List of writings of Baháʼu'lláh

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Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, wrote many books and revealed thousands of tablets and prayers, of which only a fraction has so far been translated into English.

The list below, organized by the city he was in while he wrote the tablet, is not complete; it shows only the best-known writings of Baháʼu'lláh.

Tehran[]

1852
  • Ras͟hḥ-i-ʻAmá, "Sprinkling from a Cloud" a poem of 20 verses in Persian, written when Baháʼu'lláh was imprisoned in the Síyáh-Chál in Tehran, after he received a vision of a Maid of Heaven, through whom he received his mission as a Messenger of God and as the One whose coming the Báb had prophesied.

Baghdad[]

1854
  • Lawḥ-i-Kulluʼ-Ṭaʻám, "Tablet of All Food"[citation needed]

Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan[]

1855
  • Qaṣídiy-i-Varqáʼíyyih, "Ode of the Dove"[citation needed]

Baghdad[]

Texts and scriptures
of the Baháʼí Faith
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From Baháʼu'lláh
From the Báb
From ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
From Shoghi Effendi
1857
  • Ṣaḥífiy-i-S͟haṭṭíyyih, "Book of the River [Tigris]"[citation needed]
1857–58
  • Chahár Vádí, "Four Valleys" The Four Valleys was written around 1857 in Baghdad, in response to questions of Shaykh ʻAbdu'r-Rahman-i-Talabani, the "honored and indisputable leader" of the Qádiríyyih Order of Sufism.
  • Kalimát-i-Maknúnih, "Hidden Words" The Hidden Words is written in the form of a collection of short utterances, 71 in Arabic and 82 in Persian, in which Baháʼu'lláh claims to have taken the basic essence of certain spiritual truths and written them in brief form.
1857–63
  • Haft Vádí, "Seven Valleys" The Seven Valleys was written around 1860 in Baghdad after Baháʼu'lláh had returned from the Sulaymaniyah region in Kurdistan. The work was written in response to questions posed by Shaykh Muhyi'd-Din, a judge, who was a follower of the Qádiríyyih Order of Sufism.
  • Hurúfát-i-'Álín, "The Exalted Letters"[citation needed]
  • Javáhiru'l-Asrár, "Gems of Divine Mysteries"
  • Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr, "Tablet of the 'Light Verse'" [of the Qurʼan]), also known as Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta'ih, "Commentary on the Isolated Letters"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Fitnih, "Tablet of the Test"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Húríyyih, "Tablet of the Maiden"[citation needed]
  • Madínatu'r-Ridá, "City of Radiance/Radiant Acquiescence"[citation needed]
  • Madínatu't-Tawhíd, "City of Unity"[citation needed]
  • Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand, "Sweet Scented Being"[citation needed]
  • Súriy-i-Nush, "Súrih of Counsel"
  • Súriy-i-Qadír, "Surih of the Omnipotent"[citation needed]
  • Aṣl-i-Kullu'l-K͟hayr, "Words of Wisdom"
1858–63
  • Subhána-Rabbíya'l-A'lá, "Praise to the Exalted Lord"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Ghulámu'l-Khuld, "Tablet of the Eternal Youth"
  • Húr-i-Ujáb, "The Wondrous Maiden"
  • Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí, "From The Garden of Holiness"[citation needed]
1862
1863

On the way to Constantinople[]

1863
  • Lawh-i-Hawdaj, "Tablet of the Howdah [a seat for riding a camel]"[citation needed]

Constantinople (Istanbul)[]

1863
  • Subhánika-Yá-Hú, "Praised be Thou, O He!," also known as Lawh-i-Naqus, "Tablet of the Bell"

“Tablet of Ridva” March, 1863 Baghdad, Iraq

Adrianople (Edirne)[]

1864
  • Súriy-i-'Ibád, "Tablet of the Servants/People"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Salmán, "First Tablet to Salmán"[citation needed]
1864–66
  • Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds, "Tablet of the Sacred Night"[citation needed]
1864–68
  • Lawh-i-Siráj, "Tablet for Siraj"[citation needed]
  • Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak, "Blessed Mathnaví [collection of poetry]"[citation needed]
  • Súriy-i-Asháb, "Surih of the Companions"[citation needed]
  • Súrihs of Hajj, "Tablets of Pilgrimage"
  • Súriy-i-Qalam (Súrih of the Pen)[citation needed]
1865
  • Lawh-i-Ahmad, "Tablet of Ahmad," Arabic
  • Lawh-i-Ahmad, "Tablet of Ahmad," Persian[citation needed]
1865–66
  • Lawh-i-Bahá, "Tablet of Glory"[citation needed]
  • Súriy-i-Damm, "Tablet of Blood"[citation needed]
1866
  • Lawh-i-Rúh, "Tablet of Spirit"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Khalíl, "Tablet to Jinab-i Khalil ["the friend"]"[citation needed]
1866-68
  • Lawh-i-Ashraf, "Tablet to Ashraf ["the noble"]"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Nasír, "Tablet to Nasír ["the defender"]"[citation needed]
1867
  • Lawh-i-Sayyáh, "Tablet of the Traveller"[citation needed]
1867–68
1867–69
  • Lawh-i-Sultán, "Tablet to the Sultan [Nasiri'd-Din Shah]"
1867
  • Lawh-i-Napulyún, "First Tablet to Napoleon III"[citation needed]

On the way to ʻAkká[]

1868
  • Súriy-i-Ra'ís, "Tablet of the Premier/President [Ali Pasha]"

'Akká[]

1868
  • Lawh-i-Salmán II, "Second Tablet of Salmán"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Ra'ís, "Tablet to the Premier/President/Chief [Ali Pasha]"
1868–70
  • Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus, "Tablet to Tsar Alexander II"
  • Lawh-i-Malikih, "Tablet to Queen Victoria"
  • Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm, "Tablet to the Cousin"[citation needed]
1869
  • Lawh-i-Ridván, "Tablet of Ridván"[citation needed]
  • Lawh-i-Fu'ád, "Tablet to Fu'ád Páshá"
  • Lawh-i-Napulyún, "Second Tablet to Napoleon III
  • Lawh-i-Páp, "Tablet to Pope Pius IX"
  • Súriy-i-Haykal, "Tablet of the Temple/Body"
1870–75
  • Lawh-i-Tibb, "Tablet to the Physician/Tablet of Medicine"
1870–77
1871
1873
  • Kitáb-i-Aqdas, "The Most Holy Book"
  • Lawh-i-Ru'yá, "Tablet of Vision"[citation needed]
1873–74

Mazraʼih and Bahjí[]

1877–79
1879–91
'Revelation writing': The first draft of a page from the Tajallíyát of Baha'u'llah
1882
1885–88
1888
1891

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

  • Savi, Julio (2012). Baháʼu'lláh's Persian Poems Written before 1863 in: Lights of Irfan, volume 13. Wilmette, IL. pp. 317–361.
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1976). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-270-8.
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1977). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-071-3.
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1984). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 3: ʻAkka, The Early Years 1868-77. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-144-2.
  • Taherzadeh, A. (1987). The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahji 1877-92. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-270-8.
  • Winters, Jonah (2002). Notes and Commentary on the Tablets of Baháʼu'lláh: Wilmette Institute study materials.

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