis (offsite).
Thesis for Bachelor of Science, Communication and Media Studies, Brunel University (London).

To-Do List and Features Requests - Winters,Jonah (2003)
Changes planned, requested, in-progress, or one-day hoped for. [Outdated list; not updated since 2015.]
Keywords: Bahá'í Library Online

Tobey, Mark George - Kays,Judith S. (American National Biography Online, 2000)
Tobey (1890-1976) was a famous American painter.
Excerpted from anb.org. Also available in PDF.
Keywords: 1890; 1976; Arts and crafts; Biography; Mark Tobey; Painting; United States (documents)

Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Cobb,Stanwood (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1951)
On worries about the future; the New World Order; solutions of economic problems; prejudice; one world language; science and religion; education.
Also available in HTML format at bahai.works/Tomorrow_and_Tomorrow, and in Microsoft Word format.
Keywords: Stanwood Cobb

Top Court Appointee a Model of Diversity - Jamal,Mahmud (National Post, 2021)
Brief bio of Mahmud Jamal, the judge "poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court of Canada."
Text in black below copied from pressreader.com; if that link is inaccessible, here is a screenshot. Text in dark blue is additional content from another online version of this article, dated 6/17, which has some more sentences that fill out the story.
Keywords: 1967; Biography; Canada; Discrimination; Human rights; Mahmud Jamal; McGill University; University of Toronto

Topical Index of Articles, Editorials, and Reviews Published in World Order - Author unknown, compiler (2014)
Listing of articles from issues 1 through 38, 1966-2007, organized by topic.
Read more in "World Order Magazine’s Topical Index Now Available." See also list of online documents from World Order or download selected complete issues of World Order.
Keywords: Indexes and catalogues; Periodicals; World Order magazine; World order

Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian: Review - Farhang,Mansour (The Nation, 2000)
Reprinted with permission from thenation.com, where the review has the title "‘Spies’ Under the Persian Rug."

Toumansky, Aleksandr Grigorevich - Dorri,Jahangir (Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2009)
Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
The following is an excerpt of the article at www.iranicaonline.org/articles/tumanski-aleksandr-grigorevich.
Keywords: 1861; 1920; Alexander Tumansky; Biography; Russia

Toward a Baha'i Concept of Mental Health: Implications for Clinical Practice - Maloney,Michelle (Counseling and Values, 2006)
Understanding religious beliefs as a resource for more fully conceptualizing clients psychological functioning; in particular, how Bahá'í clients conceive of mental health and counseling.
Mirrored from nhbahais.com.
Keywords: Health and healing; Mental health; Psychology

Toward a Bahá'í Economic Model - Schaut,Rick (1995)
Summary of three positive statements which might form the basis for a Bahá'í economic model.
Keywords: Economics

Toward a Development Ethics - Vakil,Anna C. (dialogue magazine, 1987)
Development issues from a North American perspective, informed by time spent pioneering in the Caribbean and the writings of Paulo Freire, and how to bring such issues to the attention of the Bahá'í community.
See also list of dialogue articles or image scans.

Toward a Framework for Action - Lample,Paul (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2018)
On defining and encouraging scholarship, especially as it relates to the major objectives of the Bahá'í Faith, and the role of the scholar in the Bahá'í community.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Criticism and apologetics; Interpretation; Knowledge; Paul Lample; Scholarship; Science

Toward a New Environmental Stewardship - Karlberg,Michael (World Order, 1994)
The Bahá'í vision of nature; spiritual principles required in our relationship with nature; the oneness of humanity; the New World Order.
Mirrored with permission from author's website, myweb.wwu.edu [archive.org]
Keywords: Environment; Nature

Toward a New Paradigm of Management - Starcher,George (European Bahá'í Business Forum, 1991)
The fundamental changes taking place in management and organization in reaction to globalization and changing technology, and the new knowledge and information based economy.
Originally online as a free download from ebbf.org, preserved at archive.org.
Keywords: Business; Economics; Ethics; Globalization

Toward a Socially Responsible Psychology for a Global Era, ed. edited by Elena Mustakova-Possardt et al.: Review - Penn,Michael L. (Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 2016)
Originally posted at bahai-studies.ca/toward-a-socially-responsible-psychology-for-a-global-era [archive.org].

Toward the Most Great Justice: Elements of Justice in the New World Order, by Charles Lerche: Review - Pokorny,Brad (One Country, 1996)
Mirrored with permission from http://www.onecountry.org/oc82/oc8216as.html.

Towards a Bahá'í Ethics - Schaefer,Udo (Search for Values: Ethics in Bahá'í Thought, 2004)
Bahá'í ethics are a transformative way of life and detachment involving truthfulness, trustworthiness, justice, moderation, wisdom, and prudence.
Mirrored with permission from www.udoschaefer.com/articles/english.html. Also available as image scan PDF.
Keywords: Ethics; Udo Schaefer

Towards a Complete and Fully Integrated Model of the Human Species - Carey,Gearoid (Solas, 2004)
An adequate model of human evolution must integrate current scientific information as well as metaphysical insights from divine revelation. The human species model before and after the Neolithic revolution must include both.
See also a PDF of the complete issue of Solas 4. Mirrored from breacais.demon.co.uk/abs/solas.
Keywords: Evolution; Metaphysics; Science

Towards a Definition of Bahá'í Theology and Mystical Philosophy - Savi,Julio (Baha'i Studies Review, 2003)
Bahá'í theology is not metaphysical hair-splitting but is a "divine philosophy" all Bahá'ís are invited to study, to achieve inner knowledge, spiritual progress, and an enhanced capacity for loving.
Mirrored with permission from juliosavi.it.
Keywords: Knowledge; Philosophy; Theology

Towards A European Union Anti-Racism Strategy - Bahá'í International Community (2025)
The BIC Brussels Office calls for a transformative EU anti-racism strategy, emphasizing human unity, education, community engagement, and youth leadership to foster lasting societal change.
Mirrored from bic.org. See also BIC Brussels: Statement calls for new European approach to societal unity (BWNS, March 2025, off-site).
Keywords: BIC statements; Belonging (community); Cultural diversity; Curriculum; Development; Education; Grassroots; Interaction; Interdependence and interconnectedness; Prejudice; Race; Racism; Social change; Sports; Transformation; Unity of humanity; Us and them; Youth

Towards a New Spiritual Economic System - Shams,Badi (2021)
Collection of some of work on the concept of Baha’i economics. The goal is to simplify economics and make it accessible for the reader, and not use technical, economic vocabulary.
Some material in this compilation appears elsewhere online; see bahai-library.com/author/Badi+Shams and badishams.net.
Keywords: Economics

Towards a Spiritual Civilization - Semple,Ian C. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2001)
Three methods to achieve the spiritualization of humankind: perpetual striving to draw closer to God in mind, action and spirit; the fundamental work of teaching the Message and building the Administrative Order; and participation in humanitarian service.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/article/view/120.

Towards a Spiritual Methodology of Scholarship - Jones Kavelin,Chris (Australian Baha'i Studies, 2003)
Attempt to offer youth a vision of their sacred duty to pursue scholarship and a confidence in their unique spiritual genius to enable a world civilization to become conscious of its own Divine origin, spiritual nature, sacred purpose and glorious destiny
Developed out of a presentation given at the 2003 Australian Bahá'í Society Congress. See also the rest of this issue, and see PDF.
Keywords: Ethics; Scholarship; Science; Spirituality; Studying; Youth

Towards a Sustainable Food System - Bahá'í International Community (2022)
Short selection on sustainable, non-exploitative food systems that provide for the global population.
Mirrored from bic.org. See also a related BWNS article, ‘The First Active Agent in Human Society’ Putting Farmers at the Heart of Food Security Policy (BIC, 2021, offsite), and One World, One People - A Bahá'í View (BIC, 1974).
Keywords: Agriculture; BIC statements; Bahá'í International Community; Food; Social and economic development; Social justice; Unity; Unity of humanity

Towards the Elimination of Religious Prejudice: Potential Christian Contributions From a Bahá'í Perspective - Jones Kavelin,Chris (Interreligious Insight, 2004)
Religion can facilitate both war and peace; the greatest opportunity facing Christianity is to provide an example of loving relationships that transcend religious and cultural prejudice, and leave aside theological differences.
Paper originally given at “The Future of Christianity in the West” conference at Otago University, Dunedin, NZ, December 2002. Also available as PDF.
Keywords: Christianity; Interfaith dialogue; Prejudice

Towards the New World Order: A Bahá'í perspective - Nicholson,Graham (Bahá'í Studies in Australasia vol. 3, 1996)
We live in a troubled world in which the Bahá'í Faith is a living example of an endeavour to establish an expanding unity on a global scale, operating as a single social organism; it provides in embryo form a model for a new world order.
This document is no longer available at its original host; mirrored from archive.org.
Keywords: World order

Towards the Summit of Reality, by Julio Savi: Review - Velasco,Ismael (2008)
Keywords: Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Sufism

Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography - Savi,Julio (2003)
Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Four Valleys, which provides a snapshot of scholarship into these Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
See this book at Amazon.com. A second edition was published in February 2024, see front matter preview at grbooks.com.
Keywords: Bible; Call of the Divine Beloved (book); Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Islam; Judaism; Lover and the Beloved; Metaphors and allegories; Mysticism; Persian language; Quran; Reality; Sufism; Symbolism; Translation; Words and phrases

Towards World Order - Nakhjavani,Ali (2004)
Transcripts of six talks given at a week-long course on the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, sponsored by the NSA of Italy. Document includes compilation and outline.
This text was posted here in 2005, combined from a variety of online sources, under the title "World Order of Baha'u'llah: Six Talks on the Various Aspects of." It was also published as Towards World Order (Bundoora, Victoria: Bahá'í Publications Australia, 2005). Both have been replaced (2023) by the pubication under the title Towards World Order by Casa Editrice Bahá'í (Acuto, 2004). In the 2007 edition (below) a chapter on "The Covenant" and a chart "Towards Bahá'í World Civilisation" were added, as well as a second Foreword, including other questions and answers. A participant [email on file] writes: "Mr Nakhjavani gave these talks in February of 2004. It was a wonderful experience - he gave one talk every morning for six days, and was available during the rest of the time for questions and discussions with the youth. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani also gave talks on Shoghi Effendi's use of language in the mornings. In the afternoons, we had workshops to discuss various specific points of the morning's talk, and to prepare presentations. We reconvened in the late afternoon, compared notes, and asked questions. Then in the evening Mrs Violette Nakhjavani shared her experiences traveling with Ruhiyyih Khanum."
Keywords: Administrative Order; Alí Nakhjavání; Bahá'í Faith, Evolutionary nature of; Constitutions (Bahá'í); Covenant; Growth; Guardianship; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Lesser Peace; Most Great Peace; Peace; Speculation; United States (documents); Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Constitution of; World order; World peace

Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese - Sims,Barbara R. (Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1989)
Extensive history of Bahá'í events and personages in Japan, 1914-1983.
See also Errata for Traces that Remain and Japan Will Turn Ablaze. Proofread by S. Sims and updated August 2019.
Keywords: 1914; 1983; 20th century; Bahá'í history by country; Biography; Hiroyasu Takano; Japan; Photographs

Traductions par Adib Masumiam - Abdul-Bahá; Shoghi Effendi (2013)
Traductions françaises par Spierckel de six traductions anglaises par Masumian des Tablettes persanes de Bahá'u'lláh et d'Abdu'l-Bahá, sur le thème de la traduction.
See adibmasumian.com/translations.
Keywords: Translation

Traductions personnelles: de traductions provisoires en anglais par Adib Masumian et autres sources - Spierckel,Pierre, translator (2025)
Prières choisies sur le site d’Adib Masumian et dans diverses compilations.
See originals at adibmasumian.com/translations.
Keywords: Adib Masumian; Bahá'í Writings; Provisional translations

Training Institutes - Universal House of Justice (1998)
Overview of the efforts thus far made by the worldwide Bahá'í community to establish institutes; review their accomplishments to date and explores their possibilities for further development and potential effect on the process of entry by troops.
See also uhj_institutes_sytematic_growth and uhj_training_institutes_2001, plus Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth.
Keywords: Capacity building; Entry by troops; Institute process; Study circles; Training Institutes

Training Institutes and Systematic Growth - International Teaching Centre (2000)
This document was first posted at srsv.bahai.cz/soubory/ITC_February_2000.doc in Word format, and later published in Turning Point: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice and Supplementary Material 1996–2006 pp. 343-366. See also uhj_training_institutes_1998 and uhj_training_institutes_2001, plus Building Momentum: A Coherent Approach to Growth.
Keywords: Growth; Institute process; Training Institutes

Training Institutes: Attaining a Higher Level of Functioning - International Teaching Centre (2017)
Assistance to Bahá'ís managing institutes, to help better implement the main sequence of courses, the youth spiritual empowerment and education programs, and matters related to the institutional capacity of training institutes.
Keywords: Childrens classes; Institute process; Ruhi Institute; Study circles; Training Institutes; Youth; Youth empowerment program

Training Institutes: Letter to an individual - Universal House of Justice (2001)
Short letter to an individual on the importance of studying the Writings in group training institutes, rather than through independent study; however, both methods are encouraged.
Transmitted by email. Submitted by and posted with permission of recipient.
Keywords: Institute process; Training Institutes

Transcript of interview with Iranian President Mohammad Khatami - Khatami,Mohammad (1998)
Khatami praises American civilization, defends Iran and Islam, and laments the 'confrontation between religion and liberty which is to the detriment of religion, liberty, and the human beings who deserve to have both'; no mention of Baha'i.
This document makes no mention of the Bahá'í Faith. However, Khatami's interview with an American television station was unprecedented and is shared here as very newsworthy, even if not directly related to Bahá'í studies. Text taken from cnn.com/WORLD/9801/07/iran/interview.html [archived]. See also Response from the Universal House of Justice.
Keywords: 20th century; Conflict; Interviews; Iran; Politics

Transformation - Tinto,Iscander Micael (2013)
The concept of transformation — the change of something's condition, nature, or character, such as the growth of the human soul or the evolution of civilization — is the cornerstone of each Dispensation and its renewal of spiritual energy.
Mirrored with permission from iscandertinto.com.
Keywords: Humanity; Transformation

Transformation of Global Society - Laszlo,Ervin (1983)
Audio posted online at http://bahaimp3.narod.ru/eng.htm, and later at imagesinternational.org.

Transformation of the World - Price,Tom (2008)
Explores the harmony of religion and science, the concept that the physical world is a mirror of the spiritual world, and how spiritual insight can be gained through a scientific study of the analogies presented in the Bahá'í writings.
These talks were given at the Tennessee Baha’i School (Dubose Conference Center, Monteagle, Tennessee), August 29 - September 1, 2008.

Transformative Dialogue: A Key to Elevating Discourses - Neyman,Roger; Wenninger,Charlotte (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2024)
"Transformative Dialogue" is a process that can facilitate understanding among dialogue partners; a distinct mode of dialogue with a recognizable set of precepts and processes, it can be studied, systematically developed, and used within communities.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Consultation

Transformative Leadership: Its Evolution and Impact - Barstow Hernandez,Joan (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2018)
The ideas behind the conceptual framework and capabilities of Núr University’s "Transformative Leadership Program," developed as a Bahá’í-inspired approach to leadership in academic settings or in projects of social action.
Article mirrored from journal.bahaistudies.ca/ . See also the complete issue [PDF].
Keywords: Empowerment; Ethics; Leadership; Scholarship; Social action; Transformation

Transforming Environments from the Inside Out - Dahl,Arthur Lyon (2009)
Presented at the 33rd Annual Conference "Environments," Washington, DC, August 13-16 2009. Mirrored with permission from www.bahai-studies.ca/proceedings. Author affiliation: President of the International Environment Forum and  Coordinator of the UNEP/University of Geneva Environmental Diplomacy Program
Keywords: Climate change; Environment

Transition to a Global Society, by Suhail Bushrui: Review - Lamb,Susan (Baha'i Studies Review, 1994)
Keywords: Age of transition; Globalization; Suheil Bushrui

Translating Rumi - Lee,Anthony (elixir-journal.org, 2016)
Reflections on the challenge for a translator to bring a poem from one language and culture into another, while remaining true to both the spirit and the meaning of the original. Includes samples of Rumi's poetry.
Mirrored with permission from www.elixir-journal.org.
Keywords: Rumi (Mevlana); Translation

Translating the Bahá'í Writings - Volker,Craig L. (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 1990)
In translating the Bahá’í writings, faithfulness to the original text is paramount, reflecting both the beauty of the original and accurately conveying its concepts; consultation is an integral part of the process; practical problems faced by translators.
Mirrored with permission from the Journal of Bahá'í Studies past issues archive.
Keywords: Beauty; Bible; Christianity; Consultation; Cultural differences; Education; God, Word of; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Language; Quran; Religion (general); Shoghi Effendi; Style (Writings); Terminology; Translation

Translating the Bahá'í Writings into Languages Other Than English - Volker,Craig L.; Noguchi,Mary Goebel (Journal of Baha'i Studies, 2024)
Challenges in translation, including questions about spelling, terminology, politeness strategies employed in the original work, and idiosyncrasies of English usage; case study of passage of Bahá'u'lláh as translated into Japanese and Tok Pisin.
Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also the complete issue [PDF]. Note: The quoted article of Armin Eschraghi can be found here (off-site).
Keywords: Accompaniment; Akka, Israel; Ambiguity; Ancient Beauty (title); Annotations (notes); Ark; Asian languages; Back translation; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Titles of; Bahá'í studies; Beatitudes (Bible); Bible; Capacity building; Capitalization; Chalice; Christianity; Collaboration and cooperation; Consultation; Crimson; Crimson Ark; Cross-reference; Cultural diversity; Databases; Deepening; Edirne, Turkey; Encouragement; English language; God, Word of; Gold; Honorifics; Horizon; Hud (Prophet); Independent investigation of truth; Institute process; Interfaith dialogue; Interpretation; Islam; Istanbul, Turkey; Japanese language; Kaaba (Mecca); Languages of Papua New Guinea; Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf); Man versus human; Metaphors and allegories; Names and titles; National Spiritual Assemblies; Naw-Rúz; Orthography; Pen; Persian language; Politeness; Pronouns; Pronunciation; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Quran; Respect; Ridván; Royal We (pronoun); Ruhi Institute; Say (phrase); Seas and oceans; Standard of language; Style (Writings); Taaruf (Tarof); Terminology; Texts in multiple languages; Thou and Thee; Tok Pisin (language); Transformation; Translation; Translation committees; Translation into other languages than English; Transliteration and diacritics; Universal House of Justice, Research Department; Wayward; Words and phrases

Translation and provisional translations - Shoghi Effendi; Universal House of Justice
Also available as a nicely-formatted PDF, prepared by Romane Takkenberg. See also uhj_provisional_translations and uhj_english_provisional_translations.
Keywords: Provisional translations; Style (Writings); Translation

Translation and Review - Universal House of Justice (1991)
Whether certain scholars were authorized as translators, and that the institution of review is not being abrogated at this time.
Keywords: Bahá'í studies; Publishing, Policy and practice; Publishing, Review; Scholarship; Translation

Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature - Masumian,Adib, translator (2009)
Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masumian; listed here for the sake of search engines and tagging.
All items below are at adibmasumian.com/translations.
Keywords: Abjad system; Adam and Eve; Adasiyyih, Palestine; Aging; Akka, Israel; Alvah-i-Sha'arat (Tablets of the Hair); Andre Sulayman Zargar (Mírzá `Abdu'lláh); Angels; Anís Zunízí (Mírzá Muhammad-`Alíy-i-Zunízí); Aqa Abdur-Rahim; Arabic language; Ashgabat; Ashgabat; Astrology; Astronomy; Ayyám-i-Há; Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí (From the Divine Garden); Azali Bábís; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'í Faith, Purposes of; Bahá'í schools; Beauty; Bible; Bread; Budapest, Hungary; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, The; Báb, Writings of; Central Asia; Certitude; Charity and relief work; Christianity; Colors; Creation; Death; Deeds; Detachment; Disconnected letters of the Quran; Divine Assistance; Dreams and visions; Eager Heart (play); Education; Equality; Ethics; Evil; Evil eye; Exemplar (film); Exile (banishment); Fasting; Flowers; Food; Forgiveness; Gender; Genesis (Bible); God, Love of; God, Will of; God, Word of; God, Worlds of; Gold; Golden calf; Health and healing; Hidden Imam; Hidden Treasure (Hadith); Holy days; Humor; Hungary; Huruf (letters); Hájí Mihdi Nami; Hájí Muhammad Ismail Kashani (Dhabi); Hájí Mulla Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani; Imagination; International auxiliary language; Iran (documents); Iraq; Isaac (Bible); Ishmael (Bible); Islam; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ, Virgin birth of; Jews; Jinab-i-Ilyahu of Kashan; Jinn (genie); John the Baptist; Jordan; Joshua (Bible); Judaism; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Khadijih (wife of the Prophet Muhammad); Khidr (Kidr); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Kitáb-i-Badi (Wondrous Book); Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; Lawh-i-Ahbab (Tablet of the Friends); Lawh-i-Bábu’l-ʻAtá (or Lawh-i-Banú-Qurayzih); Lawh-i-Hamd-i-Mushasha (Tablet of the Effulgent Praise); Lawh-i-Karim (Tablets to Karim)

Translation of Authoritative Bahá'í Texts into the Spanish Language - Universal House of Justice (1993)
Regarding issues related to the translation of authoritative Bahá’í Texts into the Spanish language and the establishment of an international body responsible for the direction and approval of such translation work.
Mirrored from https://www.bahaipanel.org/documentos-de-interés.
Keywords: International Panel of Spanish Translations of Bahá'í Literature; Publishing, Review; Spanish language; Translation

Translation of French Foot-Notes of the Dawn-Breakers - Perigord,Emily McBride, translator (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1939)
Translation of the French footnotes of The Dawn-Breakers.
Note: These footnotes are identical to those included in our full online version of the Dawn-Breakers (with the exception of a few short probably overlooked sentences) and are only included here for the convenience of those who wish to view all of the foot-notes at once in a single document. Please note that not all of the footnotes were originally in French, but for convenience all footnotes (including those translated into English) are included here. Also included is a letter from the independent publication of foot-note translations written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the translator. Entire book, with translated footnotes, also available in corrected, updated Microsoft Word format, prepared by Mike Thomas (2023). See also bahai-library.com/nabil_dawnbreakers. This collection of translated foot-notes can also be purchased online from the Bahá'í Distribution Service here (currently US$3.95). For English translations of French passages in God Passes By, see here.
Keywords: Annotations (notes); Dawn-Breakers (book); Translation

Translation of Key Bahá'í Terms - Universal House of Justice (2015)
Arabic terms such as "Alláh-u-Abhá", "Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá", “Mashriqu’l-Adhkár," "Ḥazíratu’l-Quds," and "Bahá" should generally not be translated into other languages, for translations are too inadequate.
Contributed by recipient; original PDF on file. Title "Translation of Key Bahá'í Terms" added for this online version, not in original. Later published in Lights of Irfan 17.
Keywords: Alláh-u-Abhá; Greatest Name; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Repetition; Translation; Words and phrases