Writings of Baháʼu'lláh
Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith, wrote many books, tablets and prayers, of which only a fraction has been translated into English until now. He revealed thousands of tablets with a total volume more than 70 times the size of the Qur'an and more than 15 times the size of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. [1][2][3]
The below list, organized by the city he was in while he wrote the tablet, is not complete, but only shows the most well-known writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
- 1852
- Rashh-i-'Amá, "Sprinkling from a Cloud" a poem of 20 verses in Persian, written when Bahá’u’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.
- 1854
- Lawh-i-Kullu'-Ta'ám, "Tablet of All Food"
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan
- 1855
- Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih, "Ode of the Dove"
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
- Sahífiy-i-Shattíyyih, "Book of the River [Tigris]"
- 1857-58
- Chahár Vádí, "Four Valleys"
- Kalimát-i-Maknúnih, "Hidden Words"
- 1857-63
- Haft Vádí, "Seven Valleys"
- Hurúfát-i-'Álín, "The Exalted Letters"
- Javáhiru'l-Asrár, "Gems of Divine Mysteries"
- Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr, "Tablet of the 'Light Verse'" [of the Qur'an]), also known as Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta'ih, "Commentary on the Isolated Letters"
- Lawh-i-Fitnih, "Tablet of the Test"
- Lawh-i-Húríyyih, "Tablet of the Maiden"
- Madínatu'r-Ridá, "City of Radiance/Radiant Acquiescence"
- Madínatu't-Tawhíd, "City of Unity"
- Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand, "Sweet Scented Being"
- Súriy-i-Nush, "Tablet of Advice"
- Súriy-i-Qadír, "Surih of the Omnipotent"
- Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr, "Words of Wisdom"
- 1858-63
- Subhána-Rabbíya'l-A'lá, "Praise to the Exalted Lord"
- 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"
- 1862
- Kitáb-i-Íqán, "The Book of Certitude"
- 1863
- Lawh-i-Ayyúb, "Tablet of Job"
- Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds, "Tablet of the Holy Mariner"
On the way to Constantinople
- 1863
- Lawh-i-Hawdaj, "Tablet of the Howdah [a seat for riding a camel]"
Constantinople
- 1863
- Subhánika-Yá-Hú, "Praised be Thou, O He!," also known as Lawh-i-Naqus, "Tablet of the Bell"
- 1864
- Súriy-i-'Ibád, "Tablet of the Servants/People"
- Lawh-i-Salmán, "First Tablet to Salmán"
- 1864-66
- Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds, "Tablet of the Sacred Night"
- 1864-68
- Lawh-i-Siráj, "Tablet for Siraj"
- Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak, "Blessed Mathnaví [collection of poetry]"
- Súriy-i-Asháb, "Surih of the Companions"
- Súrihs of Hajj, "Tablets of Pilgrimage"
- 1865
- Lawh-i-Ahmad, "Tablet of Ahmad," Arabic
- Lawh-i-Ahmad, "Tablet of Ahmad," Persian
- 1865-66
- Lawh-i-Bahá, "Tablet of Glory"
- Súriy-i-Damm, "Tablet of Blood"
- 1866
- Lawh-i-Rúh, "Tablet of Spirit"
- Lawh-i-Khalíl, "Tablet to Jinab-i Khalil ["the friend"]"
- 1866-68
- Lawh-i-Ashraf, "Tablet to Ashraf ["the noble"]"
- Lawh-i-Nasír, "Tablet to Nasír ["the defender"]"
- 1867
- Lawh-i-Sayyáh, "Tablet of the Traveller"
- 1867-68
- Súriy-i-Mulúk, "Tablet to the Kings"
- Kitáb-i-Badí', "Wondrous/Unique Book"
- Súriy-i-Ghusn, "Tablet of the Branch"
- 1867-69
- Lawh-i-Sultán, "Tablet to the Sultan [Nasiri'd-Din Shah]"
- 1867
- Lawh-i-Napulyún, "First Tablet to Napoleon III"
On the way to ‘Akká
- 1868
- Súriy-i-Ra'ís, "Tablet of the Premier/President [Ali Pasha]"
'Akká
- 1868
- Lawh-i-Salmán II, "Second Tablet of Salmán"
- 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"
- 1869
- Lawh-i-Ridván, "Tablet of Ridván"
- 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
- Lawh-i-Mánikchí Sáhib, "Tablet to Mánikchí"
- Lawh-i-Haft Purshish, "Tablet of Seven Questions"
- 1871
- Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún, "The Fire Tablet"
- 1873
- Kitáb-i-Aqdas, "The Most Holy Book"
- Lawh-i-Ru'yá, "Tablet of Vision"
- 1873-74
- Lawh-i-Hikmat, "Tablet of Wisdom"
- 1877-79
- Lawh-i-Burhán, "Tablet of the Proof"
- 1879-91
- Tajallíyát, "Effulgences"
- Bishárát, "Glad-Tidings"
- Lawh-i-Ittihád, "Tablet of Unity"
- Súriy-i-Vafá,"Tablet to Muhammad Husayn, 'Vafá'" ["fidelity"]
- Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih, "Words of Paradise"
- Lawh-i-Aqdas, "Most Holy Tablet"
- Lawh-i-Ard-i-Bá, *"Tablet of the Land of 'B' [Beirut]"
- Kitáb-i-`Ahdí, "Book of My Covenant"
- Lawh-i-Dunyá, "Tablet of the World"
- 1882
- Lawh-i-Maqsúd, "Tablet of The Desired One [maqsúd]"
- 1885-88
- Ishráqát, Splendours"
- 1888
- Tarázát, Ornaments"
- 1891
- Lawh-i-Times, "Tablet to The Times"
- Lawh-i-Karmil, "Tablet of [Mount] Carmel"
- Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib, "Epistle to the Son of the Wolf"
See also
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh
- Taherzadeh, A. (1976). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-270-8.
- Taherzadeh, A. (1977). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-071-3.
- Taherzadeh, A. (1984). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 3: `Akka, The Early Years 1868-77. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-144-2.
- Taherzadeh, A. (1987). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 4: Mazra'ih & Bahji 1877-92. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-270-8.