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Diet

2004-11-06T19:10:41Z

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==Vegeterian diet recommended (though not binding on believers)==
(see quotations below and also [[Nutrition]] and [[diet in public discussions]])

"Regarding the eating of animal flesh and abstinence therefrom, know thou of a certainty that, in the beginning of creation, God determined the food of every living being, and to eat contrary to that determination is not approved....Even without eating meat he would live with the utmost vigour and energy. For example, the community of the Brahmins in India do not eat meat; notwithstanding this they are not inferior to other nations in strength, power, vigour, outward senses or intellectual virtues. Truly, the killing of animals and the eating of their meat is somewhat contrary to pity and compassion, and if one can content oneself with cereals, fruit, oil and nuts, such as pistachios, almonds and so on, it would undoubtedly be better and more pleasing."

: ('Abdu'l-Bahá, from a Tablet - translated from the Persian; Health, Healing, and Nutrition, no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_health_healing_nutrition.html#17 17])

==Simple Vegeterian Diet Preferable to Eating Meat, but a Very Controversial Question==

"In regard to the question as to whether people ought to kill animals for food or not, there is no explicit statement in the Baha'i Sacred Scriptures (as far as I know) in favour or against it. It is certain, however, that if man can live on a purely vegetarian diet and thus avoid killing animals, it would be much preferable. This is, however, a very controversial question and the Baha'is are free to express their views on it."

:(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, July 9, 1931; quoted in Lights of Guidance, no. 1010)

==Recommended Foods==

*1. cereals ([[#no1|1]], [[#no2|2]])
*2. grains ([[#no1|1]], [[#no3|3]])

*3. fruits ([[#no1|1]], [[#no2|2]], [[#no3|3]])
*4. vegetables ([[#no2|2]])

*5. nuts ([[#no1|1]]), such as "pistachios" ([[#no1|1]]) or "almonds" ([[#no1|1]], [[#no2|2]])
*6. oils ([[#no1|1]])

(The diet here ''suggested'' in the Baha'i Writings seems to be not only vegeterian but vegan since dairy products are not presented as examples. However, again, no such diet is binding on believers.)

<div id="no1"></div>1. "But now coming to man, we see he hath neither hooked teeth nor sharp nails or claws, nor teeth like iron sickles. From this it becometh evident and manifest that the food of man is cereals and fruit. Some of the teeth of man are like millstones to grind the grain, and some are sharp to cut the fruit. Therefore he is not in need of meat, nor is he obliged to eat it. Even without eating meat he would live with the utmost vigour and energy. For example, the community of the Brahmins in India do not eat meat; notwithstanding this they are not inferior to other nations in strength, power, vigour, outward senses or intellectual virtues. Truly, the killing of animals and the eating of their meat is somewhat contrary to pity and compassion, and if one can content oneself with cereals, fruit, oil and nuts, such as pistachios, almonds and so on, it would undoubtedly be better and more pleasing."
: ('Abdu'l-Bahá, from a Tablet - translated from the Persian; Health, Healing, and Nutrition, no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_health_healing_nutrition.html#17 17])

<div id="no2"></div>2. "Thou hast written regarding the four canine teeth in man, saying that these teeth, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, are for the purpose of eating meat. Know thou that these four teeth are not created for meat-eating, although one can eat meat with them. All the teeth of man are made for eating fruit, cereals and vegetables. These four teeth, however, are designed for breaking hard shells, such as those of almonds. But eating meat is not forbidden or unlawful, nay, the point is this, that it is possible for man to live without eating meat and still be strong. Meat is nourishing and containeth the elements of herbs, seeds and fruits; therefore sometimes it is essential for the sick and for the rehabilitation of health. There is no objection in the Law of God to the eating of meat if it is required. So if thy constitution is rather weak and thou findest meat useful, thou mayest eat it."
: ('Abdu'l-Bahá, from a Tablet - translated from the Persian; Health, Healing, and Nutrition, no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_health_healing_nutrition.html#18 18])

<div id="no3"></div>3."What will be the food of the future?" "Fruit and grains. The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten. Medical science is only in its infancy, yet it has shown that our natural diet is that which grows out of the ground. The people will gradually develop up to the condition of this natural food."
: ('Abdu'l-Bahá, cited in Julia M. Grundy. "Ten Days in the Light of 'Akka", rev. ed. (Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1979), pp. 8-9; Health, Healing, and Nutrition, no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_health_healing_nutrition.html#41 41])

==Meat not forbidden (especially for the weak in constitution)==

<div id="no4"></div>4. "God hath, as a token of His grace, granted you leave to partake thereof [of meat] save during a brief period."

:([[Summons of the Lord of Hosts]], [[Súriy-i-Haykal]], par. [[slh:h154|154]])

<div id="no5"></div>5. "But eating meat is not forbidden or unlawful, nay, the point is this, that it is possible for man to live without eating meat and still be strong. Meat is nourishing and containeth the elements of herbs, seeds and fruits; therefore sometimes it is essential for the sick and for the rehabilitation of health. There is no objection in the Law of God to the eating of meat if it is required. So if thy constitution is rather weak and thou findest meat useful, thou mayest eat it."

:('Abdu'l-Baha, compilation on Health, Healing, and Nutrition, no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_health_healing_nutrition.html#18 18])

<div id="no6"></div>6. "...nor is it forbidden to eat meat."

:(In a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, 18 December 1945 to an individual believer, compilation on [[Health, Healing, and Nutrition]], no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_health_healing_nutrition.html#61 61])

==Pork is not forbidden==
<div id="no7"></div>7. "The eating of pork is not forbidden in the Baha'i Teachings."

:(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, March 27, 1938; quoted in Lights of Guidance, no. 1012)

==See also==
* [[Nutrition]], [[Food]]

Patterns of Activity - Weekly

2004-11-06T01:33:54Z

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== Events or Activities for Specific Days of the Week ==

=== "Sunday School" === (see also perhaps "spiritual meetings" below for another weekly study class (though with an emphasis on youth))

"Name thou this school the Bahá'í Sunday School"

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', section [[swabs:123|123]] (see also [[swabs:124|124]] and [[swabs:125|125]]))

=== Friday as the (Future) Day of Rest ===

"Abdu'l-Baha gives no reason whatever why Friday has been chosen as the day of rest in the Baha'i calendar. He just affirms it."

:(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 10, 1939: Baha'i News, No. 162, April 1943, p. 5)

=== Friday Alms ===

'Abdu'l-Bahá gave alms to the poor each Friday (see ''[[Passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', p. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha.html#4 4]), but this has not been indicated as a duty for all Bahá'ís, and it may even have simply been a tradition for Him alone. However it is mentioned here for the sake of completeness.

== Events or Activities to be Weekly in General (or possibly even more frequently) ==

=== "Spiritual meetings" (now training institute study circles) ===

“Once in every week, gather ye the steadfast friends together in a meeting place, and there let them engage in praising and glorifying the Lord.”

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], Bahá’í Meetings/The Nineteen Day Feast , p. 6)

"Likewise the public meetings in which one day during the week the believers gather to be engaged in the commemoration of God, to read Communes and deliver effective speeches is acceptable and beloved."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], [[Bahá'í World Faith]], p. [[bwf9:411|411]])

“9. Can regular meetings for the benefit of the local friends be held? If so, how often and when?...’Abdu’l-Bahá exhorts the friends to hold such meetings as a “constant” activity, and praises weekly meetings. He repeatedly counsels the believers to read and recite the Holy Word in such meetings and deliver speeches on the teachings, the proofs and the history of the Faith.”

:([[Universal House of Justice]] to a [[National Spiritual Assembly]] in a letter December 24, 1975 giving suggested goals for [[Local Spiritual Assembly|Local Spiritual Assemblies]])

(However, these have been held more frequently:)

"Beginning in approximately 1904, a learned Iranian believer known as Sadru's-Sudúr established the first teacher-training class for Bahá'í youth in Tehran with 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement. The classes met daily, and the graduates, who had been trained in the beliefs of other religions as well as various aspects of the Bahá'í Faith, contributed greatly to the expansion and consolidation of the Cause in their native land."

:(''[[Century of Light]]'', Note [[cl:n127|127]] for p. [[cl:109|109]])

=== Devotional Meetings (ideally daily, at least in the future, but can be weekly at first) ===

"We have been watching with profound interest the manner in which the goal of encouraging the friends to meet for dawn prayers is being carried out. In some rural areas this has become already an established practice of the friends and indeed a source of blessing and benefit to them as they pursue their activities during the day, as well as increasing the consciousness of community solidarity. In other areas, the friends have found that, because of the distances involved, better results are obtained by meeting for prayer in smaller groups. In yet other areas, as a first step, plans have been made to meet for dawn prayers once a week."

:([[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86]], p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/published.uhj/messages.1963-86.html#311 311]

=== Law to Bathe at least once a week (more frequently for the feet)===

* [[Bathing]] (at least once a week)
* [[Washing feet]] (at least once every 3 days in the winter and once a day in the summer)

Patterns of Activity - Weekly

2004-11-06T01:32:28Z

65.248.8.126: /* "Spiritual meetings" (now training institute study circles) */

== Events or Activities for Specific Days of the Week ==

=== "Sunday School" === (see also perhaps "spiritual meetings" below for another weekly study class (though with an emphasis on youth))

"Name thou this school the Bahá'í Sunday School"

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', section [[swabs:123|123]] (see also [[swabs:124|124]] and [[swabs:125|125]]))

=== Friday as the (Future) Day of Rest ===

"Abdu'l-Baha gives no reason whatever why Friday has been chosen as the day of rest in the Baha'i calendar. He just affirms it."

:(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 10, 1939: Baha'i News, No. 162, April 1943, p. 5)

=== Friday Alms ===

'Abdu'l-Bahá gave alms to the poor each Friday (see ''[[Passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', p. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha.html#4 4]), but this has not been indicated as a duty for all Bahá'ís, and it may even have simply been a tradition for Him alone. However it is mentioned here for the sake of completeness.

== Events or Activities to be Weekly in General (or possibly even more frequently) ==

=== "Spiritual meetings" (now training institute study circles) ===

“Once in every week, gather ye the steadfast friends together in a meeting place, and there let them engage in praising and glorifying the Lord.”

:([['Abdu’l-Bahá]], Bahá’í Meetings/The Nineteen Day Feast , p. 6)

"Likewise the public meetings in which one day during the week the believers gather to be engaged in the commemoration of God, to read Communes and deliver effective speeches is acceptable and beloved."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], [[Bahá'í World Faith]], p. [[bwf9:411|411]])

“9. Can regular meetings for the benefit of the local friends be held? If so, how often and when?...’Abdu’l-Bahá exhorts the friends to hold such meetings as a “constant” activity, and praises weekly meetings. He repeatedly counsels the believers to read and recite the Holy Word in such meetings and deliver speeches on the teachings, the proofs and the history of the Faith.”

:([[Universal House of Justice]] to a [[National Spiritual Assembly]] in a letter December 24, 1975 giving suggested goals for [[Local Spiritual Assembly|Local Spiritual Assemblies]])

(However, these have been held more frequently:)

"Beginning in approximately 1904, a learned Iranian believer known as Sadru's-Sudúr established the first teacher-training class for Bahá'í youth in Tehran with 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement. The classes met daily, and the graduates, who had been trained in the beliefs of other religions as well as various aspects of the Bahá'í Faith, contributed greatly to the expansion and consolidation of the Cause in their native land."

:(''[[Century of Light]]'', Note [[cl:n127|127]] for p. [[cl:109|109]])

=== Devotional Meetings (ideally daily, at least in the future, but can be weekly at first) ===

"We have been watching with profound interest the manner in which the goal of encouraging the friends to meet for dawn prayers is being carried out. In some rural areas this has become already an established practice of the friends and indeed a source of blessing and benefit to them as they pursue their activities during the day, as well as increasing the consciousness of community solidarity. In other areas, the friends have found that, because of the distances involved, better results are obtained by meeting for prayer in smaller groups. In yet other areas, as a first step, plans have been made to meet for dawn prayers once a week."

:([[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86]], p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/published.uhj/messages.1963-86.html#311 311]

=== Law to Bathe at least once a week (more frequently for the feet)===

* [[Bathing]] (at least once a week)
* [[Washing feet]] (at least once every 3 days in the winter and once a day in the summer)

Patterns of Activity - Weekly

2004-11-06T01:30:55Z

65.248.8.126: /* "Spiritual meetings" (now training institute study circles) */

== Events or Activities for Specific Days of the Week ==

=== "Sunday School" === (see also perhaps "spiritual meetings" below for another weekly study class (though with an emphasis on youth))

"Name thou this school the Bahá'í Sunday School"

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', section [[swabs:123|123]] (see also [[swabs:124|124]] and [[swabs:125|125]]))

=== Friday as the (Future) Day of Rest ===

"Abdu'l-Baha gives no reason whatever why Friday has been chosen as the day of rest in the Baha'i calendar. He just affirms it."

:(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 10, 1939: Baha'i News, No. 162, April 1943, p. 5)

=== Friday Alms ===

'Abdu'l-Bahá gave alms to the poor each Friday (see ''[[Passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', p. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha.html#4 4]), but this has not been indicated as a duty for all Bahá'ís, and it may even have simply been a tradition for Him alone. However it is mentioned here for the sake of completeness.

== Events or Activities to be Weekly in General (or possibly even more frequently) ==

=== "Spiritual meetings" (now training institute study circles) ===

“Once in every week, gather ye the steadfast friends together in a meeting place, and there let them engage in praising and glorifying the Lord.”

:([[‘Abdu’l-Bahá]], Bahá’í Meetings/The Nineteen Day Feast , p. 6)

"Likewise the public meetings in which one day during the week the believers gather to be engaged in the commemoration of God, to read Communes and deliver effective speeches is acceptable and beloved."

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], [[Bahá'í World Faith]], p. [[bwf9:411|411]])

“9. Can regular meetings for the benefit of the local friends be held? If so, how often and when?...’Abdu’l-Bahá exhorts the friends to hold such meetings as a “constant” activity, and praises weekly meetings. He repeatedly counsels the believers to read and recite the Holy Word in such meetings and deliver speeches on the teachings, the proofs and the history of the Faith.”

:([[Universal House of Justice]] to a [[National Spiritual Assembly]] in a letter December 24, 1975 giving suggested goals for [[Local Spiritual Assembly|Local Spiritual Assemblies]])

(However, these have been held more frequently:)

"Beginning in approximately 1904, a learned Iranian believer known as Sadru's-Sudúr established the first teacher-training class for Bahá'í youth in Tehran with 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement. The classes met daily, and the graduates, who had been trained in the beliefs of other religions as well as various aspects of the Bahá'í Faith, contributed greatly to the expansion and consolidation of the Cause in their native land."

:(''[[Century of Light]]'', Note [[cl:n127|127]] for p. [[cl:109|109]])

=== Devotional Meetings (ideally daily, at least in the future, but can be weekly at first) ===

"We have been watching with profound interest the manner in which the goal of encouraging the friends to meet for dawn prayers is being carried out. In some rural areas this has become already an established practice of the friends and indeed a source of blessing and benefit to them as they pursue their activities during the day, as well as increasing the consciousness of community solidarity. In other areas, the friends have found that, because of the distances involved, better results are obtained by meeting for prayer in smaller groups. In yet other areas, as a first step, plans have been made to meet for dawn prayers once a week."

:([[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86]], p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/published.uhj/messages.1963-86.html#311 311]

=== Law to Bathe at least once a week (more frequently for the feet)===

* [[Bathing]] (at least once a week)
* [[Washing feet]] (at least once every 3 days in the winter and once a day in the summer)

Patterns of Activity - Weekly

2004-11-06T01:30:21Z

65.248.8.126: /* Friday Alms */

== Events or Activities for Specific Days of the Week ==

=== "Sunday School" === (see also perhaps "spiritual meetings" below for another weekly study class (though with an emphasis on youth))

"Name thou this school the Bahá'í Sunday School"

:([['Abdu'l-Bahá]], ''[[Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', section [[swabs:123|123]] (see also [[swabs:124|124]] and [[swabs:125|125]]))

=== Friday as the (Future) Day of Rest ===

"Abdu'l-Baha gives no reason whatever why Friday has been chosen as the day of rest in the Baha'i calendar. He just affirms it."

:(From a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to an individual believer, July 10, 1939: Baha'i News, No. 162, April 1943, p. 5)

=== Friday Alms ===

'Abdu'l-Bahá gave alms to the poor each Friday (see ''[[Passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá]]'', p. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=shoghieffendi_blomfield_passing_abdulbaha.html#4 4]), but this has not been indicated as a duty for all Bahá'ís, and it may even have simply been a tradition for Him alone. However it is mentioned here for the sake of completeness.

== Events or Activities to be Weekly in General (or possibly even more frequently) ==

=== "Spiritual meetings" (now training institute study circles) ===

“Once in every week, gather ye the steadfast friends together in a meeting place, and there let them engage in praising and glorifying the Lord.”

:([[‘Abdu’l-Bahá]], Bahá’í Meetings/The Nineteen Day Feast , p. 6)

"Likewise the public meetings in which one day during the week the believers gather to be engaged in the commemoration of God, to read Communes and deliver effective speeches is acceptable and beloved."

:([['Abdu'l-Baha]], [[Baha'i World Faith]], p. [[bwf9:411|411]])

“9. Can regular meetings for the benefit of the local friends be held? If so, how often and when?...’Abdu’l-Bahá exhorts the friends to hold such meetings as a “constant” activity, and praises weekly meetings. He repeatedly counsels the believers to read and recite the Holy Word in such meetings and deliver speeches on the teachings, the proofs and the history of the Faith.”

:([[Universal House of Justice]] to a [[National Spiritual Assembly]] in a letter December 24, 1975 giving suggested goals for [[Local Spiritual Assembly|Local Spiritual Assemblies]])

(However, these have been held more frequently:)

"Beginning in approximately 1904, a learned Iranian believer known as Sadru's-Sudúr established the first teacher-training class for Bahá'í youth in Tehran with 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement. The classes met daily, and the graduates, who had been trained in the beliefs of other religions as well as various aspects of the Bahá'í Faith, contributed greatly to the expansion and consolidation of the Cause in their native land."

:(''[[Century of Light]]'', Note [[cl:n127|127]] for p. [[cl:109|109]])

=== Devotional Meetings (ideally daily, at least in the future, but can be weekly at first) ===

"We have been watching with profound interest the manner in which the goal of encouraging the friends to meet for dawn prayers is being carried out. In some rural areas this has become already an established practice of the friends and indeed a source of blessing and benefit to them as they pursue their activities during the day, as well as increasing the consciousness of community solidarity. In other areas, the friends have found that, because of the distances involved, better results are obtained by meeting for prayer in smaller groups. In yet other areas, as a first step, plans have been made to meet for dawn prayers once a week."

:([[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86]], p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/published.uhj/messages.1963-86.html#311 311]

=== Law to Bathe at least once a week (more frequently for the feet)===

* [[Bathing]] (at least once a week)
* [[Washing feet]] (at least once every 3 days in the winter and once a day in the summer)

Patterns of Activity - Daily

2004-11-06T01:27:42Z

65.248.8.126: /* Day and/or Noon/Afternoon and/or Evening */

== General Considerations for Dividing the Day ==

...into Halves:

# ''material life and dignified appearance''
# ''acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God''

"...Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God..."

:(Attributed to [['Abdu'l-Bahá]], quoted on back cover of "Economics of the Future" (see [http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_share_time_god.html here] for a discussion of this quotation))

(For dividing one's time (in general) between the Cause and one's profession, see [[balancing the Cause and a profession]]):

== Activities by Time of Day (recommended or obligatory) ==

=== Day-time (especially beginning at dawn) ===

# (Private) Dawn prayers (strongly recommended but not obligatory)
# [[Bringing oneself to account]] (also repent and ask for assistance to improve)
# [[Community dawn prayers]] (recommended but not obligatory)
# [[Light breakfast]] (recommended) (may be before community prayers?)
# Children to begin school (from a.m. to noon to learn to read, from noon to about sunset, study a craft) - [[Children's schedule]]

=== Day and Evening ===

# [[Recital of the Greatest Name]] (on arising and just before sleep)
# [[Recitation of the verses of God]]

=== Day and/or Noon/Afternoon and/or Evening ===

# Recital of the short, medium, or long [[Obligatory Prayer|obligatory prayer]]
# [[Recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás]]
# [[Family prayer and reading]]

=== Evening ===

# Mother to children [[reading the Odes of Bahá'u'lláh]] before bed.
# Prayer at quiet times such as [[midnight prayer|midnight]] (recommended but not obligatory)

=== Material Ordinances Enjoined in the Writings Which are Likely Daily (or at least frequent) without a Specified Time ===
# [[self-cleaning and maintenance]]
# [[Work]]/[[study]]

=== Spiritual Ordinances Enjoined in the Writings Which are Likely Daily (or at least frequent) without a Specified Time ===
# Study of/Meditation on the Writings alone (or in family?+) (specified as daily????)
# creating (and reviewing) [[teaching plans]] (individual or family)
# [[teaching]] (this is specified to be a daily activity)

Patterns of Activity - Daily

2004-11-06T01:27:16Z

65.248.8.126:

== General Considerations for Dividing the Day ==

...into Halves:

# ''material life and dignified appearance''
# ''acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God''

"...Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God..."

:(Attributed to [['Abdu'l-Bahá]], quoted on back cover of "Economics of the Future" (see [http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_share_time_god.html here] for a discussion of this quotation))

(For dividing one's time (in general) between the Cause and one's profession, see [[balancing the Cause and a profession]]):

== Activities by Time of Day (recommended or obligatory) ==

=== Day-time (especially beginning at dawn) ===

# (Private) Dawn prayers (strongly recommended but not obligatory)
# [[Bringing oneself to account]] (also repent and ask for assistance to improve)
# [[Community dawn prayers]] (recommended but not obligatory)
# [[Light breakfast]] (recommended) (may be before community prayers?)
# Children to begin school (from a.m. to noon to learn to read, from noon to about sunset, study a craft) - [[Children's schedule]]

=== Day and Evening ===

# [[Recital of the Greatest Name]] (on arising and just before sleep)
# [[Recitation of the verses of God]]

=== Day and/or Noon/Afternoon and/or Evening ===

# Recital of the short, medium, or long [[obligatory prayer]]
# [[Recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás]]
# [[Family prayer and reading]]

=== Evening ===

# Mother to children [[reading the Odes of Bahá'u'lláh]] before bed.
# Prayer at quiet times such as [[midnight prayer|midnight]] (recommended but not obligatory)

=== Material Ordinances Enjoined in the Writings Which are Likely Daily (or at least frequent) without a Specified Time ===
# [[self-cleaning and maintenance]]
# [[Work]]/[[study]]

=== Spiritual Ordinances Enjoined in the Writings Which are Likely Daily (or at least frequent) without a Specified Time ===
# Study of/Meditation on the Writings alone (or in family?+) (specified as daily????)
# creating (and reviewing) [[teaching plans]] (individual or family)
# [[teaching]] (this is specified to be a daily activity)

Patterns of Activity - Daily

2004-11-06T01:25:00Z

65.248.8.126: /* General Considerations for Dividing the Day */

== General Considerations for Dividing the Day ==

...into Halves:

# ''material life and dignified appearance''
# ''acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God''

"...Share your time with God. Spend half of the day in search of livelihood, guaranteeing your material life and dignified appearance, and dedicate the other half in the acquisition of moral virtues and service at the threshold of God..."

:(Attributed to [['Abdu'l-Bahá]], quoted on back cover of "Economics of the Future" (see [http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_share_time_god.html here] for a discussion of this quotation))

(For dividing one's time (in general) between the Cause and one's profession, see [[balancing the Cause and a profession]]):

== Activities by Time of Day (recommended or obligatory) ==

=== Day-time (especially beginning at dawn) ===

# (Private) Dawn prayers (strongly recommended but not obligatory)
# [[bringing oneself to account]] (also repent and ask for assistance to improve)
# [[community dawn prayers]] (recommended but not obligatory)
# [[Light breakfast]] (recommended) (may be before community prayers?)
# Children to begin school (from a.m. to noon to learn to read, from noon to about sunset, study a craft) - [[children's schedule]]

=== Day and Evening ===

# [[Recital of the Greatest Name]] (on arising and just before sleep)
# [[recitation of the verses of God]]

=== Day and/or Noon/Afternoon and/or Evening ===

# Recital of the short, medium, or long [[obligatory prayer|Obligatory Prayer]]
# [[recitation of 95 Alláh'u'Abhás]]
# [[family prayer and reading]]

=== Evening ===

# Mother to children [[reading the Odes of Bahá'u'lláh]] before bed.
# Prayer at quiet times such as [[midnight|midnight prayer]] (recommended but not obligatory)

=== Material Ordinances Enjoined in the Writings Which are Likely Daily (or at least frequent) without a Specified Time ===
# [[self-cleaning and maintenance]]
# [[Work]]/[[study]]

=== Spiritual Ordinances Enjoined in the Writings Which are Likely Daily (or at least frequent) without a Specified Time ===
# Study of/Meditation on the Writings alone (or in family?+) (specified as daily????)
# creating (and reviewing) [[teaching plans]] (individual or family)
# [[teaching]] (this is specified to be a daily activity)

Writings The Báb by rank

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See ''[[God Passes By]]'' references.

==Examples to be included on this page following the pattern of [[Writings Bahá'u'lláh by rank]]==
*"Bahá'u'lláh has characterized as "the first, the greatest, and mightiest of all books" in the Bábí Dispensation, the celebrated commentary on the súrih of Joseph, entitled the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'," [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/gpball.html#23 23]
*"It was during His incarceration in the fortress of Máh-Kú that He...revealed no less than nine commentaries on the whole of the Qur'án--commentaries whose fate, alas, is unknown, and one of which, at least the Author Himself affirmed, surpassed in some respects a book as deservedly famous as the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá." [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/gpball.html#24 24]
*Said of the [[Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih]]: "the most important of the polemical works of the Báb" ([[God Passes By|GPB]], p. [[gpb:26|26]])

Writings The Báb by addressee

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==Him Who Will Be Made Manifest==
*[[Tablet Addressed to 'Him Who Will Be Made Manifest' I]]
*[[Tablet Addressed to 'Him Who Will Be Made Manifest' II]]

==First Letter of the Living (Mullá Husayn)==
*[[Tablet to the First Letter of the Living]]

==Letters of the Living==
* [[Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living]]

==Muhammad Sháh==
*[[Epistle to Muhammad Sháh I]], Extracts from
*[[Epistle to Muhammad Sháh II]], Extracts from
*[[Epistle to Muhammad Sháh III]], Extracts from

==Sherif of Mecca==
*[[Tablet Containing Words Addressed to the Sherif of Mecca]], Extracts from

==A Muslim Divine==
*[[Address to a Muslim Divine]]

==Sulaymán the Muslim Divine in Land of Masqat==
*[[Address to Sulaymán, one of the Muslim Divines in the Land of Masqat]]

History of the Intellectual Development of Europe

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Read portions relevant to Islám at http://bahai-library.com/?file=draper_intellectual_development_europe.html

==References==
* ''[[Secret of Divine Civilization]]'', pp. [[sdc:92|92]]-94

History of the Intellectual Development of Europe

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Read portions relevant to Islám at http://bahai-library.com/?file=draper_intellectual_development_europe.html .

==References==
* ''[[Secret of Divine Civilization]]'', pp. [[sdc:92|92]]-94

Secret of Divine Civilization

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Read online at http://bahai-library.com/?file=abdulbaha_secret_divine_civilization.html

On the book apparently referred to by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, ''[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]]'', see http://bahai-library.com/?file=draper_intellectual_development_europe.html

==Study Outlines==
* http://www.bahai-library.com/study/outline.html

==Study Questions==
* http://www.bahai-library.com/study/sdc.questions.html

==Reviews/Discussion==
* http://www.bahai-library.com/reviews/casterline.html
* http://bahai-library.com/?file=saiedi_introduction_sdc.html

Advent of Divine Justice

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Read online at http://bahai-library.com/?file=shoghieffendi_advent_divine_justice.html

==The need to read==

* no. 1.A. and 2.D. at [http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/index.html?24]

==This epistle is the "Bahá'í Charter of Teaching"==

"...this epistle {The Advent of Divine Justice}...has been rightly described as the Bahá'í Charter of Teaching..."

:(On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, [[Messages to the Antipodes]], p. [http://bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/antipodes/antipodes.html#152 152])

==Study Questions:==
* http://www.bahai-library.com/study/adj.questions.html

==Brief Outline of its Contents (by section):==

*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/1.html 1] - Need and opportunities to arise to teach (esp. for (North)-American believers)
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/2.html 2] - Moral/Social Needs in Teaching in American nations
**Reason for American ''believers''' Special Role/Distinction and need to impact the country's morals as a whole (par. [[adj2p:1|1]]-[[adj2p:5|5]], [[adj2p:7|7]])
***Need to embody the country's positive characteristics (par. [[adj2p:6|6]])
**Moral/Social prerequisites for successful teaching (par. [[adj2p:8|8]]-[[adj2p:10|10]], [[adj2p:32|32]])
***Rectitude of conduct (esp. for elected representatives) (par. [[adj2p:11|11]]-[[adj2p:17|17]])
***Chaste and holy life (esp. youth) (par. [[adj2p:18|18]]-[[adj2p:23|23]])
***Freedom from racial prejudice (esp. between black and white) (par. [[adj2p:24|24]]-[[adj2p:31|31]])
**Need and encouragement to overcome tests and criticism (par. [[adj2p:33|33]]-[[adj2p:35|35]])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/3.html 3] - Individual Teaching and the Seven Year Plan
**Seven Year Plan (par. [[adj3p:1|1]]-[[adj3p:2|2]])
**Importance of teaching (par. [[adj3p:3|3]]-[[adj3p:4|4]]) and Urgency of Teaching (par. [[adj3p:8|8]]-[[adj3p:12|12]])
**Opportunities for all, even the most humble in teaching (par. [[adj3p:5|5]]-[[adj3p:7|7]])
**Preparation for teaching
***Study (par. [[adj3p:13|13]])
***Learn the language where they may pioneer (par. [[adj3p:14|14]])
***Individual initiative in devising and executing personal teaching plans (par. [[adj3p:15|15]]-[[adj3p:16|16]])
***Work closely with teaching agencies (esp. pioneers) (par. [[adj3p:17|17]])
***Incorporate concern for teaching in all facets of life (personal circumstances, with Assembly, in summer school, travel-teaching) (par. [[adj3p:18|18]])
***Particular need to enhance diversity by attracting "Negro, the Indian, the Eskimo, and Jewish races" (par. [[adj3p:19|19]])
**Pioneering (agency and individual responsibilities and encouragement)
***Toward establishing Faith in isolated centers and setting up institutions (par. [[adj3p:20|20]], [[adj3p:22|22]], [[adj3p:23|23]], [[adj3p:28|28]]-[[adj3p:30|30]])
***Needs inside the U.S. (par. [[adj3p:21|21]])
***Role of Canada (par. [[adj3p:21|21]])
***Need to arise (and encouragement) (par. [[adj3p:24|24]]-[[adj3p:27|27]])
***Special administrative tasks (material resources, literature, publicity, survey of circumstances) (par. [[adj3p:31|31]]) including Translation (par. [[adj3p:32|32]])
***Need for pioneers to associate with diverse peoples and familiarize selves with culture (par. [[adj3p:33|33]])
***Need for those unable to pioneer to attract such immigrants (though not proselytizing) (par. [[adj3p:34|34]])
***Need for pioneers to strive for financial independence (par. [[adj3p:35|35]], [[adj3p:37|37]])
***Need for pioneers to collaborative with sending agency and with fellow believers (par. [[adj3p:36|36]])
**Special role/boldness of women in teaching (par. [[adj3p:38|38]])
**Youth appeal (par. [[adj3p:39|39]])
**Special importance of Panama and other Central/South American countries (par. [[adj3p:40|40]])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/4.html 4] - Encouragement (ends with supporting passages from Bahá'u'lláh - par. [[adj4p:7|7]]-[[adj4p:13|13]])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/5.html 5] - Destiny of American nation as a whole

[[Category:Outline]]

Advent of Divine Justice

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Read online at http://bahai-library.com/?file=shoghieffendi_advent_divine_justice.html

==The need to read==

* no. 1.A. and 2.D. at [http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/index.html?24]

==This epistle is the "Bahá'í Charter of Teaching"==

"...this epistle {The Advent of Divine Justice}...has been rightly described as the Bahá'í Charter of Teaching..."

:(On behalf of Shoghi Effendi, [[Messages to the Antipodes]], p. [http://bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/antipodes/antipodes.html#152 152])

==Study Questions:==
* http://www.bahai-library.com/study/adj.questions.html

==Brief Outline of its Contents (by section):==

*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/1.html 1] - Need and opportunities to arise to teach (esp. for (North)-American believers)
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/2.html 2] - Moral/Social Needs in Teaching in American nations
**Reason for American ''believers''' Special Role/Distinction and need to impact the country's morals as a whole (par. [[adj2p:1|1]]-[[adj2p:5|5]], [[adj2p:7|7]])
***Need to embody the country's positive characteristics (par. [[adj2p:|6]])
**Moral/Social prerequisites for successful teaching (par. [[adj2p:8|8]]-[[adj2p:10|10]], [[adj2p:32|32]])
***Rectitude of conduct (esp. for elected representatives) (par. [[adj2p:11|11]]-[[adj2p:17|17]])
***Chaste and holy life (esp. youth) (par. [[adj2p:18|18]]-[[adj2p:23|23]])
***Freedom from racial prejudice (esp. between black and white) (par. [[adj2p:24|24]]-[[adj2p:31|31]])
**Need and encouragement to overcome tests and criticism (par. [[adj2p:33|33]]-[[adj2p:35|35]])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/3.html 3] - Individual Teaching and the Seven Year Plan
**Seven Year Plan (par. [[adj3p:1|1]]-[[adj3p:2|2]])
**Importance of teaching (par. [[adj3p:3|3]]-[[adj3p:4|4]]) and Urgency of Teaching (par. [[adj3p:8|8]]-[[adj3p:12|12]])
**Opportunities for all, even the most humble in teaching (par. [[adj3p:5|5]]-[[adj3p:7|7]])
**Preparation for teaching
***Study (par. [[adj3p:13|13]])
***Learn the language where they may pioneer (par. [[adj3p:14|14]])
***Individual initiative in devising and executing personal teaching plans (par. [[adj3p:15|15]]-[[adj3p:16|16]])
***Work closely with teaching agencies (esp. pioneers) (par. [[adj3p:17|17]])
***Incorporate concern for teaching in all facets of life (personal circumstances, with Assembly, in summer school, travel-teaching) (par. [[adj3p:18|18]])
***Particular need to enhance diversity by attracting "Negro, the Indian, the Eskimo, and Jewish races" (par. [[adj3p:19|19]])
**Pioneering (agency and individual responsibilities and encouragement)
***Toward establishing Faith in isolated centers and setting up institutions (par. [[adj3p:20|20]], [[adj3p:22|22]], [[adj3p:23|23]], [[adj3p:28|28]]-[[adj3p:30|30]])
***Needs inside the U.S. (par. [[adj3p:21|21]])
***Role of Canada (par. [[adj3p:21|21]])
***Need to arise (and encouragement) (par. [[adj3p:24|24]]-[[adj3p:27|27]])
***Special administrative tasks (material resources, literature, publicity, survey of circumstances) (par. [[adj3p:31|31]]) including Translation (par. [[adj3p:32|32]])
***Need for pioneers to associate with diverse peoples and familiarize selves with culture (par. [[adj3p:33|33]])
***Need for those unable to pioneer to attract such immigrants (though not proselytizing) (par. [[adj3p:34|34]])
***Need for pioneers to strive for financial independence (par. [[adj3p:35|35]], [[adj3p:37|37]])
***Need for pioneers to collaborative with sending agency and with fellow believers (par. [[adj3p:36|36]])
**Special role/boldness of women in teaching (par. [[adj3p:38|38]])
**Youth appeal (par. [[adj3p:39|39]])
**Special importance of Panama and other Central/South American countries (par. [[adj3p:40|40]])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/4.html 4] - Encouragement (ends with supporting passages from Bahá'u'lláh - par. [[adj4p:7|7]]-[[adj4p:13|13]])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/adj/5.html 5] - Destiny of American nation as a whole

[[Category:Outline]]

Compilations

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See a list of compilations of the Bahá'í World Centre at: http://bahai-library.com/?collection=Compilation_BWC

See a list of personal compilations at: http://bahai-library.com/?collection=Compilation_personal

==The degree of influence the inclusion of an item in a compilation prepared under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, has on confirming its legitimacy==

* See http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_authentic_quotations_pilgrims.html

==Making compilations==
* See [[compilation making]]

==Compilation listings==
(These main compilations below can have their own listings, particularly if they have content not available elsewhere. This can allow discussion of these not-elsewhere-published items by their (now) primary source. The corresponding wiki page can also indicate which items were not available elsewhere online, which were not in print at all, and which were available elsewhere online.

===Compilations (by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)===

*[[Agriculture and Rural Life]]
*[[Arts and Architecture (compilation)]]
*[[Arts and Crafts (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Burial (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Education (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Elections (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Funds and Contributions (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Meetings (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Scholarship (compilation)]]
*[[Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects]]
*[[Centres of Bahá'í Learning]]
*[[Chaste and Holy Life, A]]
*[[Consent of Parents to Marriage, The]]
*[[Conservation of the Earth's Resources]]
*[[Consultation (compilation)]]
*[[Covenant (compilation)]]
*[[Crisis and Victory (compilation)]]
*[[Criticism (compilation)]]
*[[Defined a "Minority" for the Purpose of Resolving a Tie for Ninth Place in a Bahá'í Election]]
*[[Devotional Gatherings, Selected Guidance concerning]]
*[[Divorce (compilation)]]
*[[Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (compilation)]]
*[[Economics, Agriculture, and Related Subjects]]
*[[Electronic Communication with Covenant-breakers]]
*[[Establishment of The Universal House of Justice]]
*[[Europe (compilation)]]
*[[Excellence in All Things]]
*[[Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of Inheritance]]
*[[Family Life (compilation)]]
*[[Fire and Light]]
*[[Formative Age of Our Faith, Significance of the]]
*[[Functions and Importance of the Hazíratu'l-Quds]]
*[[Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland]]
*[[Gift of Teaching]]
*[[Guidance to Poets]]
*[[Guidelines for Teaching]]
*[[Health, Healing, and Nutrition]]
*[[Hidden Words (compilation)]]
*[[Holocaust and the Greater Plan of God, The]]
*[[Homosexuality (compilation)]]
*[[Humor and Laughter]]
*[[Huqúqu'lláh (compilation)]]
*[[Importance of Deepening]] (Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith) (also published under ''Pearls of Wisdom'')
*[[Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting]]
*[[Importance of Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude]]
*[[Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith]]
*[[Islands of the North Sea (compilation)]]
*[[Islands of the South Pacific (compilation)]]
*[[Issues Concerning Community Functioning]]
*[[Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith]]
*[[Living the Life]]
*[[Local Spiritual Assemblies (compilation)]]
*[[Local Spiritual Assembly (compilation)]]
*[[Music (compilation)]]
*[[National Convention (compilation)]]
*[[National Spiritual Assembly (compilation)]]
*[[Nature (compilation)]]
*[[Nineteen Day Feast (compilation)]]
*[[Non-association with Covenant-breakers]]
*[[Obligatory Prayer, Exemption from]]
*[[Old and New Testaments]]
*[[Opposition (compilation)]]
*[[Peace (compilation)]]
*[[Photographs of Bahá'u'lláh; William Miller (compilation)]]
*[[Power of Divine Assistance]]
*[[Preserving Bahá'í Marriages]]
*[[Prohibition on Drinking Alcohol]]
*[[Prominent People (compilation)]]
*[[Promoting Entry by Troops]]
*[[Psychology and Knowledge of Self]]
*[[Redistribution of Wealth (compilation)]]
*[[Removal of Administative Rights (compilation)]]
*[[Representations of the Manifestations of God and the Master]]
*[[Reproduction and other Biological Subjects]]
*[[Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review]]
*[[Scholarship (compilation)]]
*[[Science and Technology (compilation)]]
*[[Scriptures of Previous Dispensations]]
*[[Socrates (compilation)]]
*[[Studying the Writings of the Guardian]]
*[[Teaching the Masses]]
*[[Traditional African Culture, Aspects of]]
*[[Translation and provisional translations]]
*[[Trustworthiness: A Cardinal Baha'i Virtue]]
*[[Resurrection (extracts)]]
*[[Unlocking the Power of Action]]
*[[Use of Radio and Television in Teaching, The.]]
*[[Women (compilation)]]
*[[Writers and Writing]]
*[[Writings of Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of the Faith]]
*[[Youth (compilation)]]

===Compilations (by National Spiritual Assemblies)===
*[['Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy]]
*[[Bahá'í Prayers]]
*[[Bahá'í Scriptures]]
*[[Bahá'í World Faith]]
*[[Bahíyyih Khánum (compilation)]]
*[[Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities]]
**[[Guidance for Bahá'í Groups]]
**[[Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies on Domestic Violence]]

===Compilations (by individuals)===
*[[Japan Will Turn Ablaze]]
*[[Letters and Extracts of Writings from the Guardian Published in Bahá'í News 1924-1934]], Compilation of
*[[Lights of Guidance]]
*[[Selected Communications from the Universal House of Justice Concerning North East Asia Area Including Japan|North East Asia Communications]]

===''Compilation of Compilations''===
* [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_compilations_1.html vol. 1], [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_compilations_2.html vol. 2], or [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_compilations_3.html vol. 3] (or see the respective sections above)

Compilations

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See a list of compilations of the Bahá'í World Centre at: http://bahai-library.com/?collection=Compilation_BWC

See a list of personal compilations at: http://bahai-library.com/?collection=Compilation_personal

==The degree of influence the inclusion of an item in a compilation prepared under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice, has on confirming its legitimacy==

* See http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_authentic_quotations_pilgrims.html

==Making compilations==
* See [[compilation making]]

==Compilation listings==
(These main compilations below can have their own listings, particularly if they have content not available elsewhere. This can allow discussion of these not-elsewhere-published items by their (now) primary source. The corresponding wiki page can also indicate which items were not available elsewhere online, which were not in print at all, and which were available elsewhere online.

===Compilations (by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)===

*[[Agriculture and Rural Life]]
*[[Arts and Architecture (compilation)]]
*[[Arts and Crafts (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Burial (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Education (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Elections (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Funds and Contributions (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Meetings (compilation)]]
*[[Bahá'í Scholarship (compilation)]]
*[[Buddha, Krishna, Zoroaster and Related Subjects]]
*[[Centres of Bahá'í Learning]]
*[[Chaste and Holy Life, A]]
*[[Consent of Parents to Marriage, The]]
*[[Conservation of the Earth's Resources]]
*[[Consultation (compilation)]]
*[[Covenant (compilation)]]
*[[Crisis and Victory (compilation)]]
*[[Criticism (compilation)]]
*[[Defined a "Minority" for the Purpose of Resolving a Tie for Ninth Place in a Bahá'í Election]]
*[[Devotional Gatherings, Selected Guidance concerning]]
*[[Divorce (compilation)]]
*[[Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union (compilation)]]
*[[Economics, Agriculture, and Related Subjects]]
*[[Electronic Communication with Covenant-breakers]]
*[[Establishment of The Universal House of Justice]]
*[[Europe (compilation)]]
*[[Excellence in All Things]]
*[[Extracts from Four Tablets by Abdu'l-Bahá Concerning the Question of Inheritance]]
*[[Family Life (compilation)]]
*[[Fire and Light]]
*[[Formative Age of Our Faith, Significance of the]]
*[[Functions and Importance of the Hazíratu'l-Quds]]
*[[Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland]]
*[[Gift of Teaching]]
*[[Guidance to Poets]]
*[[Guidelines for Teaching]]
*[[Health, Healing, and Nutrition]]
*[[Hidden Words (compilation)]]
*[[Holocaust and the Greater Plan of God, The]]
*[[Homosexuality (compilation)]]
*[[Humor and Laughter]]
*[[Huqúqu'lláh (compilation)]]
*[[Importance of Deepening]] (Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith) (also published under ''Pearls of Wisdom'')
*[[Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting]]
*[[Importance of Prayer, Meditation, and the Devotional Attitude]]
*[[Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith]]
*[[Islands of the North Sea (compilation)]]
*[[Islands of the South Pacific (compilation)]]
*[[Issues Concerning Community Functioning]]
*[[Issues Related to the Study of the Bahá'í Faith]]
*[[Living the Life]]
*[[Local Spiritual Assemblies (compilation)]]
*[[Local Spiritual Assembly (compilation)]]
*[[Music (compilation)]]
*[[National Convention (compilation)]]
*[[National Spiritual Assembly (compilation)]]
*[[Nature (compilation)]]
*[[Nineteen Day Feast (compilation)]]
*[[Non-association with Covenant-breakers]]
*[[Obligatory Prayer, Exemption from]]
*[[Old and New Testaments]]
*[[Opposition (compilation)]]
*[[Peace (compilation)]]
*[[Photographs of Bahá'u'lláh; William Miller (compilation)]]
*[[Power of Divine Assistance]]
*[[Preserving Bahá'í Marriages]]
*[[Prohibition on Drinking Alcohol]]
*[[Prominent People (compilation)]]
*[[Promoting Entry by Troops]]
*[[Psychology and Knowledge of Self]]
*[[Redistribution of Wealth (compilation)]]
*[[Removal of Administative Rights (compilation)]]
*[[Representations of the Manifestations of God and the Master]]
*[[Reproduction and other Biological Subjects]]
*[[Reviewing: Practice and Functions of Literature Review]]
*[[Scholarship (compilation)]]
*[[Science and Technology (compilation)]]
*[[Scriptures of Previous Dispensations]]
*[[Socrates (compilation)]]
*[[Studying the Writings of the Guardian]]
*[[Teaching the Masses]]
*[[Traditional African Culture, Aspects of]]
*[[Translation and provisional translations]]
*[[Trustworthiness: A Cardinal Baha'i Virtue]]
*[[Resurrection (extracts)]]
*[[Unlocking the Power of Action]]
*[[Use of Radio and Television in Teaching, The.]]
*[[Women (compilation)]]
*[[Writers and Writing]]
*[[Writings of Covenant-breakers and other Enemies of the Faith]]
*[[Youth (compilation)]]

===Compilations (by National Spiritual Assemblies)===
*[['Abdu'l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy]]
*[[Bahá'í Prayers]]
*[[Bahá'í Scriptures]]
*[[Bahá'í World Faith]]
*[[Bahíyyih Khánum (compilation)]]
*[[Developing Distinctive Bahá'í Communities]]
**[[Guidance for Bahá'í Groups]]
**[[Guidelines for Spiritual Assemblies on Domestic Violence]]

===Compilations (by individuals)===
*[[Japan Will Turn Ablaze]]
*[[Letters and Extracts of Writings from the Guardian Published in Bahá'í News 1924-1934]], Compilation of
*[[Lights of Guidance]]
*[[Selected Communications from the Universal House of Justice Concerning North East Asia Area Including Japan|North East Asia Communications]]

===''Compilation of Compilations''
* [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_compilations_1.html vol. 1] and [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_compilations_2.html vol. 2] or [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_compilations_3.html vol. 3] (or see the respective sections above)

Christ

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==Proofs of validity/description of aspects of His life==
* http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/06.html

==Scholarship concerning Bahá'í perspective on==
* http://bahai-library.com/?file=fazel_abdulbaha_christ_christianity.html

==See also==
* [[Bible]]

Traveler's Narrative

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#REDIRECT [[Travelers Narrative]]

Foundations of World Unity

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Read online at http://bahai-library.com/?file=abdulbaha_foundations_world_unity.html .

Cross-referenced to ''The [[Promulgation of Universal Peace]]'' and other works at http://bahai-library.com/?file=zamir_fwu_crossreferenced.html

==Notes on authenticity==

From a memorandum of the Research department dated 28 March 1996 at http://www.bahai-library.com/uhj/authenticity.texts.html :

*"The Research Department can not, at present, provide a detailed listing of which extracts from "Foundations of World Unity" and "Baha'i World Faith" are authentic and which are not as, to date, such a listing has not been compiled. Mr. ... can feel free to inquire about the status of specific extracts in which he is interested. We note that the majority of the passages in "Foundations of World Unity" are extracted from talks of Abdu'l-Baha published in "The Promulgation of Universal Peace"."

==Unique items to this work (corresponding to their wiki page)==
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/fwu/sec-10.html COOPERATION] - [[FWU-Cooperation]] (newer translation in ''[[Redistribution of Wealth (compilation)]]'', no. [http://bahai-library.com/?file=compilation_redistribution_wealth.html#9 9])
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/fwu/sec-13.html THE MICROCOSM AND THE MACROCOSM] - [[FWU-MicrocosmMacrocosm]]
*[http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/fwu/sec-8.html RACIAL HARMONY] - has a markedly different translation at PUP, pp. [[pup:44]]-[[pup:46|46]]; [[FWU-RacialHarmony]]

Spiritual-Ethical-Religious

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==Spiritual-Ethical-Religious defined==

'Abdu'l-Bahá in Chapter [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/03.html 3] of [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/ Some Answered Questions], describes spiritual (or "divine") education (here, affairs) in the following terms: "Divine education is that of the Kingdom of God: it consists in acquiring divine perfections, and this is true education; for in this state man becomes the focus of divine blessings, the manifestation of the words, "Let Us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness." <nowiki>[Cf. Gen. 1:</nowiki>[[bible:Genesis 1:26|26]].] This is the goal of the world of humanity."

==Categorization==

===[[Prayer-Mystical-Meditation]] and [[Fast|Fasting]]=== (see also Protagonist--Institution-Community-[[Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]])
===[[Study of Spiritual Subjects]]===
# [[Theology]]
## [[God]]
## [[Religion]] ([[Prophets]] is also relevant and includes other holy figures not designated as Prophets)
## [[Mankind]]
## [[Nature]]
## [[spiritual-intellectual concepts and realities]]
# [[Reading the Writings]] (Deepening/Scholarship/Training)
# [[Bahá'í History]] (prior to Faith and for this Faith, concerning/impacting non-Bahá'í world and within Bahá'í community)
# [[Moral Teachings]] (and moral laws)
# [[Teaching-the-Faith Teachings]] (methods, goals, prerequisites, etc.)
# [[Social Teachings]] and [[laws]]
# [[Administrative Teachings]]
===[[Virtues]]===
(also integrated (as potentially with all sections) within [[Material-Physical]] and [[Human--Intellectual-Arts-Social-Professional-Administrative]] above as well as [[protagonist]], [[sequences]], etc. sections)
# Subcategorized [[List of virtues]]
===[[Service]] to Cause===
(excluding teaching (below) - e.g., processing paperwork, research, Archives, etc.) and to one's profession/mankind
===[[Bahá'í Funds]]===
(Faith and poor - spiritual and material education, health, etc.)

===[[Spiritual Infrastructure]]===
([[Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]] House of Worship; the "material" "intellectual", "social", and "administrative" dependencies must all be infused with the spirit but are listed under [[Material-Physical]])
===[[Teaching]] (the Cause)===

Spiritual-Ethical-Religious

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==Spiritual-Ethical-Religious defined==

'Abdu'l-Bahá in Chapter [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/03.html 3] of [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/ Some Answered Questions], describes spiritual (or "divine") education (here, affairs) in the following terms: "Divine education is that of the Kingdom of God: it consists in acquiring divine perfections, and this is true education; for in this state man becomes the focus of divine blessings, the manifestation of the words, "Let Us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness." <nowiki>[Cf. Gen. 1:</nowiki>[[bible:Genesis 1:26|26]].] This is the goal of the world of humanity."

==Categorization==

===[[Prayer-Mystical-Meditation]] and [[Fast|Fasting]]=== (see also Protagonist--Institution-Community-[[Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]])
===[[Study of Spiritual Subjects]]===
# [[Theology]]
## [[God]]
## [[Religion]] ([[Prophets]] is also relevant and includes other holy figures not designated as Prophets)
## [[Mankind]]
## [[Nature]]
## [[spiritual-intellectual concepts and realities]]
# [[Reading the Writings]] (Deepening/Scholarship/Training)
# [[Bahá'í History]] (prior to Faith and for this Faith, concerning/impacting non-Bahá'í world and within Bahá'í community)
# [[Moral Teachings]] (and moral laws)
# [[Teaching-the-Faith Teachings]] (methods, goals, prerequisites, etc.)
# [[Social Teachings]] and [[laws]]
# [[Administrative Teachings]]
===[[Virtues]]===
(also integrated (as potentially with all sections) within [[Material-Physical]] and [[Human--Intellectual-Arts-Social-Professional-Administrative]] above as well as [[protagonist]], [[sequences]], etc. sections)
# Subcategorized [[List of virtues]]
===[[Service]] to Cause===
(excluding teaching (below) - e.g., processing paperwork, research, Archives, etc.) and to one's profession/mankind
===[[Baha'i Funds]]===
(Faith and poor - spiritual and material education, health, etc.)
===[[Spiritual Infrastructure]]===
([[Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]] House of Worship; the "material" "intellectual", "social", and "administrative" dependencies must all be infused with the spirit but are listed under [[Material-Physical]])
===[[Teaching]] (the Cause)===

Spiritual-Ethical-Religious

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==Spiritual-Ethical-Religious defined==

'Abdu'l-Bahá in Chapter [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/03.html 3] of [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/saq/ Some Answered Questions], describes spiritual (or "divine") education (here, affairs) in the following terms: "Divine education is that of the Kingdom of God: it consists in acquiring divine perfections, and this is true education; for in this state man becomes the focus of divine blessings, the manifestation of the words, "Let Us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness." <nowiki>[Cf. Gen. 1:</nowiki>[[bible:Genesis 1:26|26]].]] This is the goal of the world of humanity."

==Categorization==

===[[Prayer-Mystical-Meditation]] and [[Fast|Fasting]]=== (see also Protagonist--Institution-Community-[[Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]])
===[[Study of Spiritual Subjects]]===
# [[Theology]]
## [[God]]
## [[Religion]] ([[Prophets]] is also relevant and includes other holy figures not designated as Prophets)
## [[Mankind]]
## [[Nature]]
## [[spiritual-intellectual concepts and realities]]
# [[Reading the Writings]] (Deepening/Scholarship/Training)
# [[Bahá'í History]] (prior to Faith and for this Faith, concerning/impacting non-Bahá'í world and within Bahá'í community)
# [[Moral Teachings]] (and moral laws)
# [[Teaching-the-Faith Teachings]] (methods, goals, prerequisites, etc.)
# [[Social Teachings]] and [[laws]]
# [[Administrative Teachings]]
===[[Virtues]]===
(also integrated (as potentially with all sections) within [[Material-Physical]] and [[Human--Intellectual-Arts-Social-Professional-Administrative]] above as well as [[protagonist]], [[sequences]], etc. sections)
# Subcategorized [[List of virtues]]
===[[Service]] to Cause===
(excluding teaching (below) - e.g., processing paperwork, research, Archives, etc.) and to one's profession/mankind
===[[Baha'i Funds]]===
(Faith and poor - spiritual and material education, health, etc.)
===[[Spiritual Infrastructure]]===
([[Mashriqu'l-Adhkár]] House of Worship; the "material" "intellectual", "social", and "administrative" dependencies must all be infused with the spirit but are listed under [[Material-Physical]])
===[[Teaching]] (the Cause)===

Green

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e.g., color of [[the Báb]]'s turban

By description

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==Colors==
* [[Green]]

By action

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e.g., [[smoking]]

Traveler’s Narrative

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#REDIRECT [[Travelers Narrative]]

Writings by subject

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'''''List of Books the Writings Encourage Us to Read'''''

==Legened for list below==
* ro Works the Writings enjoin should be read over and over and mastered.
* ra Works which are to be read (and applied)
* ru Works which are to be read, understood, and communicated (at the very least for those interested in the topic)

Unmarked works are recommended to be read, particularly in connection with those interested in the subject matter it covers.

Parenthetical works, however, are not specifically recommended or enjoined for believers to read.

There will of course be overlap between the works below and is not a wholly complete list. You may wish to add to it.

==Overview of Literature==
* (ro) [[Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era]] (introduction-though may be surpassed in future)

==Proofs==
* (ro) [[Kitáb-i-Íqán]]
* ro[[Some Answered Questions]]
* A Book should be created to compile the proofs (might read existing ones) for reference for those who ask for them
*(ru) Works of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and other believers
*(ru) [[Christ and Bahá'u'lláh]]
*(ru) Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ([[Promulgation of Universal Peace]], [[Paris Talks]], [[`Abdu'l-Bahá in London]]–though original in Persian is not obtainable)
*(ru) [[Qur'án]]/Islám
*(ru) [[Bible]]

==Theology/Basic Teachings==
* (ro) [[Gleanings]] (use for teaching)

==History==
* (ro) [[Dawn-Breakers]] (use for comfort, teaching, arts, pilgrimage)
* (ro) [[God Passes By]]

*([[Traveler’s Narrative]])
*([[Memorials of the Faithful]])
*([[Secret of Divine Civilization]])
* Martha Root's book on Táhirih in reference to Táhirih
*([[Promised Day is Come]])

*[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]] (re: Islám)
*[[Cry from the Heart]] (martyrs in Írán)
*[[To Move the World]] (Louis Gregory) (esp. re: race relations)

==On Central Figures, Covenants, and Stations==

*(ru) “[[Book of My Covenant]]” (in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh) (and [[Súriy-i-Ghusn]])
*(ru) Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (included in [[World Order of Bahá’u’lláh]])
*(ru) [[Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]]

==Morality/Character==
* ro[[Hidden Words]] (recite in morning and evening, and apply)
*(ru) [[Advent of Divine Justice]] (character education work for youth)
** inspire them to follow Bahá'í way of life
** morality, chastity esp. for youth
** foster obedience to laws as against alcohol & drugs
** on prejudice
** moral rectitude in conduct (esp. for representatives of Faith)
* ro The [[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh]] – [[Bishárát]], [[Ishráqát]], [[Tajallíyyát]], [[Tarázát]], [[Kalimát]] & other important Tablets when they are published (Book of the Covenant), presumably the Most Holy Tablet and [[Tablet of Carmel]], the Tablet of Wisdom, Tablet of the World?

==Laws==
* (ra) [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]]

==For Pilgrimage==
*[[Dawn-Breakers]], see pilgrimage reading sheet for others

==World Order and Economy==
*(ru) [[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]] (includes Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh)
*([[Turning Point for All Nations]])
*(ru) [[Prosperity of Humankind]]
*(ru) [[Who’s Writing the Future?]]
*([[Foundations of World Unity]]--Talk on [[Cooperation|FWU-Cooperation]])
*([[Lights of Guidance]], vol. iii. re: economic sections)

==Spiritual Sustenance==
*(ro)[[Prayers and Meditations]]
*Listed as most important for development of youth
*[[Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]] to be read at meetings *([[Selections from the Writings of ’Abdu’l-Bahá]]?)

==Teaching Goals (and Methods)==

* (ra)[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]
(as noted by National Spiritual Assembly as relevant to the time, toward unlocking teaching potential)
supplemented by:
* (ra) [[Advent of Divine Justice]]
* (ra) [[Citadel of Faith]] (“America in Time of World Peril”, “Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour”)
* Tablets (on teaching)

==Todos for this page==
(Note: need to show the Writings verifying the information in the legend on the need to read (e.g., over and over again) by linking to the corresponding page/quotations such as at http://bahai-library.com/zamir/sm -- e.g., on the proofs lead to http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?9 or import its quotations here somehow)

Writings by subject

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'''''List of Books the Writings Encourage Us to Read'''''

==Legened for list below==
* ro Works the Writings enjoin should be read over and over and mastered.
* ra Works which are to be read (and applied)
* ru Works which are to be read, understood, and communicated (at the very least for those interested in the topic)

Unmarked works are recommended to be read, particularly in connection with those interested in the subject matter it covers.

Parenthetical works, however, are not specifically recommended or enjoined for believers to read.

There will of course be overlap between the works below and is not a wholly complete list. You may wish to add to it.

==Overview of Literature==
* (ro) [[Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era]] (introduction-though may be surpassed in future)

==Proofs==
* (ro) [[Kitáb-i-Íqán]]
* ro[[Some Answered Questions]]
* A Book should be created to compile the proofs (might read existing ones) for reference for those who ask for them
*(ru) Works of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and other believers
*(ru) [[Christ and Bahá'u'lláh]]
*(ru) Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ([[Promulgation of Universal Peace]], [[Paris Talks]], [[`Abdu'l-Bahá in London]]–though original in Persian is not obtainable)
*(ru) [[Qur'án]]/Islám
*(ru) [[Bible]]

==Theology/Basic Teachings==
* (ro) [[Gleanings]] (use for teaching)

==History==
* (ro) [[Dawn-Breakers]] (use for comfort, teaching, arts, pilgrimage)
* (ro) [[God Passes By]]

*([[Traveler's Narrative]])
*([[Memorials of the Faithful]])
*([[Secret of Divine Civilization]])
* Martha Root's book on Táhirih in reference to Táhirih
*([[Promised Day is Come]])

*[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]] (re: Islám)
*[[Cry from the Heart]] (martyrs in Írán)
*[[To Move the World]] (Louis Gregory) (esp. re: race relations)

==On Central Figures, Covenants, and Stations==

*(ru) “[[Book of My Covenant]]” (in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh) (and [[Súriy-i-Ghusn]])
*(ru) Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (included in [[World Order of Bahá’u’lláh]])
*(ru) [[Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]]

==Morality/Character==
* ro[[Hidden Words]] (recite in morning and evening, and apply)
*(ru) [[Advent of Divine Justice]] (character education work for youth)
** inspire them to follow Bahá'í way of life
** morality, chastity esp. for youth
** foster obedience to laws as against alcohol & drugs
** on prejudice
** moral rectitude in conduct (esp. for representatives of Faith)
* ro The [[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh]] – [[Bishárát]], [[Ishráqát]], [[Tajallíyyát]], [[Tarázát]], [[Kalimát]] & other important Tablets when they are published (Book of the Covenant), presumably the Most Holy Tablet and [[Tablet of Carmel]], the Tablet of Wisdom, Tablet of the World?

==Laws==
* (ra) [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]]

==For Pilgrimage==
*[[Dawn-Breakers]], see pilgrimage reading sheet for others

==World Order and Economy==
*(ru) [[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]] (includes Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh)
*([[Turning Point for All Nations]])
*(ru) [[Prosperity of Humankind]]
*(ru) [[Who’s Writing the Future?]]
*([[Foundations of World Unity]]--Talk on [[Cooperation|FWU-Cooperation]])
*([[Lights of Guidance]], vol. iii. re: economic sections)

==Spiritual Sustenance==
*(ro)[[Prayers and Meditations]]
*Listed as most important for development of youth
*[[Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]] to be read at meetings *([[Selections from the Writings of ’Abdu’l-Bahá]]?)

==Teaching Goals (and Methods)==

* (ra)[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]
(as noted by National Spiritual Assembly as relevant to the time, toward unlocking teaching potential)
supplemented by:
* (ra) [[Advent of Divine Justice]]
* (ra) [[Citadel of Faith]] (“America in Time of World Peril”, “Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour”)
* Tablets (on teaching)

==Todos for this page==
(Note: need to show the Writings verifying the information in the legend on the need to read (e.g., over and over again) by linking to the corresponding page/quotations such as at http://bahai-library.com/zamir/sm -- e.g., on the proofs lead to http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?9 or import its quotations here somehow)

Writings by subject

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'''''List of Books the Writings Encourage Us to Read'''''

==Legened for list below==
* ro Works the Writings enjoin should be read over and over and mastered.
* ra Works which are to be read (and applied)
* ru Works which are to be read, understood, and communicated (at the very least for those interested in the topic)

Unmarked works are recommended to be read, particularly in connection with those interested in the subject matter it covers.

Parenthetical works, however, are not specifically recommended or enjoined for believers to read.

There will of course be overlap between the works below and is not a wholly complete list. You may wish to add to it.

==Overview of Literature==
* (ro) [[Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era]] (introduction-though may be surpassed in future)

==Proofs==
* (ro) [[Kitáb-i-Íqán]]
* ro[[Some Answered Questions]]
* A Book should be created to compile the proofs (might read existing ones) for reference for those who ask for them
*(ru) Works of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and other believers
*(ru) [[Christ and Bahá'u'lláh]]
*(ru) Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ([[Promulgation of Universal Peace]], [[Paris Talks]], [[`Abdu'l-Bahá in London]]–though original in Persian is not obtainable)
*(ru) [[Qur'án]]/Islám
*(ru) [[Bible]]

==Theology/Basic Teachings==
* (ro) [[Gleanings]] (use for teaching)

==History==
* (ro) [[Dawn-Breakers]] (use for comfort, teaching, arts, pilgrimage)
* (ro) [[God Passes By]]

*([[Traveler's Narrative]])
*([[Memorials of the Faithful]])
*([[Secret of Divine Civilization]])
* Martha Root's book on Táhirih in reference to Táhirih
*([[Promised Day is Come]])

*[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]] (re: Islám)
*[[Cry from the Heart]] (martyrs in Írán)
*[[To Move the World]] (Louis Gregory) (esp. re: race relations)

==On Central Figures, Covenants, and Stations==

*(ru) “[[Book of My Covenant]]” (in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh) (and [[Súriy-i-Ghusn]])
*(ru) Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (included in [[World Order of Bahá’u’lláh]])
*(ru) [[Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]]

==Morality/Character==
* ro[[Hidden Words]] (recite in morning and evening, and apply)
*(ru) [[Advent of Divine Justice]] (character education work for youth)
** inspire them to follow Bahá'í way of life
** morality, chastity esp. for youth
** foster obedience to laws as against alcohol & drugs
** on prejudice
** moral rectitude in conduct (esp. for representatives of Faith)
* ro The [[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh]] – [[Bishárát]], [[Ishráqát]], [[Tajallíyyát]], [[Tarázát]], [[Kalimát]] & other important Tablets when they are published (Book of the Covenant), presumably the Most Holy Tablet and [[Tablet of Carmel]], the Tablet of Wisdom, Tablet of the World?

==Laws==
* (ra) [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]]

==For Pilgrimage==
*[[Dawn-Breakers]], see pilgrimage reading sheet for others

==World Order and Economy==
*(ru) [[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]] (includes Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh)
*([[Turning Point for All Nations]])
*(ru) [[Prosperity of Humankind]]
*(ru) [[Who’s Writing the Future?]]
*([[Foundations of World Unity]]--Talk on [[Cooperation|FWU-Cooperation]])
*([[Lights of Guidance]], vol. iii. re: economic sections)

==Spiritual Sustenance==
*(ro)[[Prayers and Meditations]]
*Listed as most important for development of youth
*[[Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]] to be read at meetings *([[Selections from the Writings of ’Abdu’l-Bahá]]?)

==Teaching Goals (and Methods)==

* (ra)[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]
(as noted by National Spiritual Assembly as relevant to the time, toward unlocking teaching potential)
supplemented by:
* (ra) [[Advent of Divine Justice]]
* (ra) [[Citadel of Faith]] (“America in Time of World Peril”, “Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour”)
* Tablets (on teaching)

==Todos for this page==
(Note: need to show the Writings verifying the information in the legend on the need to read (e.g., over and over again) by linking to the corresponding page/quotations such as at http://bahai-library.com/zamir/sm -- e.g., on the proofs lead to http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?9 or import its quotations here somehow)

Writings by subject

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65.248.8.126: /* Overview of Literature */

'''''List of Books the Writings Encourage Us to Read'''''

==Legened for list below==
* ro Works the Writings enjoin should be read over and over and mastered.
* ra Works which are to be read (and applied)
* ru Works which are to be read, understood, and communicated (at the very least for those interested in the topic)

Unmarked works are recommended to be read, particularly in connection with those interested in the subject matter it covers.

Parenthetical works, however, are not specifically recommended or enjoined for believers to read.

There will of course be overlap between the works below and is not a wholly complete list. You may wish to add to it.

==Overview of Literature==
* (ro) [[Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era]] (introduction-though may be surpassed in future)

==Proofs==
* (ro) [[Kitáb-i-Íqán]]
* ro[[Some Answered Questions]]
* A Book should be created to compile the proofs (might read existing ones) for reference for those who ask for them
*(ru) Works of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and other believers
*(ru) [[Christ and Bahá'u'lláh]]
*(ru) Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ([[Promulgation of Universal Peace]], [[Paris Talks]], [[`Abdu’l-Bahá in London]]–though original in Persian is not obtainable)
*(ru) [[Qur'án]]/Islám
*(ru) [[Bible]]

==Theology/Basic Teachings==
* (ro) [[Gleanings]] (use for teaching)

==History==
* (ro) [[Dawn-Breakers]] (use for comfort, teaching, arts, pilgrimage)
* (ro) [[God Passes By]]

*([[Traveler's Narrative]])
*([[Memorials of the Faithful]])
*([[Secret of Divine Civilization]])
* Martha Root's book on Táhirih in reference to Táhirih
*([[Promised Day is Come]])

*[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]] (re: Islám)
*[[Cry from the Heart]] (martyrs in Írán)
*[[To Move the World]] (Louis Gregory) (esp. re: race relations)

==On Central Figures, Covenants, and Stations==

*(ru) “[[Book of My Covenant]]” (in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh) (and [[Súriy-i-Ghusn]])
*(ru) Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (included in [[World Order of Bahá’u’lláh]])
*(ru) [[Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]]

==Morality/Character==
* ro[[Hidden Words]] (recite in morning and evening, and apply)
*(ru) [[Advent of Divine Justice]] (character education work for youth)
** inspire them to follow Bahá'í way of life
** morality, chastity esp. for youth
** foster obedience to laws as against alcohol & drugs
** on prejudice
** moral rectitude in conduct (esp. for representatives of Faith)
* ro The [[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh]] – [[Bishárát]], [[Ishráqát]], [[Tajallíyyát]], [[Tarázát]], [[Kalimát]] & other important Tablets when they are published (Book of the Covenant), presumably the Most Holy Tablet and [[Tablet of Carmel]], the Tablet of Wisdom, Tablet of the World?

==Laws==
* (ra) [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]]

==For Pilgrimage==
*[[Dawn-Breakers]], see pilgrimage reading sheet for others

==World Order and Economy==
*(ru) [[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]] (includes Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh)
*([[Turning Point for All Nations]])
*(ru) [[Prosperity of Humankind]]
*(ru) [[Who’s Writing the Future?]]
*([[Foundations of World Unity]]--Talk on [[Cooperation|FWU-Cooperation]])
*([[Lights of Guidance]], vol. iii. re: economic sections)

==Spiritual Sustenance==
*(ro)[[Prayers and Meditations]]
*Listed as most important for development of youth
*[[Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]] to be read at meetings *([[Selections from the Writings of ’Abdu’l-Bahá]]?)

==Teaching Goals (and Methods)==

* (ra)[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]
(as noted by National Spiritual Assembly as relevant to the time, toward unlocking teaching potential)
supplemented by:
* (ra) [[Advent of Divine Justice]]
* (ra) [[Citadel of Faith]] (“America in Time of World Peril”, “Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour”)
* Tablets (on teaching)

==Todos for this page==
(Note: need to show the Writings verifying the information in the legend on the need to read (e.g., over and over again) by linking to the corresponding page/quotations such as at http://bahai-library.com/zamir/sm -- e.g., on the proofs lead to http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?9 or import its quotations here somehow)

Writings by subject

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'''''List of Books the Writings Encourage Us to Read'''''

==Legened for list below==
* ro Works the Writings enjoin should be read over and over and mastered.
* ra Works which are to be read (and applied)
* ru Works which are to be read, understood, and communicated (at the very least for those interested in the topic)

Unmarked works are recommended to be read, particularly in connection with those interested in the subject matter it covers.

Parenthetical works, however, are not specifically recommended or enjoined for believers to read.

There will of course be overlap between the works below and is not a wholly complete list. You may wish to add to it.

==Overview of Literature==
* (ro) [[Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era]] (introduction-though may be surpassed in future)

==Proofs==
* (ro) [[Kitáb-i-Íqán]]
* ro[[Some Answered Questions]]
* A Book should be created to compile the proofs (might read existing ones) for reference for those who ask for them
*(ru) Works of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and other believers
*(ru) [[Christ and Bahá'u'lláh]]
*(ru) Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ([[Promulgation of Universal Peace]], [[Paris Talks]], [[`Abdu’l-Bahá in London]]–though original in Persian is not obtainable)
*(ru) [[Qur'án]]/Islám
*(ru) [[Bible]]

==Theology/Basic Teachings==
* (ro) [[Gleanings]] (use for teaching)

==History==
* (ro) [[Dawn-Breakers]] (use for comfort, teaching, arts, pilgrimage)
* (ro) [[God Passes By]]

*([[Traveler's Narrative]])
*([[Memorials of the Faithful]])
*([[Secret of Divine Civilization]])
* Martha Root's book on Táhirih in reference to Táhirih
*([[Promised Day is Come]])

*[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]] (re: Islám)
*[[Cry from the Heart]] (martyrs in Írán)
*[[To Move the World]] (Louis Gregory) (esp. re: race relations)

==On Central Figures, Covenants, and Stations==

*(ru) “[[Book of My Covenant]]” (in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh) (and [[Súriy-i-Ghusn]])
*(ru) Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (included in [[World Order of Bahá’u’lláh]])
*(ru) [[Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]]

==Morality/Character==
* ro[[Hidden Words]] (recite in morning and evening, and apply)
*(ru) [[Advent of Divine Justice]] (character education work for youth)
** inspire them to follow Bahá'í way of life
** morality, chastity esp. for youth
** foster obedience to laws as against alcohol & drugs
** on prejudice
** moral rectitude in conduct (esp. for representatives of Faith)
* ro The [[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh]] – [[Bishárát]], [[Ishráqát]], [[Tajallíyyát]], [[Tarázát]], [[Kalimát]] & other important Tablets when they are published (Book of the Covenant), presumably the Most Holy Tablet and [[Tablet of Carmel]], the Tablet of Wisdom, Tablet of the World?

==Laws==
* (ra) [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]]

==For Pilgrimage==
*[[Dawn-Breakers]], see pilgrimage reading sheet for others

==World Order and Economy==
*(ru) [[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]] (includes Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh)
*([[Turning Point for All Nations]])
*(ru) [[Prosperity of Humankind]]
*(ru) [[Who’s Writing the Future?]]
*([[Foundations of World Unity]]--Talk on [[Cooperation|FWU-Cooperation]])
*([[Lights of Guidance]], vol. iii. re: economic sections)

==Spiritual Sustenance==
*(ro)[[Prayers and Meditations]]
*Listed as most important for development of youth
*[[Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]] to be read at meetings *([[Selections from the Writings of ’Abdu’l-Bahá]]?)

==Teaching Goals (and Methods)==

* (ra)[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]
(as noted by National Spiritual Assembly as relevant to the time, toward unlocking teaching potential)
supplemented by:
* (ra) [[Advent of Divine Justice]]
* (ra) [[Citadel of Faith]] (“America in Time of World Peril”, “Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour”)
* Tablets (on teaching)

==Todos for this page==
(Note: need to show the Writings verifying the information in the legend on the need to read (e.g., over and over again) by linking to the corresponding page/quotations such as at http://bahai-library.com/zamir/sm -- e.g., on the proofs lead to http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?9 or import its quotations here somehow)

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London

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#REDIRECT [[`Abdu'l-Bahá in London]]

Writings by subject

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'''''List of Books the Writings Encourage Us to Read'''''

==Legened for list below==
* ro Works the Writings enjoin should be read over and over and mastered.
* ra Works which are to be read (and applied)
* ru Works which are to be read, understood, and communicated (at the very least for those interested in the topic)

Unmarked works are recommended to be read, particularly in connection with those interested in the subject matter it covers.

Parenthetical works, however, are not specifically recommended or enjoined for believers to read.

There will of course be overlap between the works below and is not a wholly complete list. You may wish to add to it.

==Overview of Literature==
* (ro) [[Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era]] (introduction-though may be surpassed in future)

==Proofs==
* (ro) [[Kitáb-i-Íqán]]
* ro[[Some Answered Questions]]
* A Book should be created to compile the proofs (might read existing ones) for reference for those who ask for them
*(ru) Works of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl and other believers
*(ru) [[Christ and Bahá'u'lláh]]
*(ru) Talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ([[Promulgation of Universal Peace]], [[Paris Talks]], [[‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London]]–though original in Persian is not obtainable)
*(ru) [[Qur’án]]/Islám
*(ru) [[Bible]]

==Theology/Basic Teachings==
* (ro) [[Gleanings]] (use for teaching)

==History==
* (ro) [[Dawn-Breakers]] (use for comfort, teaching, arts, pilgrimage)
* (ro) [[God Passes By]]

*([[Traveler's Narrative]])
*([[Memorials of the Faithful]])
*([[Secret of Divine Civilization]])
* Martha Root's book on Táhirih in reference to Táhirih
*([[Promised Day is Come]])

*[[History of the Intellectual Development of Europe]] (re: Islám)
*[[Cry from the Heart]] (martyrs in Írán)
*[[To Move the World]] (Louis Gregory) (esp. re: race relations)

==On Central Figures, Covenants, and Stations==

*(ru) “[[Book of My Covenant]]” (in Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh) (and [[Súriy-i-Ghusn]])
*(ru) Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh (included in [[World Order of Bahá’u’lláh]])
*(ru) [[Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]]

==Morality/Character==
* ro[[Hidden Words]] (recite in morning and evening, and apply)
*(ru) [[Advent of Divine Justice]] (character education work for youth)
** inspire them to follow Bahá'í way of life
** morality, chastity esp. for youth
** foster obedience to laws as against alcohol & drugs
** on prejudice
** moral rectitude in conduct (esp. for representatives of Faith)
* ro The [[Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh]] – [[Bishárát]], [[Ishráqát]], [[Tajallíyyát]], [[Tarázát]], [[Kalimát]] & other important Tablets when they are published (Book of the Covenant), presumably the Most Holy Tablet and [[Tablet of Carmel]], the Tablet of Wisdom, Tablet of the World?

==Laws==
* (ra) [[Kitáb-i-Aqdas]]

==For Pilgrimage==
*[[Dawn-Breakers]], see pilgrimage reading sheet for others

==World Order and Economy==
*(ru) [[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]] (includes Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh)
*([[Turning Point for All Nations]])
*(ru) [[Prosperity of Humankind]]
*(ru) [[Who’s Writing the Future?]]
*([[Foundations of World Unity]]--Talk on [[Cooperation|FWU-Cooperation]])
*([[Lights of Guidance]], vol. iii. re: economic sections)

==Spiritual Sustenance==
*(ro)[[Prayers and Meditations]]
*Listed as most important for development of youth
*[[Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]] to be read at meetings *([[Selections from the Writings of ’Abdu’l-Bahá]]?)

==Teaching Goals (and Methods)==

* (ra)[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]
(as noted by National Spiritual Assembly as relevant to the time, toward unlocking teaching potential)
supplemented by:
* (ra) [[Advent of Divine Justice]]
* (ra) [[Citadel of Faith]] (“America in Time of World Peril”, “Challenging Requirements of the Present Hour”)
* Tablets (on teaching)

==Todos for this page==
(Note: need to show the Writings verifying the information in the legend on the need to read (e.g., over and over again) by linking to the corresponding page/quotations such as at http://bahai-library.com/zamir/sm -- e.g., on the proofs lead to http://www.bahai-library.com/zamir/sm/?9 or import its quotations here somehow)

Writings on Accounts-Events of Bahá'u'lláh by date

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=Time periods=

==1817-1853==
===Childhood of Bahá'u'lláh===
**[[Lawh-i-Ra'ís]], par. [http://bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/slh/rais2.html#11 11]-[http://bahai-library.com/writings/bahaullah/slh/rais2.html#16 16]

==1853-1863==
*[]

==1863-1868==
*[]

==1868-1892==
*[]

Writings on accounts-events by date

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==Explanation of page==
Include here passages from (only) the authoritative Writings (beginning with Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, 'Abdu'l-Bahá, etc.) which narrate events (in the order of the time period with which they are concerned); pages may also be added to include narration of events outside of the pale of the Faith (or a comprehensive list in strict chronological order).

==Focused Historical Writings timelines==
*[[Writings on Accounts-Events of Bahá'u'lláh by date]]
*[[Writings on Accounts-Events of the Báb by date]]
*[[Writings on Accounts-Events of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by date]]

Writings on Accounts-Events of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by date

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==1844==
*[[Birth of 'Abdu'l-Bahá]]
**'[[God Passes By]]'', p. [[gpb:240|240]] (2nd par.)

Writings of the Báb

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==Printed Publications==
*''[[Selections from the Writings of the Báb]]''
*''[[Bahá'í Prayers]]'' (all references of the Báb here are also contained in ''Selections from the Writings of the Báb''; from the new edition of the prayer book at http://home.wanadoo.nl/arjenbolhuis/usa-2002.htm, the Prayers of the Báb there (in 11, 13, 14) can be found at Selections from the Writings of the Báb, pgs. [[swb:182|182]], [[swb:174|174]], [[swb:204|204]], respectively); the prayer at 15 is `O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' and is at ''[[Dawn-Breakers]]'', p. [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/2.html#30 30] and also published in British prayer book, p. 1.)
*[[Fire and Light]] (all of these excerpts are included in ''Selections from the Writings of the Báb'' above; see the page for the cross-references
*`O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' is itself a prayer (alone not published in ''[[Selections from the Writings of the Báb]]'' above except for the new U.S. prayer book, the British prayer book, p. 1, and the Dawn-Breakers, p. [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/2.html#30 30])

==Individual works==
{| border="1"
! LOC-BWC
! Tablet
|-
|B3-395 || [[Bayán (Arabic)]]
|-
|.B4-495 || [[Bayán (Persian)]]
|-
|.D3-395 || [[Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih]]
|-
|.K3-395 || [[Khasa’il-i-Sab’ih]]
|-
|.K5-595 || [[Kitáb-i-Asmá’]]
|-
|.K7-795 || [[Kitáb-i-Panj Sha’n]]
|-
|.K9-995 || [[Kitabu’r-Ruh]]
|-
|.L32-3295 || [[Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Aqasi]]
|-
|.L34-3495 || [[Lawh-i-Hurufat]]
|-
|.L36-3695 || [[Law-i-Muhammad Shah]]
|-
|.Q3-395 || [[Qayyúmu'l-Asmá]] (Ahsanu’l-Qisas)
|-
|.R3-395 || [[Risaliy-i-’Adliyyih]]
|-
|.R4-495 || [[Risaliy-i- Dhahabiyyih]]
|-
|.R5-595 || [[Risaliy-i-Fiqhiyyih]]
|-
|.R6-695 || [[Risaliy-i-Furu’-i-’Adliyyih]]
|-
|.S2-295 || [[Sahifatu’l-Haramayn]]
|-
|.S3-395 || [[Sahifiy-i-Ja’fariyyih]]
|-
|.S4-495 || [[Sahifiy-i-Makhdh umiyyih]]
|-
|.S5-595 || [[Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih]]
|-
|.S8-895 || [[Suriy-i-Tawhid]]
|-
|.T3-395 || [[Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih]]
|-
|.Z5-595 || [[Ziyarat-i-Sháh ‘Abdu’l-Azím]]
|-
|.Z9-995 || [[Other works of the Bab’s]]
|}

==Other works==

*`O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' is itself a prayer (not published in the above?) (at [[http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/2.html#30]] and also published in British prayer book, p. 1 and new U.S. prayer book
* [[Tafsír-i-Súratu'l-Baqara]]
* [[Will and Testament of the Báb]]

===Todos for this section===
*See [[Writings The Báb by recipient]] also for individual Tablets (add here in alphabetical order or keep works separate from smaller Tablets?)
*(Need to verify all items from [[Writings The Báb by date]] are here in alphabetical order here when it is finished)

==Reported Utterances==
*''The [[Dawn-Breakers]]'', pp. [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#53 53], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#55 55], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#57 57], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#59 59], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#61 61]-[http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#63 63], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#68 68] (e.g., more exist in ''[http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/ The Dawn-Breakers]''--list here)
*''[[God Passes By]]'', p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/21-25.html#21 21]

==By city of Revelation==
*[[Writings The Báb by city of Revelation]] (separated by country)

==By recipient==
*[[Writings The Báb by recipient]]

==By approximate date of Revelation==
*[[Writings The Báb by date]]

==By rank==
*[[Writings The Báb by rank]]

==See also==
* [[The Báb]]

Writings of the Báb

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==Printed Publications==
*''[[Selections from the Writings of the Báb]]''
*''[[Bahá'í Prayers]]'' (all references of the Báb here are also contained in ''Selections from the Writings of the Báb''; from the new edition of the prayer book at http://home.wanadoo.nl/arjenbolhuis/usa-2002.htm, the Prayers of the Báb there (in 11, 13, 14) can be found at Selections from the Writings of the Báb, pgs. [[swb:182|182]], [[swb:174|174]], [[swb:204|204]], respectively); the prayer at 15 is `O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' and is at ''[[Dawn-Breakers]]'', p. [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/2.html#30 30] and also published in British prayer book, p. 1.)
*[[Fire and Light]] (all of these excerpts are included in ''Selections from the Writings of the Báb'' above; see the page for the cross-references
*`O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' is itself a prayer (alone not published in ''[[Selections from the Writings of the Báb]]'' above except for the new U.S. prayer book, the British prayer book, p. 1, and the Dawn-Breakers, p. [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/2.html#30 30])

==Individual works==
{| border="1"
! LOC-BWC
! Tablet
|-
|B3-395 || [[Bayán (Arabic)]]
|-
|.B4-495 || [[Bayán (Persian)]]
|-
|.D3-395 || [[Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih]]
|-
|.K3-395 || [[Khasa’il-i-Sab’ih]]
|-
|.K5-595 || [[Kitáb-i-Asmá’]]
|-
|.K7-795 || [[Kitáb-i-Panj Sha’n]]
|-
|.K9-995 || [[Kitabu’r-Ruh]]
|-
|.L32-3295 || [[Lawh-i-Haji Mirza Aqasi]]
|-
|.L34-3495 || [[Lawh-i-Hurufat]]
|-
|.L36-3695 || [[Law-i-Muhammad Shah]]
|-
|.Q3-395 || [[Qayyúmu’l-Asmá]] (Ahsanu’l-Qisas)
|-
|.R3-395 || [[Risaliy-i-’Adliyyih]]
|-
|.R4-495 || [[Risaliy-i- Dhahabiyyih]]
|-
|.R5-595 || [[Risaliy-i-Fiqhiyyih]]
|-
|.R6-695 || [[Risaliy-i-Furu’-i-’Adliyyih]]
|-
|.S2-295 || [[Sahifatu’l-Haramayn]]
|-
|.S3-395 || [[Sahifiy-i-Ja’fariyyih]]
|-
|.S4-495 || [[Sahifiy-i-Makhdh umiyyih]]
|-
|.S5-595 || [[Sahifiy-i-Radaviyyih]]
|-
|.S8-895 || [[Suriy-i-Tawhid]]
|-
|.T3-395 || [[Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih]]
|-
|.Z5-595 || [[Ziyarat-i-Sháh ‘Abdu’l-Azím]]
|-
|.Z9-995 || [[Other works of the Bab’s]]
|}

==Other works==

*`O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' is itself a prayer (not published in the above?) (at [[http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/2.html#30]] and also published in British prayer book, p. 1 and new U.S. prayer book
* [[Tafsír-i-Súratu'l-Baqara]]
* [[Will and Testament of the Báb]]

===Todos for this section===
*See [[Writings The Báb by recipient]] also for individual Tablets (add here in alphabetical order or keep works separate from smaller Tablets?)
*(Need to verify all items from [[Writings The Báb by date]] are here in alphabetical order here when it is finished)

==Reported Utterances==
*''The [[Dawn-Breakers]]'', pp. [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#53 53], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#55 55], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#57 57], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#59 59], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#61 61]-[http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#63 63], [http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/3.html#68 68] (e.g., more exist in ''[http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/ The Dawn-Breakers]''--list here)
*''[[God Passes By]]'', p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/21-25.html#21 21]

==By city of Revelation==
*[[Writings The Báb by city of Revelation]] (separated by country)

==By recipient==
*[[Writings The Báb by recipient]]

==By approximate date of Revelation==
*[[Writings The Báb by date]]

==By rank==
*[[Writings The Báb by rank]]

==See also==
* [[The Báb]]

Writings by first line

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For English prayers from [[Bahá'í Prayers]], see http://www.darrenhiebert.com/eBahai/html/bp.html#Alphabetical%20Index or for English prayers from various prayer books (including [[Bahá'í Prayers]]), see http://bahai-library.com/study/prayercrossref/Prayer-ref-firstline.htm

For Arabic/Persian opening lines of various Tablets, see http://bahai-library.com/resources/leiden.list/leiden.index.html#1 (links to Leiden list items).

Add other sorts here (e.g., comprehensive list, by author, etc.)

Writings `Abdu'l-Bahá by recipient

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'''''Listing of Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá by their Primary Recipient(s)'''''

=Asia=

==Persia/Iran==
*''[[Secret of Divine Civilization]]''

=Europe=

==London==
*''[[`Abdu'l-Bahá in London]]''

==Paris==
*''[[Paris Talks]]''

=North America=

==United States of America and Canada (and Greenland)==
*''[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]''
*''[[Some Answered Questions]]''
*''[[Promulgation of Universal Peace]]''

Writings Zoroastrian

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==Compilations concerning==
* http://bahai-library.com/compilations/buddha.krishna.html

==Prophecy in sacred books of Zoroaster which predict the Revelation of Muhammad (and His Imámate), the Bábí Revelation, and that of Bahá'u'lláh==

"As a further testimony to the greatness of the Revelation identified with Bahá'u'lláh may be cited the following extracts from a Tablet addressed by `Abdu'l-Bahá to an eminent Zoroastrian follower of the Faith: "Thou hadst written that in the sacred books of the followers of Zoroaster it is written that in the latter days, in three separate Dispensations, the sun must needs be brought to a standstill. In the first Dispensation, it is predicted, the sun will remain motionless for ten days; in the second for twice that time; in the third for no less than one whole month. The interpretation of this prophecy is this: the first Dispensation to which it refers is the Muhammadan Dispensation during which the Sun of Truth stood still for ten days. Each day is reckoned as one century. The Muhammadan Dispensation must have, therefore, lasted no less than one thousand years, which is precisely the period that has elapsed from the setting of the Star of the Imamate to the advent of the Dispensation proclaimed by the Báb. The second Dispensation referred to in this prophecy is the one inaugurated by the Báb Himself, which began in the year 1260 A.H. and was brought to a close in the year 1280 A.H. As to the third Dispensation--the Revelation proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh--inasmuch as the Sun of Truth when attaining that station shineth in the plenitude of its meridian splendor its duration hath been fixed for a period of one whole month, which is the maximum time taken by the sun to pass through a sign of the Zodiac. From this thou canst imagine the magnitude of the Bahá'í cycle-- a cycle that must extend over a period of at least five hundred thousand years."

"From the text of this explicit and authoritative interpretation of so ancient a prophecy it is evident how necessary it is for every faithful follower of the Faith to accept the divine origin and uphold the independent status of the Muhammadan Dispensation. The validity of the Imamate is, moreover, implicitly recognized in these same passages--that divinely-appointed institution of whose most distinguished member the Báb Himself was a lineal descendant, and which continued for a period of no less than two hundred and sixty years to be the chosen recipient of the guidance of the Almighty and the repository of one of the two most precious legacies of Islám.

"This same prophecy, we must furthermore recognize, attests the independent character of the Bábí Dispensation and corroborates indirectly the truth that in accordance with the principle of progressive revelation every Manifestation of God must needs vouchsafe to the peoples of His day a measure of divine guidance ampler than any which a preceding and less receptive age could have received or appreciated. For this reason, and not for any superior merit which the Bahá'í Faith may be said to inherently possess, does this prophecy bear witness to the unrivaled power and glory with which the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh has been invested--a Dispensation the potentialities of which we are but beginning to perceive and the full range of which we can never determine."

:([[Shoghi Effendi]], ''[[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]]'', pp. [[wob:101|101]]-103)

Writings Zoroastrian

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See http://bahai-library.com/compilations/buddha.krishna.html

==Prophecy in sacred books of Zoroaster which predict the Revelation of Muhammad (and His Imámate), the Bábí Revelation, and that of Bahá'u'lláh==

"As a further testimony to the greatness of the Revelation identified with Bahá'u'lláh may be cited the following extracts from a Tablet addressed by `Abdu'l-Bahá to an eminent Zoroastrian follower of the Faith: "Thou hadst written that in the sacred books of the followers of Zoroaster it is written that in the latter days, in three separate Dispensations, the sun must needs be brought to a standstill. In the first Dispensation, it is predicted, the sun will remain motionless for ten days; in the second for twice that time; in the third for no less than one whole month. The interpretation of this prophecy is this: the first Dispensation to which it refers is the Muhammadan Dispensation during which the Sun of Truth stood still for ten days. Each day is reckoned as one century. The Muhammadan Dispensation must have, therefore, lasted no less than one thousand years, which is precisely the period that has elapsed from the setting of the Star of the Imamate to the advent of the Dispensation proclaimed by the Báb. The second Dispensation referred to in this prophecy is the one inaugurated by the Báb Himself, which began in the year 1260 A.H. and was brought to a close in the year 1280 A.H. As to the third Dispensation--the Revelation proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh--inasmuch as the Sun of Truth when attaining that station shineth in the plenitude of its meridian splendor its duration hath been fixed for a period of one whole month, which is the maximum time taken by the sun to pass through a sign of the Zodiac. From this thou canst imagine the magnitude of the Bahá'í cycle-- a cycle that must extend over a period of at least five hundred thousand years."

"From the text of this explicit and authoritative interpretation of so ancient a prophecy it is evident how necessary it is for every faithful follower of the Faith to accept the divine origin and uphold the independent status of the Muhammadan Dispensation. The validity of the Imamate is, moreover, implicitly recognized in these same passages--that divinely-appointed institution of whose most distinguished member the Báb Himself was a lineal descendant, and which continued for a period of no less than two hundred and sixty years to be the chosen recipient of the guidance of the Almighty and the repository of one of the two most precious legacies of Islám.

"This same prophecy, we must furthermore recognize, attests the independent character of the Bábí Dispensation and corroborates indirectly the truth that in accordance with the principle of progressive revelation every Manifestation of God must needs vouchsafe to the peoples of His day a measure of divine guidance ampler than any which a preceding and less receptive age could have received or appreciated. For this reason, and not for any superior merit which the Bahá'í Faith may be said to inherently possess, does this prophecy bear witness to the unrivaled power and glory with which the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh has been invested--a Dispensation the potentialities of which we are but beginning to perceive and the full range of which we can never determine."

:([[Shoghi Effendi]], ''[[World Order of Bahá'u'lláh]]'', pp. [[wob:101|101]]-103)

Bahá'í Statement on Nature

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Read online at http://bahai-library.com/?file=bic_bahai_statement_nature.html

Writings of the Universal House of Justice

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==Letters regarding the "Plans"==
*1986-92 ([[Six-Year Plan]])
* 1992-95 ([[Three-Year Plan]])
* 1995-99 ([[Four-Year Plan]])
* 2000: "[[One-Year Plan]]" Intro Letter
* 2001-2006 [[Five-Year Plan-2]] — see Published Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies

==Ridván letters==
* See [[Ridvan letters]] (1964-2003)

==Official documents==
*[[Constitution of the Universal House of Justice]]

==Books by or on behalf of the Universal House of Justice==
* [[Century of Light]]
* [[Ministry of the Custodians]]: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause
*[[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86]]
*[[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73]]
*[[Wellspring of Guidance]]: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68]]
*[[Wider Horizon]], A: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992

==Statements from the Universal House of Justice (see also unpublished letters from the House)==
*[[Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace]]
*[[Individual Rights and Freedoms]]
*[[Institution of the Counsellors, The]]
**a letter from the House to the Counsellors [[January 9, 2001]]
**a letter from the House to the Baha'i World [[January 16, 2001]]
*[[May 19 letter]]
*[[Message to the World's Religious Leaders]]
*[[Promise of World Peace]]

==[http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/ Statements from the Bahá'í International Community]==
*[[Bahá'í Statement on Nature]], The
*[[Letter on Capital Punishment]]
*[[Prosperity of Humankind]], The
*[[Statement on Bahá'u'lláh]], A
*[[Turning Point for All Nations]]
*[[Who is Writing the Future]]: Reflections on the Twentieth Century

==Unpublished letters==
*[[Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust]]

==Letters of the House of Justice which do not have their own wiki page (though you can add a respective wiki page link here if you wish to discuss them)==
* http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_reconciliation_canada.html

==By recipient==
*[[Writings Universal House of Justice by recipient]] (separated by country for recipient institutions)

==By date of writing==
*[[Writings Universal House of Justice by date]]

==See also==
* [[Universal House of Justice]]

Writings of the Universal House of Justice

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==Letters regarding the "Plans"==
*1986-92 ([[Six-Year Plan]])
* 1992-95 ([[Three-Year Plan]])
* 1995-99 ([[Four-Year Plan]])
* 2000: "[[One-Year Plan]]" Intro Letter
* 2001-2006 [[Five-Year Plan-2]] — see Published Letters from National Spiritual Assemblies

==Ridván letters==
* See [[Ridvan letters]] (1964-2003)

==Official documents==
*[[Constitution of the Universal House of Justice]]

==Books by or on behalf of the Universal House of Justice==
* [[Century of Light]]
* [[Ministry of the Custodians]]: An Account of the Stewardship of the Hands of the Cause
*[[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86]]
*[[Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1968-73]]
*[[Wellspring of Guidance]]: Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1963-68]]
*[[Wider Horizon]], A: Selected Messages of the Universal House of Justice 1983-1992

==Statements from the Universal House of Justice (see also unpublished letters from the House)==
*[[Attainment of the Unity of Nations and the Lesser Peace]]
*[[Individual Rights and Freedoms]]
*[[Institution of the Counsellors, The]]
**a letter from the House to the Counsellors [[January 9, 2001]]
**a letter from the House to the Baha'i World [[January 16, 2001]]
*[[May 19 letter]]
*[[Message to the World's Religious Leaders]]
*[[Promise of World Peace]]

==[http://www.bic-un.bahai.org/ Statements from the Bahá'í International Community]==
*[[Bahá'í Statement on Nature]], The
*[[Letter on Capital Punishment]]
*[[Prosperity of Humankind]], The
*[[Statement on Bahá'u'lláh]], A
*[[Turning Point for All Nations]]
*[[Who is Writing the Future]]: Reflections on the Twentieth Century

==Unpublished letters==
*[[Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust]]

==Letters of the House of Justice which do not have their own wiki page (though you can add a respective wiki page link here if you wish to discuss them)==
*[[http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_reconciliation_canada.html]]

==By recipient==
*[[Writings Universal House of Justice by recipient]] (separated by country for recipient institutions)

==By date of writing==
*[[Writings Universal House of Justice by date]]

==See also==
* [[Universal House of Justice]]

Writings The Báb by recipient

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==Him Who Will Be Made Manifest==
*[[Tablet Addressed to `Him Who Will Be Made Manifest' I]]
*[[Tablet Addressed to `Him Who Will Be Made Manifest' II]]

==First Letter of the Living (Mullá Husayn)==
*[[Tablet to the First Letter of the Living]]

==Letters of the Living==
* [[Farewell Address to the Letters of the Living]]

==Muhammad Sháh==
*[[Epistle to Muhammad Sháh I]], Extracts from
*[[Epistle to Muhammad Sháh II]], Extracts from
*[[Epistle to Muhammad Sháh III]], Extracts from

==Sherif of Mecca==
*[[Tablet Containing Words Addressed to the Sherif of Mecca]], Extracts from

==A Muslim Divine==
*[[Address to a Muslim Divine]]

==Sulaymán the Muslim Divine in Land of Masqat==
*[[Address to Sulaymán, one of the Muslim Divines in the Land of Masqat]]

Writings The Báb by rank

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See ''[[God Passes By]]'' references.

==Examples to be included in the pattern of [[Writings Bahá'u'lláh by rank]]==
*"Bahá'u'lláh has characterized as "the first, the greatest, and mightiest of all books" in the Bábí Dispensation, the celebrated commentary on the súrih of Joseph, entitled the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'," [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/gpball.html#23 23]
*"It was during His incarceration in the fortress of Máh-Kú that He...revealed no less than nine commentaries on the whole of the Qur'án--commentaries whose fate, alas, is unknown, and one of which, at least the Author Himself affirmed, surpassed in some respects a book as deservedly famous as the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá." [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/gpball.html#24 24]
*Said of the [[Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih]]: "the most important of the polemical works of the Báb" ([[God Passes By|GPB]], p. [[gpb:26|26]])

Writings The Báb by rank

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See ''[[God Passes By]]'' references.

==Examples to be included in the pattern of [[Writings Bahá'u'lláh by rank]]:
*"Bahá'u'lláh has characterized as "the first, the greatest, and mightiest of all books" in the Bábí Dispensation, the celebrated commentary on the súrih of Joseph, entitled the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'," [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/gpball.html#23 23]
*"It was during His incarceration in the fortress of Máh-Kú that He...revealed no less than nine commentaries on the whole of the Qur'án--commentaries whose fate, alas, is unknown, and one of which, at least the Author Himself affirmed, surpassed in some respects a book as deservedly famous as the Qayyúmu'l-Asmá." [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/gpball.html#24 24]
*Said of the [[Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih]]: "the most important of the polemical works of the Báb" (''[[God Passes By]]'', p. [[gpb:26|26]])

Writings The Báb by date

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=Sources=
* http://www.bahai-library.com/resources/tablets-notes/
*''[[God Passes By]]'', p. [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/21-25.html#24 24] (citations below are mostly its quotations)

=By date=
==1844==
Qayyúm-al-'Asmá' (first chapter finished on first evening of the [Declaration of the Báb])

==Before Máh-Kú==

(Need to see ''[[Dawn-Breakers]]'' for date of Revelation and ''[[Selections from the Writings of the Báb]]'' to correctly match names with already wiki-named Tablets)
*first Tablet to Muhammad Sháh
*Tablets to Sultán `Abdu'l-Majíd and to Najíb Páshá, the Valí of Baghdád
*Sahífiy-i-baynu'l-Harámayn, revealed between Mecca and Medina, in answer to questions posed by Mírzá Muhít-i-Kirmání
*The Epistle to the Sheríf of Mecca;
*The Kitábú'r-Rúh, comprising seven hundred Súrahs;
*The Khasá'il-i-Sab`ih, which enjoined the alteration of the formula of the adhán;
*The Risáliy-i-Furú-i-`Adlíyyih, rendered into Persian by Mullá Muhammad-Taqíy-i-Haratí;
*The commentary on the Súrah of Kawthar, which effected such a transformation in the soul of Vahíd; (see [http://bahai-library.com/writings/quran/108.html Kawthar])
*The commentary on the Súrah of Va'l-`Asr, in the house of the Imám-Jum'ih of Isfahán; (see [http://bahai-library.com/writings/quran/103.html Va'l-`Asr])
*The dissertation on the Specific Mission of Muhammad, written at the request of Manúchihr Khán;
*The second Tablet to Muhammad Sháh, craving an audience in which to set forth the truths of the new Revelation, and dissipate his doubts;
*The Tablets sent from the village of Síyáh-Dihán to the `ulamás of Qazvín and to Hájí Mírzá Aqásí, inquiring from him as to the cause of the sudden change in his decision.

==Mar./Jul. 1847- July 1848 (in Máh-Kú)==
*"the most detailed and illuminating of His Tablets to Muhammad Sháh" [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/26-30.html#26 26]
*The [[Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih]] (Seven Proofs) [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/26-30.html#26 26]
*[[Bayán (Arabic)]] [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/21-25.html#25 25]
*[Bayán (Persian)] [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/21-25.html#24 24]-[[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/26-30.html#26 26]

==In Chihríq (July 1848+)==
* Lawh-i-Hurúfat (Tablet of the Letters) was revealed, in honor of Dayyán [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/26-30.html#27 27]
* soon after His return from Tabríz, His denunciatory Tablet to Hájí Mírzá Aqásí. [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/26-30.html#27 27] (1850?)

=Need to check=
"to AzÍM He divulged, in the Kitáb-i-Panj-Sha'n" [[God Passes By|GPB]] [http://www.bahai-library.com/writings/shoghieffendi/gpb/26-30.html#28 28]
*`O God, my God, my Beloved, my heart's Desire' date of Revelation?
*Kitáb-i-Asmá date of Revelation?