Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, wrote many books, tablets and prayers, of which only a fraction have been translated into English. Bahá’u’lláh revealed thousands of tablets with a total volume more than 70 times the size of the Qur'án and more than 15 times the size of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.[1][2][3]
Bahá’u’lláh most well-known works translated into English are:
- The Kitáb-i-Aqdas (The Most Holy Book)
- The Kitáb-i-Íqán (The Book of Certitude)
- The Hidden Words
- Gems of Divine Mysteries
- Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
- Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
- Prayers and Meditations
- Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh
- The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys
- Summons of the Lord of Hosts
- Tabernacle of Unity
- Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Listed below are some of the most well-known writings of Bahá’u’lláh organized roughly by the period in which they were likely revealed, however this is not a comprehensive list of all of Bahá’u’lláh's works and in some cases the period in which a Tablet was revealed is not yet conclusively known.
For translations see Translations of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. For English publications see Publications of the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
Original Arabic and Persian Tablets by Period[edit]
Ṭihrán: Before 1853[edit]
Baghdád I: 1853 - 1854[edit]
Sulaymániyyih: 1854 - 1856[edit]
- Qaṣídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih
- Báz-Áv-u-Bidih-Jámí
- Sáqí-Az-Ghayb-i-Baqá
- ‘Ishq az Sidriy-i-A‘lá ámad
- Bi-Jánán ján hamí dar-yáft rah
- Sáqí, bi-dih ábí zán shu‘liy-i-rúḥání
- Mast-and bulbulán
- Sahar ámad bi bistar-am yár
- But-i-má ámad bá battí-u bádih
- Ay Bulbulán
Baghdad II: 1857 - 1863[edit]
1857[edit]
1857-1858[edit]
1857-1863[edit]
- Halih-Halih-Yá-Bishárát
- Ḥurúfát-i-‘Állín
- Lawḥ al-Raḥmat
- Lawḥ-i-Áyiy-i-Núr
- Lawḥ-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq
- Lawḥ-i-Fitnih
- Lawḥ-i-Ḥaqq
- Lawḥ-i-Húríyyih
- Madínatu'r-Riḍá
- Madínatu't-Tawḥíd
- Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand
- Súratu'lláh
- Súriy-i-Dhikr
- Súriy-i-Qadír
- Súriy-i-Qamíṣ
- Súriy-i-Ṣabr
- Tafsír-i-Hú
- Javáhiru'l-Asrár
1858-1863[edit]
1862[edit]
1863[edit]
Constantinople: 1863[edit]
Adrianople: 1863 - 1868[edit]
1864[edit]
1864-1866[edit]
1864-1868[edit]
1865[edit]
1865-1866[edit]
1866[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Rúḥ
- Lawḥ-i-Khalíl
- Lawḥ-i-Nápulyún I (First Tablet to Napoleon III)
1866-1868[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán (Tablet to the Sháh of Persia)
- Lawḥ-i-Aḥbáb
- Lawḥ-i-Ḥabíb
- Lawḥ-i-Nuqṭih
- Munájátháy-i-Ṣíyám
- Riḍvánu'l-Iqrár
- Súriy-i-Aḥzán
- Súriy-i-Amr
- Súriy-i-Dhibḥ
- Lawḥ-i-Ashraf
1867[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Sayyáḥ
1867-1868[edit]
- Súriy-i-Mulúk (Tablet to the Kings)
- Kitáb-i-Bádi‘
- Súriy-i-Ghuṣn (Tablet of the Branch)
‘Akká: 1868 - 1892[edit]
1868-1892[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Amváj
- Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí
- Lawḥ-i-Hartík
- Lawḥ-i-Ḥusayn
- Lawḥ-i-Ittiḥád
- Lawḥ-i-Jamál
- Lawḥ-i-Karím
- Aṣl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr (Words of Wisdom)
- Lawḥ-i-‘Áshiq-va-Ma'shúq
- Lawḥ-i-Baqá
- Lawḥ-i-Basíṭatu'l-Haqíqih
- Lawḥ-i-Bismilih
- Lawḥ-i-Maryam
- Lawḥ-i-Mawlúd
- Lawḥ-i-Náṣir
- Lawḥ-i-Qiná‘
- Lawḥ-i-Raqshá
- Lawḥ-i-Rasúl
- Lawḥ-i-Saḥáb
- Lawḥ-i-Shaykh-Fání
- Lawḥ-i-Tawḥíd
- Lawḥ-i-Yúsuf
- Lawḥ-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín
- Lawḥ-i-Zíyárih
- Riḍvánu'l-‘Adl
- Ṣalát-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead)
- Súriy-i-Amín
- Súriy-i-A‘ráb
- Súriy-i-Bayán
- Súriy-i-Hijr
- Súriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil
- Súriy-i-Javád
- Súriy-i-Nidá
- Súriy-i-Qalam
- Súriy-i-Sulṭán
- Súriy-i-Vafá
- Súriy-i-Zíyárih
- Tafsír-i-Súriy-i-Va'sh-Shams
- Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Awlíyá
- Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Bábu'l-Báb va Quddús
- Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Bayt
- Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Maryam
- Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhadá
1868[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Salmán II
- Lawḥ-i-Ra'is (Tablet to Ra'is)
1868-1870[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria)
- Lawḥ-i-Malik-i-Rús (Tablet to Czar Alexander II)
- Lawḥ-i-Pisar-‘Amm
- Lawḥ-i-Nápulyún II (Second Tablet to Napoleon III)
1869[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Riḍván
- Súriy-i-Fu'ád
- Lawḥ-i-Páp (Tablet to Pope Pius IX)
- Súriy-i-Haykal
1870-1875[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Ṭibb
1870-1877[edit]
1871[edit]
- Qad-Iḥtaraqa'l-Mukhliṣún (Fire Tablet)
1873[edit]
- Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)
- Lawḥ-i-Ru'yá
1873-1874[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Ḥikmat (Tablet of Wisdom)
1877-1879[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Burhán
1878[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Ḥájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín
1879-1891[edit]
- Bishárát (Glad-Tidings)
- Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)
- Kitáb-i-‘Ahd (Book of the Covenant)
- Lawḥ-i-Aqdas
- Lawḥ-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World)
- Tajallíyát (Effulgences)
1882[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd
1885-1888[edit]
1888[edit]
- Ṭarázát (Ornaments)
1891[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-Times
- Lawḥ-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel)
- Lawḥ-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf)
Unknown[edit]
- Lawḥ-i-‘Abdu'r-Razzáq
- Lawḥ-i-Kímíya I
- Lawḥ-i-Kímíya II
- Lawḥ-i-Kímíya III
- Lawḥ-i-Mubáhilih
- Lawḥ-i-Quds
- Lawḥ-i-Rafí‘
- Lawḥ-i-Tuqá
- Súriy-i-Asmá
- Súriy-i-Burhán
- Súriy-i-Dhabíḥ
- Súriy-i-Faḍl
- Súriy-i-Fatḥ
- Súriy-i-Ḥifẓ
- Súriy-i-Ism
- [[Lawḥ-i-Shams-i-Jamál-i-Ilahí]]
- Súriy-i-Khitáb
- Súriy-i-Ma‘ání
- Súriy-i-Man‘
- Súriy-i-Nuṣḥ
- Súriy-i-Qahír
- Súriy-i-Zubúr
- Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr
- Zíyárat-Námih (Tablet of Visitation)
References[edit]
- The Universal House of Justice. The Bahá’í World - An International Record Vol XVI 1973-1976 pp. 574-75. Haifa, Israel: World Centre Publications.
- Period Tablets were revealed: http://bahai-library.com/images/l/labib_stages_exiles_bahaullah_big.jpg
- Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh
- Taherzadeh, Adib (1976). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853982708.
- Taherzadeh, Adib (1977). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853980713.
- Taherzadeh, Adib (1984). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 3: ‘Akká, The Early Years 1868-77. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853981442.
- Taherzadeh, Adib (1987). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 4: Mazra‘ih & Bahjí 1877-92. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853982708.
Notes[edit]
- ↑ BWNS. "A new volume of Bahá'í sacred writings, recently translated and comprising Bahá'u'lláh's call to world leaders, is published". Retrieved 2006-11-24.
- ↑ Archives Office at the Bahá'í World Centre, Haifa, Israel. "Bahá'í Archives - Preserving and safeguarding the Sacred Texts". Retrieved 2008-06-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Universal House of Justice. "Numbers and Classifications of Sacred Writings texts". Retrieved 2006-11-24.
