1. Notes
Many languages do not have their own "Bahá'í Reference Library" yet (see list in section 2 below), for example: Pacific Islander languages, Maori, Australian Aboriginal languages, Mongolian, Tibetan, Burmese (Myanmar), Khmer (Cambodian), Lao, Tagalog/Filipino, Tok-Pisin, Malay (Malaysia), Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Punjabi (and other Indian languages), Georgian, Azerbaijani, Tajik, Turkmen, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Haitian Creole and Papiamento. If you find any other language versions on websites, please contact us.
Bahaiprayers.net provides Bahá'í texts in 110 languages (prayers, Gleanings, Hidden Words, Kitáb-i-Íqán, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, Prayers and Meditations, Days of Remembrance, Some Answered Questions, Ridván messages). See full list below.
Bahaibookstore.com provides PDF and Epub files of selected titles for free download, including English, Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, French, German, Russian, Chinese, Thai, Malay, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda.
Bahaibooks.com.au also has PDF and Epub files of selected titles in English, Arabic, Persian, French, Hindi, Chinese, Filipino, Tok-Pisin and Samoan.
Bahairesearch.com (interfaith, with search function; Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Iceland, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian).
Ocean Library (Interfaith, with audio and search functions; English, Portuguese, Persian, Arabic).
See also list of translations at Bahaiprayers.net (below).
2. List of Bahá'í Reference Libraries
3. Translations at Bahaiprayers.net
Bahaiprayers.net has translations (received from official sources) in the following languages, as checked in April 2025:
Prayers:
English, Afrikaans, Alaska Native, American Indian, Azərbaycan, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Bidayuh, Bosanski, Canadian Indigenous, Català, Cebuano, Česky, Chamorro, Chichewa, Corsica, Cymraeg, Daga, Dansk, Deutsch, Dzongkha, Eesti, Español, Esperanto, Euskara, Fiji, Filipino, Føroyar, Français, Frysk, Hausa, Hawaiian, Hiri Motu, Hrvatski, Irish, Íslenska, Italiano, Kabyle, Kalaallisut, Kiribati, Kiswahili, Kreyol Ayisyen, Kuanua, Kube, Latviešu, Lëtzebuergesch, Lietuvių, Luganda, Magyar, Malagasy, Malti, Māori, Marshallese, Melpa, Montenegrin, Nalik, Namibia, Nederlands, Norsk, Papiamentu, Polski, Português (BR), România, Sámi, Samoan, Sarawak, Sesotho, Shqip, Slovenščina, Slovensky, Sranan Tongo, Srpski српски, Suomi, Svenska, Tetum, Tiếng Việt, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Türkmençe, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, ភាសាខ្មែរ (Khmer), አማርኛ (Amharic), ελληνικά (Greek), Беларускі (Belarusian), български (Bulgarian), Кыргыз (Kyrgyz), Монгол хэл (Mongolian), Русский (Russian), Тоҷикӣ (Tajik), Україна (Ukrainian), հայերեն (Armenian), اُردُو (Urdu), العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), नेपाली (Nepali), मराठी (Marathi), हिंदी (Hindi), বাংলা (Bengali), ગુજરાતી (Gujarati), தமிழ் (Tamil), తెలుగు (Telugu), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada), മലയാളം (Malayalam), ภาษาไทย (Thai), ພາສາລາວ (Lao), 한국어 (Korean), 日本語 (Japanese), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese), 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
The Hidden Words — Bahá'u'lláh:
Afrikaans, Azərbaycan, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Cebuano, Česky, Cymraeg, Dansk, Deutsch, Eesti, English, Español, Esperanto, Filipino, Français, Hausa, Irish, Italiano, Kalaallisut, Kiribati, Kiswahili, Kreyol Ayisyen, Latviešu, Lëtzebuergesch, Lietuvių, Luganda, Magyar, Malti, Māori, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português (BR), România, Sámi, Samoan, Sarawak, Shqip, Slovensky, Suomi, Svenska, Tiếng Việt, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Türkmençe, Tuvalu, ελληνικά (Greek), български (Bulgarian), Монгол хэл (Mongolian), Русский (Russian), Тоҷикӣ (Tajik), Україна (Ukrainian), հայերեն (Armenian), اُردُو (Urdu), العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), मराठी (Marathi), हिंदी (Hindi), বাংলা (Bengali), தமிழ் (Tamil), తెలుగు (Telugu), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada), አማርኛ (Amharic), 한국어 (Korean), 日本語 (Japanese), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese), 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh:
Cebuano, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Latviešu, Magyar, Nederlands, Polski, Português (BR), România, Shqip, Slovensky, Svenska, Tiếng Việt, Tuvalu, ελληνικά (Greek), Русский (Russian), العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), தமிழ் (Tamil), 한국어 (Korean), 日本語 (Japanese), 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) — Bahá'u'lláh:
Azərbaycan, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Íslenska, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Polski, Português (BR), România, Shqip, Slovensky, Suomi, Svenska, Tiếng Việt, Русский (Russian), العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), বাংলা (Bengali), 日本語 (Japanese), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book) — Bahá'u'lláh:
Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português (BR), România, Shqip, Slovensky, Tiếng Việt, Русский (Russian), العربية (Arabic), বাংলা (Bengali), తెలుగు (Telugu), 日本語 (Japanese), 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
Tablets of Baháʼu'lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Fountains of Wisdom):
Deutsch, English, Español, Filipino, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português (BR), România, Svenska, Tuvalu, العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Prayers and Meditations by Bahá’u’lláh:
Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Português (BR), Tuvalu
Days of Remembrance — Bahá'u'lláh:
English, Español, Filipino, Français, Italiano, Norsk, Suomi, Svenska, తెలుగు (Telugu), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Some Answered Questions — 'Abdu'l-Bahá:
Azərbaycan, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português (BR), Svenska, Русский (Russian), العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), বাংলা (Bengali), 日本語 (Japanese)
Ridván messages — Universal House of Justice:
Azərbaycan, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Malaysia, Česky, Chichewa, Dansk, Deutsch, Eesti, English, Español, Fiji, Filipino, Français, Íslenska, Italiano, Kalaallisut, Kiribati, Kiswahili, Latviešu, Lietuvių, Magyar, Malagasy, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português (BR), România, Samoan, Sarawak, Shqip, Slovensky, Sranan Tongo, Suomi, Svenska, Tiếng Việt, Tuvalu, ελληνικά (Greek), Беларускі (Belarusian), български (Bulgarian), Монгол хэл (Mongolian), Русский (Russian), Україна (Ukrainian), հայերեն (Armenian), اُردُو (Urdu), العربية (Arabic), فارسی (Persian), नेपाली (Nepali), मराठी (Marathi), हिंदी (Hindi), বাংলা (Bengali), ગુજરાતી (Gujarati), தமிழ் (Tamil), తెలుగు (Telugu), ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada), አማርኛ (Amharic), 한국어 (Korean), 日本語 (Japanese), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese), 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
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