Below is a list of acronyms used in Bahá'í contexts. Acronyms that are used for publications are listed in italics.
#[edit]
- 5YP
- Five Year Plan
A[edit]
- ABL
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London
- ABM
- Auxiliary Board Member
- ABS
- Association for Bahá'í Studies
- ADJ
- Advent of Divine Justice
- ARO
- Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand
- ATC
- Area Teaching Committee
B[edit]
- BA
- Bahá’í Administration
- BASED-UK
- Bahá’í Agency for Social and Economic Development (U.K.)
- BDS
- Bahá'í Distribution Service
- BE
- Baha’i Education (compilation); Baha'i Era
- BIB
- The Bible
- BIC
- Bahá’í International Community
- BIDO
- Bahá’í International Development Organization
- BIFA
- Baha'i International Football Association
- BIHE
- Bahá’í Institute of Higher Education
- BINS
- Baha'i International News Service
- BK
- Bahíyyih Khánum
- BN
- Bahá’í News
- BNE
- Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era
- BOE
- Bahá’í Office of the Environment
- BP
- Bahá’í Prayers
- BREA
- Bahá’í Religious Education Agency.
- BPT
- Bahá'í Publishing Trust
- BS
- Bahá'í Scriptures
- BW
- The Bahá’í World
- BWC
- Bahá’í World Centre
- BWF
- Bahá'í World Faith
- BWNS
- Bahá'í World News Service
C[edit]
- CA
- Cluster agency; Core activities
- CABS
- Campus Association for Bahá'í Studies
- CBC
- Continental Board of Counsellors
- CBIDA
- Canadian Bahá’í International Development Agency
- CBNS
- Canadian Bahá'í News Service
- CC
- Compilation of Compilations; Children's class; Cluster co-ordinator; Continental Counsellor
- CDF
- Cluster Development Facilitator
- CF
- Citadel of Faith
- CGC
- Cluster Growth Committee; Cluster growth co-ordinator
- CIC
- Cluster Institute co-ordinator
- COL
- Century of Light
- CN
- Call to the Nations
- CUHJ
- Constitution of the Universal House of Justice
D[edit]
- DB
- The Dawn-Breakers
- DG
- Directives from the Guardian; Devotional gathering
- DM
- Devotional meeting
- DND
- Dawn of a New Day
E[edit]
- EAC
- External Affairs Committee
- ESW
- Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
F[edit]
- FL
- Fire and Light
- FSTS
- From Strength to Strength
- FUNDAEC
- Fundación para la Aplicación y Enseñanza de las Ciencias (Foundation for the Application and Teaching of the Sciences)
- FWU
- Foundations of World Unity
G[edit]
H[edit]
- HE
- High Endeavours
- HoJ
- House of Justice
- HoW
- House of Worship
- HV
- Home visit
- HW
- The Hidden Words
I[edit]
- IBC
- International Bahá'í Council
- IEF
- International Environment Forum
- INBA
- Iranian National Bahá'í Archives
- INBAMC
- Iranian National Bahá'í Archive Manuscript Collection
- IPG
- Intensive Program of Growth
- ISGP
- Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity
- ITC
- International Teaching Centre
J[edit]
- JAP
- Japan Will Turn Ablaze!
- JWTA
- Japan Will Turn Ablaze!
- JY
- Junior youth
- JYG
- Junior youth group
- JYSEP
- Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Programme
K[edit]
- KA
- Kitáb-i-Aqdas
- KI
- Kitáb-i-Íqán
L[edit]
- LANZ
- Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand
- LDG
- Light of Divine Guidance
- LG
- Lights of Guidance
- LoG
- Lights of Guidance
- LSA
- Local Spiritual Assembly
M[edit]
- MA
- Messages to America
- MBW
- Messages to the Bahá’í World
- MC
- Messages to Canada
- MF
- Memorials of the Faithful
- MOTC
- Ministry of the Custodians
- MSEI
- Messages of Shoghi Effendi to the Indian Subcontinent
- MUHJ63
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986
- MUHJ68
- Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-1973
N[edit]
- NCRA
- National Center for Race Amity
- NDF
- Nineteen Day Feast
- NIB
- National Institute Board
- NPIO
- National Public Information Officer
- NSA
- National Spiritual Assembly
- NTC
- National Teaching Committee
O[edit]
- OPA
- Office of Public Affairs
- OPI
- Office of Public Information
- OSED
- Office of Social and Economic Development
P[edit]
- PB
- Proclamation of Bahá’u’lláh
- PBA
- Principles of Bahá'í Administration (compilation)
- PDC
- Promised Day Is Come
- PIO
- Public Information Officer
- PM
- Prayers and Meditations
- PP
- Priceless Pearl
- PRH
- Prosperity of Humankind
- PSA
- Preparation for Social Action
- PT
- Paris Talks
- PUP
- Promulgation of Universal Peace
- PWP
- Promise of World Peace
Q[edit]
- QUR
- The Qur'án
R[edit]
- RBC
- Regional Bahá’í Council
- RSA
- Regional Spiritual Assembly
- RTC
- Regional Teaching Committee
- RTI
- Regional Training Institute
S[edit]
- SAT
- Sistema de Aprendizaje Tutorial (System for Tutorial Learning)
- SAQ
- Some Answered Questions
- SB
- Statement on Bahá’u’lláh
- SBS
- Selections from Bahá’í Scriptures
- SC
- Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas; Study circle
- SCH
- Scholarship (compilation)
- SCKA
- Synopsis and Codification of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
- SCT
- Sector Coordination Team
- SDC
- Secret of Divine Civilization
- SLH
- Summons from the Lord of Hosts
- SVFV
- Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys
- SW
- Star of the West
- SWAB
- Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
- SWB
- Selections from the Writings of the Báb
T[edit]
- TAB
- Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas volumes 1-3
- TAF
- Tablet to Auguste Forel
- TB
- Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
- TDH
- This Decisive Hour
- TDP
- Tablets of the Divine Plan
- TN
- A Traveller’s Narrative
- TU
- Tabernacle of Unity
U[edit]
W[edit]
References[edit]
- Jonah Winters & Brett Zamir. "Abbreviations of the Baha'i Writings, list". bahai-library.com. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
