- Eileen Maddocks. 1844: Convergence in Prophecy for Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the Bahá'í Faith (2018). — Parallels between the Millerite expectations of Christ's return in the West, expectations of the ret...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Adib Masumian, trans. A Tablet from 'Abduʼl-Bahá regarding the Twelfth Imám (2016). — On apparently-conflicting hadiths (sayings ascribed to the prophet Muhammad) regarding the Hidden Im...
- Michael W. Sours. Arjen Bolhuis, trans. Aantekeningen: Kitáb-i-Íqán (Boek van Zekerheid) (2023). — Uitleg over een van de hoofdthema's in Baha'u'llah's Boek van Zekerheid.
- Necati Alkan. 'Abdu'l-Baha's commentary on the Islamic tradition 'God doth give victory to this religion by means of a wicked man': Provisional translation and notes (2003). — Background and translation of a Turkish tablet by Abdu'l-Baha commenting on a hadith.
- Moojan Momen. 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul (2001). — Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretat...
- Marion Weinstein. ['Abdu'l-Bahá] Declares Zionists Must Work with Other Races: From the Globe and Commercial Advertiser (New York, July 17, 1919) (1919-09-08). — An interview with 'Abdu'l-Baha on the League of Nations, Baha'i ideas for peace, and the Holy Land. ...
- Iraj Ghanooni. Naeem Nabiliakbar, trans, Adib Masumian, trans. 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the World Stage (2022). — A contrast of the spiritual purpose of ‘Abdu'l-Baha's first visit to Paris with the secular aims o...
- Rodney H. Clarken. Absolute Poverty and Utter Nothingness (1997). — Baha’u’llah’s ideas of poverty as detachment, and nothingness as selflessness. Cites some comm...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2024). — 85 selections, last updated August 2024.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2024). — 209 selections, last updated August 2024.
- Michael Cook, William F. McCants. Affairs of the Heart: Early Theophanic Interpretations of Muhammad's Relationship with the Divine (2001). — The relationship between God and humanity is one of the principal motifs of the Qur’an; the human ...
- H. A. Walter. Ahmadiya Movement, The (1918). — Old commentary on similarities and difference between the Ahmadiya and Babi-Baha'i movements.
- Jose Luis Marques Utrillas. Análisis comparativo de la ética del trabajo en cuatro tradiciones religiosas y su impacto sobre la organización económica y social: del judaísmo a la Fe bahá'í (2022). — Cómo la escritura y estudio entre los judios los llevó a su alto nivel intelectual en la Edad Medi...
- Vahid Brown. Andalusí Theosophy: A Recontextualization (2006). — The role of interconfessionalism in the emergence of Islamic and Jewish theosophical movements in ...
- Rauf Murtuzov. Apparent Contradictory Dates in Bahá'í Texts Regarding the Public Announcement of the Prophet Muhammad (2023). — Short discussion of quotes showing an apparent discrepancy between writings of the Bab and Abdu'l-Ba...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
- Brian A. Miller. Art of Translation, The (2017 Autumn). — Translation is a form of art — an act of transposition, transformation, and interpretation. Illust...
- Stephen Lambden. Aspects of Isrá'íliyyát and the Emergence of the Bábí-Bahá'í Interpretation of the Bible, Some (2002). — Islamic "Israelitica" literary traditions, the Bible, and their relationship to the Babi and Baha'i ...
- Todd Lawson. Authority of the Feminine and Fatima's Place in an Early Work by the Bab, The (2007). — While Tahirih inspired many in Europe and eventually America, she is very much a daughter of her own...
- Zackery Mirza Heern. Báb and 'Alí Muhammad, Islamic and Post-Islamic, The: Multiple Meanings in the Writings of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad Shírází (1819-1850) (2023). — Writings of the Bab can be understood as a commentary on the Qur'an, the original Qur'an, and divine...
- Todd Lawson. Báb's Epistle on the Spiritual Journey towards God, The (2002). — A preliminary translation and discussion of the Bab's Risala fi's-Sulúk, one of his earliest extant...
- Denis MacEoin. Babi Concept of Holy War, The (1982). — An influential and controversial article, one of the first modern academic examinations of Babi hist...
- Stephen Lambden. Background and Centrality of Apophatic Theology in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture, The (1997). — History of the theological position of the incomprehensibility-unknowability of God in past major Ab...
- Seena Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir. Bahá'í Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam, A (1993). — Survey of the terms "prophet" and "seal," and a Baha'i reconciliation of these terms with progressiv...
- Seena Fazel. Bahá'í Approaches to Christianity and Islam: Further Thoughts on Developing an Inter-Religious Dialogue (2007-12). — The Baha'i contribution to inter-religious dialogue is based on developing intellectual bridges betw...
- Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
- Anonymous. Bahá'í Faith and Islam (2013). — Overview of connections and contrasts between the Baha'i Faith and its parent religion.
- Adam Berry. Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, The: A Brief History (2004-09-22). — Baha'i history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian c...
- William Garlington. Bahá'í Faith in India, The: A Developmental Stage Approach (1997-06). — 5 distinct stages of development of Baha'i history in India, each with its own unique personalities ...
- William Garlington. Bahá'í Faith in Malwa, The: A Study of a Contemporary Religious Movement (1975). — A broad overview of Baha'i history in general and in India in particular. Examination of present-day...
- Reginald L. Priestley. Bahá'í Fireside Notebook, The (2012). — A believer's personal fireside notebook, compiled for his study and deepening: notes, timelines, and...
- Moojan Momen. Bahá'í Influence on the Reform Movements of the Islamic World in the 1860s and 1870s (1983-09). — Baha'i influences on the Middle Eastern reform movement in the 1860s and 1870s.
- Dann J. May. Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity and the Challenge of Radical Pluralism (1993/1997). — A shorter version of this thesis is published as "The Baha'i Principle of Religious Unity: A Dynamic...
- William Garlington. Bahá'í Proselytization in Malwa, India (1984/2001). — The establishment of the Baha'i Faith in Malwa amongst poor rural villagers; elements of appeal, inc...
- Todd Lawson. Bahá'í Reception of the Qur'an, The (2016-03-10). — Quranic themes inform much of the Baha'i proclamation. One theme is unity: there is one god, one hum...
- Christopher Buck. Baha'i Reflections on the "Seal of the Prophets" (2013-2017). — Three blog entries of personal reflections: Unsealing the “Seal of the Prophets” (2013); The Sea...
- Reed M. Breneman. Bahá'í Students and American University of Beirut in the Early 20th Century (2008-02). — The influential activities of the campus Baha'i association in Beirut, 1900-1920 and during the firs...
- Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
- Todd Lawson. Bahá'í Tradition, The: The Return of Joseph and the Peaceable Imagination (2012). — Overview of the status of violence in the Baha'i tradition, and the historical/social conditions in ...
- Sateh Bayat, Vafa Bayat. Bahá'í Understanding of Reincarnation in Relation to the World's Faiths, A (2005). — Concepts of reincarnation in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; the Baha'i religi...
- Christopher Buck. Jane Dammen McAuliffe, ed. Baha'is (2016). — The Baha'i Faith's continuities and discontinuities with Islam. This is the only Baha'i-related arti...
- Denis MacEoin. Bahá'ísm: Some Uncertainties about its Role as a Globalizing Religion (2005). — On Baha'i self-understanding as the religion to unite all faiths in the culmination of globalisation...
- Francis Henry Skrine. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds (1912). — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
- Muhammad Mustafa. Rowshan Mustapha, trans. Baha'u'llah: The Great Announcement of the Qur'an (1993). — Meanings of some of the verses of the Qur'an, as viewed from the perspective of the Writings of the ...
- Joshua Hall (published as Joshua D. T. Hall). Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna (2022-03). — Comparison of the teachings of Baha’u’llah on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna;...
- Christopher Buck. Baha'u'llah as 'World Reformer' (1991). — This article places Baha'u'llah in the context of Islamic reform by comparing him to several contemp...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. Bahá'u'lláh as fulfilment of the theophanic promise in the Sermons of Imam 'Alí ibn Abí Ṭálib: Translation of al Tutunjiyya, Iftikhár and Ma'rifat bin-Nurániyyat (2007). — Translations of Tutunjiyya "Sermon of the Gulf," Iftikhar "Sermon of Iftikhar," and Ma'rifat bin-Nur...
- Chowghi Rouhani. Ulfet Bouchoucha Mustapha, trans. Bahá'u'lláh et le Carmel (2017). — Baha’u’llah honore la terre sainte; la révélation de la Tablette du Carmel; la grande resurrec...
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Bahá'u'lláh's (2008). — Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Baha’u’lla...
- Daniel Azim Pschaida. Bahá'u'lláh's 'Long Healing Prayer' ("Lawḥ-i-Anta'l-Káfí") in Light of a Metaphysics of Unity (2022-03). — On the originality and deep coherence of this prayer as expressed by its rhyme, alliterations, and s...
- Moojan Momen. Baha'u'llah's Prophetology: Archetypal patterns in the lives of the founders of the world religions (1995). — Explores the theory that the lives of the prophet-founders of the world religions have in some ways ...
- Vahid Brown. Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony (2002). — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
- Juan Cole. Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus (1997). — Baha'u'llah's lessons from the Judeo-Christian experience for founding a new, post-Islamic religion;...
- Christopher Buck. Behold the Man: Baha'u'llah on the Life of Jesus, by Juan Cole: Review (1997).
- Christopher Buck. Being Human: Bahá'í Perspectives on Islam, Modernity, and Peace, by Todd Lawson: Review (2021-11-30).
- Christopher Buck. Beyond the "Seal of the Prophets": Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Certitude (2007). — The Babi background of the Iqan, the nature of interpretation and exegesis, and the place of Muhamma...
- Anonymous, comp. Bible Stories and Themes in the Bahá'í Writings and Guidance (2021). — Baha'i interpretation of Biblical stories and topics.
- Sasha Dehghani. Birth of a Monotheistic Religion in Modernity, The: On Jihad and Martyrdom in the Baha'i Faith (2014). — The Baha'i Faith responds to major questions of modernity such as the claims of science, world peace...
- William Ridgers. Book of Revelation Revealed in Glory, The: A Summary of Glorious Revelation (2000). — Baha'i interpretation of St. John's Book of Revelation.
- Daniel Conner. Buddhism and the Bahá'í Faith (1971-72 Winter). — Brief summary of the history and thought of Buddhism; commonalities with Western concepts; different...
- Necati Alkan. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95 (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
- Dana Paxson. Camphor and Metaphor (2023). — The single word ‘camphor’ appears once in the holy Qur’an. It also appears in the Writings of ...
- Frank Lewis. Camphor and the Camphor Fountain (1999-04). — What is the meaning of the camphor fount — a symbol common in the writings of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-...
- Mark A. Foster. Camphor Fountain: Compilation and Commentary (2003).
- Stephen Lambden. Catastrophe, Armageddon and Millennium: Some aspects of the Bábí-Bahá'í exegesis of apocalyptic symbolism (1999). — Preliminary consideration of selected Babi-Baha'i doctrines expository of apocalyptic symbolism asso...
- William P. Collins. Catastrophe, Armageddon and Millennium: Some Aspects of the Bábí-Bahá'í Exegesis of Apocalyptic Symbolism, by Stephen Lambden: Commentary, "The Apocalyptic Upheaval Completed?" (2001). — Commentary on earlier article by Stephen Lambden.
- George Townshend. Christ and Baha'u'llah (1957). — The Kingdom of God, as foretold in the Bible, has come and Baha'u'llah is the Return of Christ.
- George Townshend. Maison Editions Bahá'íes, trans. Christ et Bahá'u'lláh (1968). — Le Royaume de Dieu, comme prédit dans la Bible, est venu et Baha'u'llah est le retour du Christ.
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Christians, Muhammadans, and Jews (1940). — An address delivered at Temple Emmanu-El, San Francisco, October 12, 1912.
- Sen McGlinn. Church and State: Book 1 of a Postmodern Political Theology for the Bahá'í Community (2005). — Religion and politics in Islamic history; Islamic and Baha'i views on theocracy and democracy; the t...
- Todd Lawson. Coherent Chaos and Chaotic Cosmos: The Qur'ān and the Symmetry of Truth (2010). — While at first glance the Qur'an appears to be chaotic in form and structure, on closer examination ...
- Kamran Ekbal. Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu'l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East (2014). — Abdu'l-Baha was opposed to the cultural and political colonialism of foreign powers and their milita...
- Eileen Maddocks. Coming of the Glory, The: How the Hebrew Scriptures Reveal the Plan of God (2020/2022/2023). — Prophecies dating back to the book of Genesis about the future time of glory, when their descendents...
- Moojan Momen. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (2013). — Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the ...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on a Verse of Sa'di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa'di) (1996).
- Mohsen Enayat. Commentary on the Azhar's Statement regarding Bahá'ís and Bahá'ísm (1992). — Response to an official 1986 pronouncement on the Faith by this prominent Egyptian university.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Commentary on the Surah of the Sun (1994). — Baha'u'llah's explanation of a passage from the Qur'an.
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India. Communal Harmony: India's Greatest Challenge (1993(?)/2015). — A formal statement from the NSA of the Baha'is of India on the need to overcome religious, linguisti...
- Moojan Momen. Comparative Lives of the Founders of the World Religions (1995). — Table comparing the lives of the Founders of the world's religions.
- Author unknown, comp. Compare: Bahá'í Faith, Islam, Christianity, Judaism (2009-08-09). — Comparison charts of statistics, basic beliefs, origins, and history.
- Moojan Momen. Comparison between the Commentary and Interpretation of an Islamic Tradition by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ayatu'llah Khomeini, A (2017). — On different interpretations of the hadith regarding taqlid, "to follow (legal interpretations)," as...
- Dianne Bradford. Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh (1998-01). — Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philo...
- Richard Ater. Comparison of the concepts of Prophet and Messenger in Islam and Manifestation in the Baha'i Faith (1997). — Analytical overview of the theology of prophethood in both religions.
- Juan Cole. Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The (1982). — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
- Said Amir Arjomand. Consolation of Theology, The: Absence of the Imam and Transition from Chiliasm to Law in Shi'ism (1996). — Overview of the Shi'i doctrine of occultation, or the "Hidden Imam," and how this idea evolved into ...
- Christopher Buck. Constitutionality of Teaching Islam, The: The University of North Carolina Qur'an Controversy (2012-07). — Legal commentary on the lawsuit Yacovelli v. Moeser, filed in 2002 against UNC Chapel Hill over its ...
- Sulayman S. Nyang. Continuities and Discontinuities in Islamic Perspectives on Cultural Diversity (1999-02). — Contains only brief mention of Baha'is, but discusses the Iranian Revolution and related topics.
- Ahang Rabbani. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The (1999 Spring). — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
- Todd Lawson. Cosmopolitan World of the Quran and Late Antique Humanism, The (2021). — On the Qur'an's use of the themes of epic and apocalypse to reveal its most cherished sacred truths:...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles, comp. Covenant of Baha'u'llah, The: A Compilation (1963). — Lengthy compilation published as a book, first put together in 1950, of quotations from Scripture ...
- George Townshend. Covenant, The: An Analysis (1950). — A study guide in outline form on the idea of a covenant, Messengers and their missions, the covenant...
- Peter Terry. Covenant, The: Brit Olam (1997). — The concept of covenant is found in the Bible, the Qur'an, and Baha'i writings. Using the form of an...
- Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
- Said Amir Arjomand. Crisis of the Imamate and the Institution of Occultation in Twelver Shiism, The: A Sociohistorical Perspective (1996-11). — Background of the history and theology of concepts like Qa'im, Mahdi, ghayba, and the hidden twelfth...
- Todd Lawson. Dangers of Reading, The: Inlibration Communion and Transference in the Qur'an Commentary of The Bab (1997). — Tafsir (traditional Qur'an commentary) and the writings of the Bab.
- Marzieh Gail. Dawn over Mount Hira and Other Essays (1976). — A collection of essays on various topics of interest to Baha'i studies and history. Most of these we...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. Day of God (Yawmu'llah) and the Days of God (Ayyamu'llah) (1997). — Comparison of Biblical and Islamic antecedents of the symbol of the "Day of God."
- Boris Handal. De la Córdoba Mora a los Bahá'ís de Irán (2010). — Contrast between the contemporary Iranian Baha'i community and the treatment of religious minorities...
- Annemarie Schimmel. Deciphering the Signs of God: A Phenomenological Approach to Islam (1994). — This book is a classic, groundbreaking survey of Islamic practices and beliefs. While the book conta...
- Denis MacEoin. Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Shari'a: Babi and Baha'i Solutions to the Problem of Immutability (1997). — Ways in which the Bab and Baha'u'llah adopted and changed the Islamic shari`a in their own, new code...
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith, The Importance of (1991).
- Johanna Pink. Deriding Revealed Religions?: Bahá'ís in Egypt (2002 October). — Shift in Egyptian public perception of the Baha'i Faith from an Islamic reform movement to an indepe...
- Muhammad Iqbal. Development of Metaphysics in Persia, The: A Contribution to the History of Muslim Philosophy (1908). — Short philosophical observations on the theology of the Bab and Baha'u'llah.
- Vahid Rafati. Development of Shaykhi Thought in Shi'i Islam, The (1979).
- Robert T. Cameron. Disconnected Letters of the Qur'an and the Significance of the Number 19 (1982). — Critique of Rashad Khalifa's (disputed) study purporting to find a "deep structure" of 19 in the Qur...
- Christopher Buck. Discovering [The Qur'an] (2006). — Academic study of the Qur'an, its themes, and how to begin interpreting it.
- WellSpring International Educational Foundation for the Study and Application of the Sacred Texts. Divine Virtues and Spiritual Qualities: A Compilation from Sacred Texts (2003). — Comprehensive exploration of 77 virtues and qualities drawn from the texts of various religions.
- Necati Alkan. Dreams and their Interpretation in the Bahá'í Religion: Some Preliminary Remarks (2007). — Outline of the importance of dreams and their interpretation in the Baha'i Religion; dream
interpr...
- Jonah Winters. Dying for God: Martyrdom in the Shii and Babi Religions (1997). — Religious and cultural meanings of martyrdom/witnessing, and their role in Shi'i and Babi history.
- Rachel Woodlock. Dying for Our Sins (1998). — Examination of the Christian doctrine of the substitutionary atonement and whether such a doctrine h...
- Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- Various. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections (1986-2004). — 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Babi or Baha'i Faiths.
- Moshe Sharon. End of Days (2018). — On the word “messiah”, the anointed, which describes the redeemer like a priest, consecrated by ...
- Annemarie Schimmel. Excerpt (1994). — Three passing mentions.
- Kamran Ekbal. Execution of the Jews of Banu Quraida and the Conquest of Persia, The: The Dilemma of Early Islam (2014). — Abdu'l-Baha's views on the mass execution of the Banu Qurayza Jews in Medina in 627 A.D. [article in...
- Todd Lawson. Exegesis (tafsír) (1999). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
- Betsy Omidvaran. First Four Caliphs of Islam, The (2001). — Many Baha’is know little about Islam, and most of what they do know is based on minority Shi’ism...
- Diane Robinson Kerr. Five Pillars of Islam, The (2014). — Summary of the essential precepts of Islam — belief, prayer, zakat, fasting, and pilgrimage — wi...
- Bahá'í International Community. Freedom of Religion on Trial in Morocco: The Nador Case (1963). — A formal response to a court case in Morocco from the previous month in which three Baha'is were con...
- Zaid Lundberg. From Adam to Bahá'u'lláh: The Idea of a Chain of Prophecy (2002). — Whilst the modern period has seen a series of scientific paradigm shifts which have radically altere...
- Boris Handal. From Moorish Cordova to the Bahá'ís of Iran: Islamic Tolerance and Intolerance (2007-09-08). — Though Baha'is are persecuted in Iran, Muhammad taught understanding and respect towards religious m...
- Amin E. Egea. Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat (2009). — A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Gems of Divine Mysteries (2002). — A lengthy tablet in Arabic on how the Mahdi was Ali Muhammad, The Bab, the Primal Point. Written dur...
- Author unknown, comp. Glossary and Index of Terms (2004). — Comprehensive glossary of Islam. (Extracted from the final volume, #13. Encyclopedia index not inclu...
- Christopher Buck. Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam, by Todd Lawson: Review (2012).
- Moojan Momen. God of Bahá'u'lláh, The (2005). — A close look at the view of God presented in the Writings of Baha’u’llah and analysis of the con...
- Universal House of Justice. Goddess Religion, Ancient (1992-02-23). — Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Hagiography: The Art of Setting Inspirational Examples for a Religious Community (2016). — The life of Jesus was the example against which saints were measured, and the lives of saints were t...
- Dergham Aqiqi, Todd Lawson. Haykal or "Star Tablet" Written in the Báb's Own Hand: Form, Content, and Provisional Translation (2021-11). — Detailed analysis of the content and translation of an undated haykal; the relation between the Bab...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, trans, Juan Cole, trans. He who knoweth his self hath known his Lord (Man \'arafa nafsahú faqad \'arafa Rabbahú): Commentary (1996). — Translation by Shoghi Effendi, completed by Cole. Themes include Islamic mysticism and the meaning o...
- Lynette Thomas. Heaven, Hell and the Afterlife (1998). — Judeo-Christian and Muslim views of life after death are often seen literally as bodily resurrection...
- Keven Brown. Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius of Tyana in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1997). — History of alchemy, magic, and the hermetic arts, and their reflection in the later teachings of Bah...
- Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Hidden Words: References of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (1998).
- Alessandro Bausani. Miguel Gil Santesteban, trans. Historia de la Religión desde la Perspectiva Bahá'í (2003?).
- John William Draper. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe (1864). — A selection of excerpts from the book. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith, but is of interest p...
- Institute for Studies in Global Prosperity. Hope and Resilience: The Application of Spiritual Principles to Community Life (2021). — On how communities use concepts and principles such as the oneness of humankind and interconnectedne...
- Todd Lawson. Ibn 'Arabi's Joseph: Imagination as Holy Communion (2010-10).
- Julie Badiee. Image of the Mystic Flower, The: Exploring the Lotus Symbolism in the Bahá'í House of Worship (2000). — The design of the temple in India creates the visual effect of a large, white lotus blossom emerging...
- Said Amir Arjomand. Imam Absconditus and the Beginnings of a Theology of Occultation: Imami Shiʿism Circa 280-290 A. H./900 A. D. (1997). — Examination of the end of the 9th century and events following the death of the eleventh Imam, and t...
- Michael W. Sours. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (1992). — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
- Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
- Sandra Lynn Hutchison. In the Noble, Sacred Place: One Rainy Day in a Holy City (2021 Spring). — A memoir of visiting Jerusalem — a contemporary pilgrim's note written as a literary piece — wit...
- Nima Rafiei. In the Presence of the Beloved: Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i-Liqá': A Revised Provisional Translation and Notes (2017). — In Arabic, liqa’ indicates the promise of meeting the Lord. Baha’u’llah has transformed the co...
- Percival Spear. India: A Modern History (1961). — 1-sentence excerpt from Chapter 8, "Islam in India."
- Udo Schaefer. Infallible Institutions? (2002). — Historical and Baha'i interpretations of infallibility.
- Peter J. Khan. Institute on Islam (1971). — Transcription of tape #7 which deals with prophecies in the Qur'an, and recordings of a one-weekend ...
- Gad Gilbar. Interest (riba) in Islam and the Bahá'í Faith (2004-01-20). — Baha'i scripture permits charging interest (riba) on loans, in contrast to Islamic law which forbids...
- Roshan Danesh. Internationalism and Divine Law: A Baha'i Perspective (2004). — On the internationalism motif in Baha'i political and legal thought; the place of divine legal clai...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. Introduction to a Study of the Qur'án: With Additional References from Several Bahá'í Texts (1941). — A study guide to the Qur'an, consisting of lists of topics and verses by the "Study Outline Committe...
- Ignaz Goldziher. Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law (1981). — An early academic overview of Babi and Baha'i history and theology. From translation of a 1910 book ...
- Jean-Marc Lepain. Peter Terry, trans. Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
- Mohamad Ghasem Bayat. Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple), An (2001). — One of Baha’u’llah's major writings. It includes references to the manifold stations of the Mani...
- Annemarie Schimmel. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith (1990). — One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed v...
- Robert W. McGee. Is It Unethical to Evade Taxes in an Evil or Corrupt State?: A Look at Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Mormon and Bahá'í Perspectives (1999 Winter). — The ethics of tax evasion has been a neglected topic in both the accounting and ethical literature. ...
- Nosratollah Rassekh. Islám: The First 138 Years (1980 Fall/Winter). — Overview of the start of Islam, the life of Muhammad, the Qur'an, succession, early splits and philo...
- Diane Robinson Kerr. Islam and the Bahá'í Faith (2014). — Overview of the core tenets of Islam — belief, prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage — with s...
- Abir Majid. Islam and the Bahá'í Faith (2004). — Comprehensive overview of the relationship between the Baha'i Faith and Islam, and background on Isl...
- Duane Troxel. Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: A Brief Guide (1994). — An overview of some facts and resources about Islam Baha'is should know when conversing with Muslims...
- Warwick Bahá'í Bookshop. Islam and the Bahá'í Faith: Warwick Leaflets (2002).
- Denis MacEoin. Islam and the Baha'i Faith: A comparative study of Muhammad ‘Abduh and ‘Abdul-Baha ‘Abbas: Review (2010).
- Todd Lawson. Islam and the Life of the Mind (2005-06-11). — History of Islamic philosophy and how it connects to individual Muslims.
- W. St. Clair Tisdall. Islam in Persia (1906). — Passing discussions of Babis and Baha'is in Iran at the start of the 20th century (pages 115-118, 12...
- Alessandro Bausani. Islam in the History of Religions (1972). — Methodological reflection on the question: how much does the study of so-called "superior" religions...
- Stephen Lambden. Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an: Some Introductory Notes (1991). — Islamic contributions to Western culture and science and discusses the place of Islamic Studies in t...
- Susan Maneck. Islam, the Baha'i Faith and the Eternal Covenant of Alast (2009-02-09).
- Rowshan Mustapha. Islám: The Road Ahead: Reflections of a Bahá'í on Islamic Topics (2014). — Questions about the finality of religion, the Day of Judgment, the role of Jesus and the Mihdi, and ...
- John L. Esposito. Islam: The Straight Path (1988). — Passing mention of political persecutions.
- Stanwood Cobb. Islamic Contributions to Civilization (1963). — Overview of the many inventions and sciences which were developed by or transmitted by Islamic peopl...
- Kamran Ekbal. Islamische Grundlagen des Kitáb-i Aqdas: Mit neuen Erkenntnissen zu seiner Datierung (1998).
- William S. Hatcher. Jesus et Muhammad (2008). — Fireside talk.
- Christopher Buck. Joseph in Religious History and the Bahá'í Writings (2022-08-27). — Just as the story of Joseph is the "best of stories," the metaphor of Joseph is the "best of metapho...
- Todd Lawson. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
- Stephen Lambden. Kaleidoscope: Some Aspects of Angelology, Light, the Divine Throne and Color Mysticism in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture (2004). — Miscellaneous notes relating to religious cosmology, angelology, color and “throne” symbolism in...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, comp, Arjen Bolhuis, ed. Key Passages from the Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) in Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (2022). — Cross-reference compilation of 40 passages from the Kitab-i-Íqan selected by Shoghi Effendi for inc...
- Brian Wittman. Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in "The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah" (2001). — Some references to Islam in Shoghi Effendi's English-language writings.
- Christopher Buck. Kitab-i Iqan, The: An Introduction to Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude with Two Digital Reprints of Early Lithographs (1998-06). — Overview of the history and themes of the preeminent doctrinal work of the Baha'i Faith.
- Suheil Badi Bushrui. Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book): Notes on the Style of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (1995). — The near-similarity between the style of the Qur'an and that of the Aqdas.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, trans. Kitáb-i-Íqán: The Book of Certitude (1931). — Major theological work by Bahaʼu'llah, written prior to his declaration of mission.
- Sohrab Kourosh. Kitáb-i-Iqán, The: Revolutionizing the Concepts of Religion, Eschatology and Theology (2018). — The Kitab-i-Íqan resolves and removes eschatological barriers and establishes the fundamentals of a...
- Michael W. Sours, Brent Poirier, Ismael Velasco, Iraj Ayman. Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Book of Certitude: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999). — Notes on various topics related to Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude.
- Duane Troxel, comp. Kitáb-i-Íqán and the Qur'an: Quotations from the Iqan Compared with their Counterparts in Rodwell's Translation of the Qur'an (2001). — Includes table of Qur'anic quotations from the Íqan compared with their counterparts in the Qur'an,...
- Seena Fazel, Khazeh Fananapazir. Pierre Spierckel, trans. L'islam, religion éternelle?: une approche bahá'íe de la revendication à la complétude (1993). — French translation of "A Baha'i Approach to the Claim of Finality in Islam."
- Boris Handal. La Cultura Hispano Árabe en Latino América (2004). — The influence of the Hispano-Arab culture in Latin American history, from a linguistic point of view...
- Boris Handal, comp. La Moral del Corán (2013-05). — Compilation of passages from the Qur'an, with reference to some Baha'i writings.
- Christopher Buck, Youli A. Ioannesyan. Last Prophet and Last Day: Shaykhí, Bábí and Bahá'í Exegesis of the 'Seal of the Prophets' (Q. 33:40) (2023). — Survey and analysis of viewpoints on the meaning of "Seal of the Prophets"; the prophetic cycle and ...
- Vahid Rafati. Keven Brown, trans. Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients (2002). — Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn...
- Anonymous, comp. Laws Abrogated by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2020). — Laws abolished from previous religions and from the Bayan.
- Todd Lawson. Gabrielle Rivier, trans. Le Coran et l'imaginaire apocalyptique (2010-09).
- Josephina Fallscheer. Steven Phelps, ed. Letter to Mrs. A. Schwarz, Stuttgart (1910-01). — Philosophic conversations of the Master with a French consular official. The nineteenth letter from ...
- Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Juan Cole, trans. Letters and Essays, 1886-1913 (1985). — Treatises of "the greatest and most learned of all Baha'i scholars" about Alexander Tumansky; on mee...
- Universal House of Justice. Letters of the Quranic Dispensation and Letters of the Living (huruf) (2003). — Some meanings of the term huruf ("letters") in Baha'i texts, including Letters of the Bayan, Letters...
- Jack McLean. Life after Death: A Study of the Afterlife in Religions, by Farnaz Ma'sumian: Review (1998).
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
- Christopher Buck. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2020). — List of online essays and articles by Christopher Buck since 2014.
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Stephen Lambden. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. List of Baha'i Studies and Translations. — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
- Brent Poirier. Lists of Articles (2009-2019). — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
- Ismael Velasco. Logos, Mythos and Kerygma: The Logic of Reconciliation and the Occultation of the Promised Qá'im in Bábí-Bahá'í Scripture (2004). — Theological background of the Twelfth Imam in Shi'i Islam, comprehensive interpretation of Baha'u'll...
- Boris Handal. Mahoma, Profeta de Dios (2005/2020). — Overview of the life of Muhammad and the teachings of the Qur'an, and world Islamic culture.
- Michael W. Sours. Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos, The: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature (1991). — The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Baha'u'llah can be equated as one and the same eternal ...
- Jonah Winters. Martyrdom in Jihad (1997). — Unlike Judeo-Christianity, Islam does not contain a core of martyrdom. Rather, it occurs in three di...
- Denis MacEoin. Mazhar [Manifestation] (1960-2004). — Definition of a type of theophany in which the divinity or its attributes are made visible in human ...
- Anjam Khursheed. Medieval Islam: The Influence of Islam on Judaism and Christianity (1997). — Prior to the Renaissance, Islam inspired revivals in the cultural traditions of Christianity and Jud...
- Archie Bell. Meeting a Prophet (1915). — Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Baha at the Sea of Galilee.
- Moojan Momen. Memorials of the Faithful: The Democratization of Sainthood (2016). — Hagiography in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the precedent of Faridu'd-Din's "Memorials of the Sa...
- Muhammad Asad. Message of The Quran, The: Appendices (1980). — Symbolism and allegory in the Qur'an; al-Muqatta'at (opening letters); the term and concept of Jinn;...
- Ahang Rabbani. Messianic Expectations in Nineteenth Century Christian and Islamic Communities (2006-02). — The phenomenon of messianism and its manifestations in early-modern American Christianity and in Ira...
- Stephen Lambden. Messianic Roots of Babi-Bahá'í Globalism, The (2005). — Contrast of the continuity between the globalism of the Bab’s Qayyum al-asma’ and Baha’u’lla...
- Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
- Sholeh A. Quinn. Mi'ráj in Select Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá'í Texts, The (2023). — The ascension of the Prophet Muhammad to heaven, and commentary on its meanings by religious leaders...
- Brian A. Miller. Mid-East History during the Islamic Period: Chronology and Commentary (2000). — Brief overview of Islamic history.
- Benjamin Olshin. Mikhail Sergeev, Theory of Religious Cycles: Tradition, Modernity and the Bahá'í Faith: Review (2015).
- Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl Gulpáygání. Juan Cole, trans. Miracles and Metaphors (1981). — Collection of essays on metaphysical topics and Baha'i answers to old religious controversies: are t...
- Anil Sarwal. Miracles in Religion: A Study of the miraculous in religion in context of the Baha'i Faith (1996-11). — Guide to spirituality, offers insights on the purpose of religion, experiences of Himalayan masters,...
- John Walbridge. Miscellaneous philosophy topics (2002). — Islamic vs. Baha'i philosophy; Greek philosophers and the Jews; other topics of philosophy.
- Samuel Graham Wilson. Modern Movements among Moslems (1916). — A Christian missionary's overview of contemporary Islam, including the Babis.
- Ignaz Goldziher. Mohammed and Islam (1917). — Twelve pages on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths — described as a modern movement within Islam which rec...
- L. P. Elwell-Sutton. Muhammad and the Course of Islam, by H.M. Balyuzi: Review (1977).
- Todd Lawson. Muhammad as Educator, Islam as Enlightenment, and the Quran as Sacred Epic (2020). — To Islam, civilization in prosperity and harmony is sacred; education is pivotal in the journey from...
- Vahid Houston Ranjbar. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Shaykh Ahmad (2016-12-23). — Brief comparison of two opposing ideologies: fundamentalist Wahhabism vs. the less literalistic teac...
- Robert L. Gulick. Muhammad the Educator (1953). — On the life of Muhammad from the standpoint of influence on world culture. What methods did he use t...
- Juan Cole. Muhammad `Abduh and Rashid Rida: A Dialogue on the Bahá'í Faith (1981 Spring). — Translation of a dialogue between two influential Sunni thinkers of the early Twentieth Century; con...
- Farshid Kazemi. Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities and the Primordial Covenant in the Babi-Bahá'í Writings (2009). — One of the more esoteric concepts in Shi'i and Shaykhi thought is the "realm of subtle entities," '...
- Annemarie Schimmel. Mystical Dimensions of Islam (1975). — Detailed history of Sufism and its thought, Islamic theosophy, and Persian and Turkish mystical poet...
- al-Sharif al-Radi. Tahera Qutbuddin, trans. Nahj al-Balághah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of 'Alí (2024). — Critical edition and translation Imam Ali's orations and reflections, showcasing his wisdom on piety...
- Moojan Momen. Robert Stockman, comp. Names of the Bahá'í Months, The: Separating Fact from Fiction (2012-11). — A blog post, compiled for the Wilmette Institute, on the original source of the names of the months ...
- Universal House of Justice. New Religious Movements, Tolkien, Marriage (1994-07-06). — Various questions: new religious movements; Indian Letter of the Living; J.R.R. Tolkien; eternality...
- Christopher Buck, Necati Alkan. No More Jihad: Muhammad's Message in Baha'u'llah's Dream (2017-01-23). — Essay about a Tablet of Baha’u’llah in which He describes a dream in which He "associated" with ...
- Bani Dugal. Morten Bergsmo, ed, Kishan Manocha, ed. Non-Governmental Perspective on the Relative Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Measures to Combat Hate Speech, A: An Analysis of Tools Deployed in Response to Religious Hate Speech in Iran (2023-07). — International Human Rights framework; Iran's obligations under international law; history of Baha'i ...
- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central and East Africa, comp. Notes on Bahá'í Proofs Based on the Qur'an, Some (2000-08). — Compilation by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Central and East Africa
- Robert Stockman. Notes on Islam from a Bahá'í Perspective (1998). — Overview of Islamic history and teachings and brief notes on Islam and the Baha'i Faith.
- Virginia Orbison. Notes on Words of the Guardian (1956). — Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage ...
- Abdulrahman Lomax. Number 19 in the Qur'an, The (1995-06). — Discussion of a study by a Muslim which purports to demonstrate that the Qur'an is comprised of myst...
- Muhammad. Anton Haddad, trans. Oath of the Prophet Mohammed to the Followers of the Nazarene, The (1902). — Promise of fair-treatment from Muhammad to the Christians, with commentary by Imam Ali, given in the...
- Heshmat Moayyad. Obituary: Alessandro Bausani (1921-1988) (2001). — The life and work of Bausani (1921–1988), a leading Italian scholar of Islam, Middle Eastern studi...
- Susan Maneck. Old Charges for a New Religion, Some (2009-01-24). — The background and significance of the fantastic charges made against Baha’is in Iran and elsewher...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Adib Masumian, trans, Peyman Sazedj, trans. On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn': Provisional translation (2019). — Translation of passages from Tablets of ʻAbduʼl-Baha on the symbolism of jinn and angels in the Qu...
- Universal House of Justice. One Common Faith (2005). — Review of relevant passages from both the writings of Baha'u'llah and the scriptures of other faiths...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, trans. One Who Related the Existence of the Qáʼim, The (2015). — One-paragraph passage related to the coming of the Mahdi.
- Peter Terry. Oneness of Reality, The: A Response to Moojan Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Baha'i Metaphysics" (2018). — Dialogue on epistemology and ontology as presented in the core literature of the Baha’i religion.
- Keven Brown. Origin of the Bahá'í Principle of the Harmony between Science and Religion, The (2001-08). — On the origin of the principle of scientific/religious harmony in Islamic and Baha’i Writings, and...
- Jonah Winters. Origins of Shi'ism: A Consensus of Western Scholarship (1996). — Shi'ism, representing about 10% of the umma, is often regarded as illegitimate by the majority Sunni...
- Babak Rod Khadem. Origins of the Bahá'í Concept of Unity and Causality: A Brief Survey of Greek, Neoplatonic, and Islamic Underpinnings (2006). — The Baha’i conception of unity has historical and intellectual precedents. On the history of this ...
- Ted Brownstein. Out of Jewish Roots: Studies of Prayer Patterns in Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Bahá'í Worship (2006). — An exploration of the development of liturgy and personal prayer patterns from its roots in Judaism ...
- Afshin A. Khavari. Parallels Between Islamic and Baha'i laws and Constitutional Principles (1998). — The roles of Sunnah, Hadith, and Ijtihad in Islamic constitutional law, and the development of the B...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, comp, Arjen Bolhuis, ed. Passages uit de Kitáb-i-Íqán (Boek van Zekerheid) in Bloemlezing uit de Geschriften van Bahá'u'lláh (2022). — Compilatie van 40 passages uit de Kitab-i-Íqan door Shoghi Effendi geselecteerd voor opname in Bloe...
- Richard N. Frye. Persia (1968). — Excerpt from a book on the history of Iran. Includes mention of Baha'i schools in the early twentiet...
- Bernard Temple. Persia and the Regeneration of Islam (1910-05-27). — An argument to a British business audience that Persia is becoming more civilized and is experiencin...
- Abbas Amanat. Persian Bayan and the Shaping of the Babi Renewal, The (2007). — On the Babi Faith as a product of the religious environment of Shi'i Iran, including its esoteric cu...
- Kamran Hakim. Personal Interpretation of the term 'Seal of the Prophets' (1997). — A lengthy examination of the terms khatam, "seal," and Nabi, "Prophet," and their meanings in Islam.
- Eamonn Moane. Perspectives on the Inseparable Twin Duties Prescribed in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (2003). — Religions differ in the balance of faith versus good works, the grace of God versus human strivings,...
- Per-Olof Akerdahl. Pilgrimage and Religious Identity in the Bahá'í Faith (2000). — Pilgrimage has been an important part in the creation of a religious identity. The meaning of pilgri...
- Johanna Pink. Post-Quranic Religion Between Apostasy and Public Order, A: Egyptian Muftis and Courts on the Legal Status of the Baha'i Faith (2003). — On how Egypt has adapted and responded to the Baha'i Faith; legal issues for Muslim jurists and the ...
- Duane Troxel. Powerpoints for Deepening (2004-2014). — 26 presentations in Powerpoint format, on a variety of topics covering Baha'i history, Central Figur...
- Pierre Spierckel. Preuves bahá'íes basées sur le Coran (2015). — Expose la compréhension baha'ie des versets du Coran qui traitent de Sceau des prophètes, de Jour ...
- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Prince of Martyrs, The: A brief account of the Imam Husayn (1977). — The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam.
- Mehdi Wolf. Progressive Revelation: A Brief Circumstantial/Historical Contextualization (2022-05-16). — Progressive revelation must be understood in the context of the twin purposes of a divine Manifestat...
- Jack McLean. Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology (1992). — Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Baha'i theology.
- Ismael Velasco. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
- Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Leila Rassekh Milani. Proof Based on Establishment (Dalíl-i-taqrír) and the Proof Based on Verses (Hujjiyyat-i-ayát), The: An Introduction to the Bahá'í-Muslim Polemics (1997). — Study of Baha'i apologetics based largely on the work of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl.
- Sabir Afaqi. Proofs from the Holy Qur'án Regarding the Advent of Bahá'u'lláh (1993). — Collection of prophecies and symbols from the Qur'an that foretell Baha'u'llah. Prepared for the dee...
- Stephen Lambden. Prophecy in the Johannine Farewell Discourse: The Advents of the Paraclete, Ahmad and Comforter (1997). —
The exegetical history of sayings ascribed to Jesus which mention the Paraclete. Christian, Muslim...
- Moshe Sharon. Prophets and Mountains (2008). — Metaphors of mountains and actual mountains in the history of religion; Mount Carmel.
- Susan Maneck. Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria (2011). — Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, co...
- Peyman Sazedj. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (2009-2011). — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
- Hossein Avaregan. Punti Razionali Comuni fra Corano e Vangelo (1990). — Ricerca personale della verità, origine divina di tutte le religioni, analogia delle profezie, uso ...
- Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad. Denis MacEoin, trans. Questions of Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali Muhammad occasioning the Revelation of the Kitab-i-Iqan (1997-06). — Translation of the questions submitted to Baha'u'llah by Haji Mirza Siyyid Muhammad, the maternal un...
- Todd Lawson. Qur'an and the Apocalyptic Imagination, The (2010). — The Qur'an is regarded as a revelation of a divine message, unveiling truth to humankind at a time o...
- Todd Lawson. Qur'an and the Bahá'í Faith, The (2019). — On how tafsir, Islam, and the Qur'an have had a great impact on the form and content of the Baha'i r...
- Ted Brownstein. Qur'an and Violence against Non-believers, The (2017). — An examination of two sections of The Qur'an that supposedly authorize the slaughter of innocent non...
- Todd Lawson. Qur'an Commentary as Sacred Performance: The Bab's tafsirs of Qur'an 103 and 108, the Declining Day and the Abundance (1998). — Quranic commentary played a major role in the formation of the Babi movement. Early Babis were impre...
- Todd Lawson. Qur'an Commentary of Sayyid 'Alí Muhammad, the Báb, The: Doctoral dissertation (1987-07). — A study of the Bab's two earliest works, partial commentaries on the Qur'an entitled "Tafsir súrat ...
- Brett Zamir, comp. Qur'án, The: Renderings by Rodwell & Sale and Multilinear Qur'án with Bahá'í References by Verse (2003). — Compilation on Islam and the Qur'an, and parallel translation of The Qur'an as translated by George ...
- Muhammad. Abdullah Yusufali, trans. Qur'án, The: The Meanings of the Holy Qur'an (n.d.).
- Dalton Garis, ed, Mohebat Sobhani, ed. Qur'anic and Biblical References in the Kitáb-i-Íqán: A Guide to Further Study (2020). — List of quotes from the Bible and the Qur'an referenced by Baha’u’llah in the Kitab-i-Iqan as sh...
- Todd Lawson. Qur'anic Kerygma: Epic, Apocalypse, and Typological Figuration (2022). — Article contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but includes themes of relevance to Baha'i...
- Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Qur'ánic references in the Bahá'í Writings (2001). — Cross-reference list (incomplete).
- Kamran Ekbal. Quranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms of the Kitáb-i Aqdas Regarding Women and Homosexual Relations, The (1995). — Interpretations and etymologies of Arabic terms for prostitution, virginity, dowry, menstruation, so...
- Sam Shamoun. Quranic Witness to Biblical Authority, The (1999). — Written for a Muslim audience, this article expounds on the Muslim view that the Bible is authentica...
- Juan Cole. Rashid Rida on the Bahá'í Faith: A Utilitarian Theory of the Spread of Religions (1983 Summer). — Rida developed a theory of missionary work characterized by both modern pragmatic and traditionalist...
- Stanwood Cobb. Real Turk, The (1914). — Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall ...
- Romuald Boubou Moyo. Recherche sur les Signes Visibles dans le Ciel de la Venue des Manifestations de Dieu (2019). — Les annonces des venues des Manifestations de Dieu dans les écrits saints ont à la fois un sens ca...
- Cetin Onder. Recognition and Identity: The case of the Baha'i Faith (2002 spring). — Baha'i Faith seen in a Hegelian model.
- Thomas Kelly Cheyne. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The (1914). — Early history of the Babi and Baha'i movements, life stories of their participants, and their contem...
- Anthony Lee. Reconciling the Other: The Bahá'í Faith in America as a Successful Synthesis of Christianity and Islam (1995-04). — Although many ordinary Baha'is are unaware of their religion's Islamic roots, seeing it instead as t...
- Ismael Velasco. Reflections on Baha'u'llah's Claims to Being the Return of Imam Husayn (2020-06). — On Imam Husayn in Shi'a Islam, expectations of his return, his place in Babi theology, and various r...
- Youli A. Ioannesyan. Reflections on Some Messianic Prophecies in Shaykhi Works (2010). — A Baha’i interpretation of passages of messianic prophecy in the writings of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyy...
- Roshan Danesh. Reflections on the Concept of Law in the Bahá'í Faith, Some (2014). — The concept of law in the Baha’i Faith; its early Islamic context; the nature of legal language an...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Adib Masumian, trans. Regarding Jaʻfar-i-Kadhdháb ('Jaʻfar the Liar') (2016). — One-paragraph passage about the mystical cities Jabulqa and Jabulsa and the truthfulness of a figure...
- David Russell Garcia. Kees Poolman, trans. Reis naar het Hart van de Qur'án: Het Heilige Boek van de islam voor hen die nadenken (door een niet-moslim) (2022). — Een overzicht van de Koran en zijn thema's: islam versus het christendom; wetten, geestelijke en soc...
- Wanden Mathews LaFarge. Relation of the Báb to the Traditions of Islám, The (1930). — Discussion of prophecies made by Muhammad concerning his son-in-law Ali and the division which divid...
- Moojan Momen. Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics (1988). — "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religion...
- Arthur J. Arberry. Religion in the Middle East: Three Religions in Concord and Conflict: Volume 2, Islam (1969). — Five mentions of the Babis, Baha'is, and Ahmadiyya.
- Ahang Rabbani. Religion of Islam (2007). — Overview of Islam: law and doctrine, The Qur'an, Hadith, the Five Pillars, Quranic interpretation.
- Ismael Velasco. Religion, Modernity and the "Clash of Civilisations": Context and Prospects (2013). — On the broader intellectual context for the emergence of the Baha'i Faith in 19th century Iran and i...
- Todd Lawson. Religious Authority and Apocalypse: Tafsír as Experience in an Early Work by The Báb (2013). — Analysis of the Bab's commentary on the Qur'an's longest chapter, Surat al-baqara, regarded as his f...
- Moojan Momen. Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran (1995).
- Alkhaldy Ayman, Alhrahshehr Rakan. Religious Extremism in a Multifaceted Context (2022). — Deconstruction of the word "extreme" in religious perspectives; proposal for a complete framework en...
- Christopher Buck. Religious Minority Rights (2008). — Discussion of three minority religions within Islamic states that have experienced persecution and h...
- Audrey C. Price, ed, Selvi Adaikkalam Zabihi, ed. Religious Perspectives on the Narratives of America: The Search for Just, Honest, Inclusive and Forward-looking Tellings (2024). — Eleven essays by contributors from different communities, exploring how religious insights can creat...
- Mark A. Foster. Resurrection: A Bahá'í Perspective (1993). — Personal reflections and interpretations.
- Kamran Ekbal. Revelation of Islam and the Power of the Messenger, The (n.d.). — [article in Persian]
- Ross Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith, The (1995). — On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the...
- Marion Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The (1989). — The unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
- Todd Lawson. Role of Wonder in Creating Identity, The (2023). — The term badi', "wondrous" or "new," is used dozens of times by the Bab in his proclamatory work the...
- Margaret Caton. Sacred Refrains: Arabic and Persian Dhikrs in the Bahá'í Community (2024). — introduction to dhikr (remembrances) and the use of music in Baha'i spiritual practices; 74 recordin...
- Jack McLean. Salvation (1993).
- Frank Lewis. Scripture as Literature: Sifting through the layers of the text (1997). — Literary and religious antecedents to some of the styles and genres of Baha'i scripture.
- Pritam Singh. Scriptures of Different Faiths, The (1942). — Overview of Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Islamic scriptures, emphasizing their teach...
- Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Scriptures of Previous Dispensations (1981). — Excerpts on what writings constitute the holy scriptures of previous Dispensations.
- Moshe Sharon. Seas Not Oceans (2013). — References to "seas" and "oceans" in classical literature, Judaism, Islam, and metaphors in the Baha...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Marzieh Gail, trans. Secret of Divine Civilization (1957). — Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Baha's program for the developmental reform...
- Universal House of Justice. Secret of Divine Civilization Translation, Capital Punishment, and Other Questions (1991-06-20). — On the capitalization of pronouns, reference to "we Muslims," works of Abdu'l-Baha revealed during t...
- Fariba Moghadam. Secret of Divine Civilization, The (2021-05). — Overview of the history Abdu'l-Baha's treatise, and its themes presented through a compilation of qu...
- Stanwood Cobb. Security for a Failing World (1934). — An overview of the influence of religion on the world and its relation to modern problems. Baha'i pr...
- Todd Lawson. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
- Michael W. Sours. Seeing With the Eye of God: Relationships Between Theology and Interpretation (1991). — Various spheres of interpretation and how their hierarchies reflect theological truth.
- George Townshend, Swami Vivekananda, Dalai Lama, et al.. Anjam Khursheed, comp. Selected Talks and Statements on Interfaith Issues by Religious Leaders and Scholars (1999). — Compilation of addresses to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Inter-Religious Organisation of ...
- Arjen Bolhuis, ed. Sequential Outline of the Kitáb-i-Íqán: condensed version (2021). — Aid to locating main themes and various subjects in Baha'u'llah's Book of Certitude, adapted from Ho...
- Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Sermon of Glorification (Khutbat'ul-Iftikhár) (2001). — A sermon by the first Imam of Shi'i Islam, alluded to by Baha'u'llah in the Kitab-i-Iqan.
- Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Sermon of Recognition with Luminousness (Khutbih-i-Ma'rifat bin-Núráníyyat) (2001). — A sermon by Imam Ali, of interest to Baha'is because (1) it was often quoted by Shaykh Ahmad Ahsa'i...
- Ali ibn 'Abu-Talib. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Hafiz Rajab al-Bursi, comp. Sermon of the Gulf (2000-07). — The source of Baha'u'llah's quotation "Anticipate ye the Revelation of Him Who conversed with Moses ...
- Khazeh Fananapazir. Sermon of the Gulf (Khutbih Tutunjiyyih): Introduction (2000). — Essay on Imam `Ali's sermon, which is also the source of Baha'u'llah's quote in Epistle to the Son o...
- William Michael Rossetti. Shelly's Life and Writings (1878 March). — Brief overview of the Babi Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of...
- Juan Cole. Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered (1985 Winter). — A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams sho...
- Jonah Winters. Shi'i Qur'an: An Examination of Western Scholarship (1997). — In the Kitab-i-Iqan (pp. 84-89) Baha'u'llah rejects the charge that the text of the Bible has been t...
- Moojan Momen. Shi`i Islam (1995). — Overview of Shi'a Islam, including a section on its relations to the Baha'i Faith.
- Nobel Augusto Perdu Honeyman (published as Nobel Perdu), Ismael Velasco. Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation (2004). — On the technical and literary features of Shoghi Effendi's translations of Baha'i scriptures: transl...
- Todd Lawson. Signs: Quranic Themes in the Writings of the Báb (2017 Autumn). — With the composition of the Qayyum al-asma, the Bab demonstrated the incredible breadth and depth of...
- James B. Thomas. Signs of Prophet-Hood, The: An Exposition on a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá (2005). — On the signs of a Manifestation of God as articulated by ‘Abdu'l-Baha; the type of proof utilized...
- Universal House of Justice. Sin-covering Gaze (2001-01-21). — Brief explanation of a possible source for a story of Christ told by Abdu'l-Baha about encountering ...
- Marzieh Gail. Six Lessons on Islam (1953). — A brief overview of Islam, particularly Shi'a Islam, and its relevance to the Baha'i Faith.
- Amelia Danesh. Some Reflections on the Different Meanings of the Word Báb (1990). — While Baha'is associate the Arabic word bab with Sayyid ‘Ali-Muhammad, to Muslims it has several o...
- Kevin Brogan. Spiritual Footprints in the Sands of Time (2003). — The covenantal relationship between God and humankind; the lives of the founders of Judaism, Christi...
- Denis MacEoin. Still Lives (1993). — The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdi...
- Jim Stokes. Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions (1997 Spring). — The parable of Joseph in the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and Islam. Prefaced by comments by Moo...
- Farnaz Ma'sumian. Story of the Prophets (2013). — Biographies of nine Manifestations, from Abraham to Baha'u'llah. Designed for junior youth by a reti...
- Seena Fazel. Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations, by Charles Kimball: A Jihad for All Seasons: Review (1994).
- Todd Lawson. Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif, The (1992). — The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees G...
- Moojan Momen. Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A (2000). — Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophec...
- Vahid Behmardi, William F. McCants. Stylistic Analysis of the Báb's Writings, A: Abridged Translation of Vahid Behmardi's Muqaddamih-yi dar bárih-yi sabk va siyáq-i áthár-i mubárakih-yi ḥaḍrat-i rabb a`lá (2007). — English translation by McCants of Behmardi's Persian article "Stylistic Analysis of the Bab’s Writ...
- Juan Cole. Surih of the Sun (Súriy-i-Vash-Shams): Introduction and Commentary (1994). — Overview of a tablet of Baha'u'llah touching on matters of interpretation and theology.
- Christopher Buck. Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan (1995/2012/2021/2024). — Comparative study of tafsir, exegesis, and theology in the Qur'an and the Kitab-i-Iqan. Includes Per...
- Jonah Winters. Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review (1999).
- Frank Lewis. Symbol and Secret: Qur'an Commentary in Baha'u'llah's Kitab-i-Iqan, by Christopher Buck: Review (1996).
- Enoch Tanyi. Syrian Prophet(s), The (1991). — The Qur'an says there were previous Messengers of God whose names have not been mentioned. Where do ...
- Karl Weaver. Tablet of All Food and the Nature of Reality, The (2016). — Review of the Tablet's historical background, antecedents for specific phrases, English literary com...
- Adib Taherzadeh, Nabil-i-A'zam. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Overview (1999).
- Alison Marshall. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: What on earth is a disconnected letter? Baha'u'llah's commentary (1999-07). — The meaning of the Arabic letters alif, lam, mim, as explained in Baha'u'llah's tablet Tafsir hurufa...
- Stephen Lambden. Tablet of the 'Light Verse' (Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr), also known as Commentary on the Disconnected Letters: Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Necati Alkan, trans. Tablet of the Fig and the Olive (2001).
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh Laylat al-Quds) (1996).
- Moojan Momen. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Introduction (2010). — The conflict in Islam between philosopher-mystics who adhere to the philosophy of existential onenes...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Moojan Momen, trans. Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality: Translation (2010).
- Bahá'u'lláh. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans, Mehdi Wolf, ed. Tablet of Visitation for Imám Husayn (Lawh-i-Zíyárat-Namih-i-Imám Husayn) (2002). — Tablet in honor of Imam Husayn, the prince of martyrs, with whom Baha'u'llah identified in a mystica...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) (2001). — An undated tablet from the Akka period on the interpretation of sacred scripture, with references to...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet on Interpretation of Sacred Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta'wíl) (n.d.). — Tablet on "the legitimacy of figurative scripture interpretation."
- Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) (2016). — On some situations relating to a person’s private rights, in this case theft and debt, with a larg...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Keven Brown, trans. Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition to the Manifestations of God (2016). — Summary of some themes from the Kitab-i-Iqan, concluding with a long prayer inviting the reader to s...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to 'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát (Lawh-i-'Ustad Husayn-i-Khayyát) (2002). — Short one-paragraph Tablet concerning the grades or degrees of certainty.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Iskandar Hai, trans. Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Kamálu'd-Dín (Lawh-i-Hájí Mírzá Kamalu'd-Dín): Excerpt (2002). — Brief comments by Baha'u'llah on the Isaac/Ishmael controversy.
- Bahá'u'lláh. Khazeh Fananapazir, trans. Tablet to Hasan-i-Sháhábadí (Lawh-i-Hasan-i-Sháhábadí) (2002-02-14). — A tablet from the Akka period, addressed to a certain Hasan living in Shahabad of Arak in central Ir...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism (1995). — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- Todd Lawson. Tafsir and the Meaning of the Qur'an: The Crucifixion in Muslim Thought (2010-10-23). — Using Qur'an 4:156-7 as an example, classical tafsīr, “scholastic" exegesis, has not always taken...
- Edward Price. Taking Care with Translation of Sacred Scripture (2016/2020). — Examination of the importance of using reliable translations of the Qur’an. Includes technical dis...
- Marco Oliveira. Ten Commandments, The: A Baha'i Perspective (2019). — Overview of the history and theology of the Ten Commandments. Like Christianity and Islam, the Baha...
- Vahid Brown. Textual Resurrection: Book, Imám, and Cosmos in the Qur'án Commentaries of the Báb (2004). — on the notions of textuality underlying the Bab's Qur'anic commentaries; the history of Qur'anic com...
- Betty Hoff Conow (published as Betty Conow). "The active force and that which is its recipient" (1988). — Metaphysics of gender and the Lawh-i-Hikmat; universal spiritualism; social indoctrination of gender...
- Sharon M. P. Harper, ed. The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Development (2000). — Essays on what faith, science, and international development have to offer one another; how religion...
- Marzieh Gail. The White Silk Dress (1945). — An "intimate portrait" of Ṭahirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
- Lameh Fananapazir. Themes of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of The Divine Plan Illustrated by Scriptural References to the Bible and the Qur'án (2017). — The Tablets of the Divine Plan, as well as Abdu'l-Baha's Will and Testament and the Tablet of Carmel...
- Oliver Scharbrodt. Theological Responses to Modernity in the Nineteenth-century Middle East (2002). — With their theologies, Baha'u'llah and Muhammad 'Abduh both responded to the challenge of modernity ...
- Susan Maneck. Theology of Osama bin Laden, The: History and 9/11 (2001-09). — Overview of the Muslim thinkers who influenced bin Laden and their motivations, and some historical ...
- Robert W. McLaughlin. These Perspicuous Verses: A passage from the Writings of Baha'u'llah (1982). — Detailed study of a section from Ishraqat and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.
- Julio Savi. Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography (2003). — Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Stu...
- Craig L. Volker. Translating the Bahá'í Writings (1990). — In translating the Baha’i writings, faithfulness to the original text is paramount, reflecting bot...
- Adib Masumian, trans. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Literature (2009-2023). — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
- Stephen Lambden. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A (2023). — Translation of and commentary on the Shi'i "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadan, and...
- Zia M. Bagdadi. Treasures of the East: The Life of Nine Oriental Countries (1930). — Descriptions of nine "Treasures" — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jijaz (Arabia), Transjordania (A...
- Juan Cole. Treatise on Leadership: Introduction (1998-02). — Informal notes about and introduction to `Abdu'l-Baha's Risalih-i-Siyasiyyih (1893).
- Todd Lawson. Typological Figuration and the Meaning of "Spiritual": The Qurʾanic Story of Joseph (2012). — Meanings of the famous shirt (qamis) as a symbol of Joseph's spiritual journey and travails in the Q...
- Jack McLean. Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections (1999). — 85 literary and theological existential essays on topics such as poetry, scripture, philosophy, spir...
- David Hornsby, Jane Clark. Unity of Humanity, The: An Interview with Professor Todd Lawson (2016). — Biography of Lawson and his personal interests in the Qur'an and the Baha'i Faith, discussion of con...
- Universal House of Justice. Unity of Religions in This Century, Jews and the Crucifixion, and the Sacrifice of Ishmael, The (1990-11-06).
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Universal House of Justice, trans. Universal House of Justice and the Principles of Jurisprudence (2001-04). — Authorized translation of an excerpt of a tablet on "the wisdom of referring certain important laws ...
- Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
- John S. Hatcher. Unsealing the Choice Wine at the Family Reunion (1994). — Baha’i scripture portrays human progress as propelled by two inextricably related capacities: inde...
- Sally Liya. Use of Trees as Symbols in the World Religions, The (2004). — The tree is a universal symbol found in the myths of all peoples. This Jungian archetype figures in ...
- Moojan Momen. Usuli, Akhbari, Shaykhi, Babi: The Tribulations of a Qazvin Family (2003-09). — The emergence of the Usuli school in the evolution of Shi'is jurisprudence and theology in 18th and ...
- Moshe Sharon. Valleys: Real, Symbolic and Holy Sites (2013). — The nature of the metaphor of a valley; biblical references and meanings in Hebrew; comparison with ...
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Adib Masumian, trans. Various Interpretations of Dhu'l-Qarnayn (2024). — Provisional translations of three short extracts from Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha, interpreting the Qura...
- Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017-09-18). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
- Shirley Macias. Verse of Light, the Sadratu'l-Muntahá (Divine Lote Tree), and the Unfoldment of God's Plan, The (1991). — Relationship of a key mystical Quranic verse, Súrih 24:35, to Baha'i theology; includes a brief com...
- Amin Banani. View on Islam, A (1969). — This lecture gives "a few generalizations about Islam that are directly significant to Baha'is."
- David Russell Garcia. Voyage to the Heart of the Koran: The Holy Book of Islám for Thinking Minds (By a Non-Muslim) (2003-10). — A lengthy overview of the Qur'an and its themes for a Baha'i audience; holy war and fighting; reason...
- Geoffrey Nash. What is Bahá'í Orientalism? (2021). — Postcolonial theory can help analyze religious writing; Edward Said and the concept of mutual otheri...
- Juan Cole. Wittgensteinian Language-Games in an Indo-Persian Dialogue on the World Religions (2015 Fall). — Reflections on Baha'u'llah's theology of previous religions and Ludwig Wittgenstein’s concept of "...
- Elihu Grant. Woman and Islam (1912-01). — One-paragraph sympathetic mention.
- Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. Women and Wisdom in Scripture (2015). — Treatment of women in religion; influence of Baha'i teachings in raising awareness about the plight ...
- Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá', The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name of God (1998). — The Arabic word baha' — meaning beauty, excellence, goodliness, majesty, glory, splendor, brillian...
- Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá, The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name (1993). — History of the concept of the Greatest Name and its place in Baha'i theology.
- Juan Cole. World as Text, The: Cosmologies of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i (1994). — Shaykh Ahmad's creative use of mythic symbols can be seen as an escape from the limitations of the c...
- Iscander Micael Tinto. Worlds of God, The (2013). — Creation is an act of divine manifestation across five realms: Hahút, the unknowable Essence of God...
- William F. McCants. Wronged One, The: Shí'í Narrative Structure in Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Visitation for Mullá Husayn (2002). — On the martyrdom of Mulla Husayn, the structure of sacrificial and devotional narratives, and Shi'i ...
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