Bahá'í World Faith
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Regarding terminology of[edit]
"In reply to your letter of January 26th, we realize that there are occasions on which the use of the term 'Baha'i World Faith' may be justified and useful. However, it is our hope that the friends will gradually lose the habit of using this term as widely as they do now. The designation 'The Baha'i Faith' is more dignified and preferable. Any adjective added to this name tends to a diminution of its stature and might be taken to mean that there are other 'Baha'i Faiths'."
- (From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles, February 5, 1967: Copies to various National Spiritual Assemblies; quoted in Lights of Guidance, no. 374)
Notes on authenticity[edit]
"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."
- (From a memorandum of the Research department dated https://bahai-library.com/uhj/authenticity.texts.html 28 March 1996 )
Cross-referenced by section to new translations in more recently published works[edit]
Note that in some cases below, such as links to Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha or Baha'i Scriptures, the translation is also out of date.
Chapter 1[edit]
| Page | Authoritative, modern source | Older versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Gleanings, pp. 5-6 | ||
| 10 | Gleanings, pp. 9-10 | ||
| 10-11 | Gleanings, pp. 10-11 | ||
| 11 | Gleanings, pp. 11-12 | ||
| 11-12 | Gleanings, pp. 12-13 | ||
| 12 | Gleanings, p. 17 | ||
| 12-19 | Gleanings, pp. 17-27 | ||
| 19-20 | Gleanings, pp. 46-49 | ||
| 20-21 | Gleanings, p. 49 | ||
| 21 | Gleanings, pp. 49-50 | ||
| 21-25 | Gleanings, pp. 50-56 | ||
| 25-27 | Gleanings, pp. 56-59 | ||
| 27-28 | Gleanings, pp. 59-60 | ||
| 28 | Gleanings, p. 60 | ||
| 28-31 | Gleanings, pp. 60-64 | ||
| 31-32 | Gleanings, pp. 88-90 | ||
| 32-33 | Gleanings, pp. 98-99 | ||
| 33 | Gleanings, pp. 99-100 | ||
| 33-35 | Gleanings, pp. 104-107 | ||
| 35-36 | Gleanings, pp. 136-137 | ||
| 36 | Gleanings, pp. 213 | ||
| 36-38 | Gleanings, pp. 210-212 | ||
| 38-40 | Gleanings, pp. 246-249 | ||
| 40-41 | Gleanings, pp. 250-253 | Difference on paragraphing?--"If you pay no heed..." is split at "Judge ye between..." in BWF | |
| 42-43 | Promised Day Is Come (citation), par. 41 | ||
| 43-48 | Gleanings, pp. 232-240 | ||
| 48-50 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 69-70 | ||
| 50-52 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 75-78 | ||
| 52-54 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 79-82 | ||
| 54-55 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 83-84 | ||
| 55-57 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 97-102 | ||
| 57-58 | Gleanings, pp. 254-255 | ||
| 58-59 | Gleanings, pp. 198-199 | ||
| 59-61 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 252-255 | ||
| 61-63 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), pars. 71-74 | ||
| 63-64 | Promised Day Is Come (citations), par. 196 | ||
| 64-68 | Gleanings, pp. 323-329 |
Chapter 2[edit]
| Page | Authoritative, modern source | Older versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69-70 | Prayers and Meditations, pp. 127-129 | ||
| 70-74 | Prayers and Meditations, pp. 48-54 | ||
| 74-76 | Prayers and Meditations, pp. 103-106 | ||
| 76-79 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.179-182 | ||
| 79 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.283-284 | ||
| 79-80 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.284 | ||
| 80-82 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.310-313 | ||
| 82-84 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.35-39 | ||
| 84-85 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.14 | ||
| 85 | Prayers and Meditations, p.281 | ||
| 85-86 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.27-28 | ||
| 87-89 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.275-278 | ||
| 89-91 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.107-110 | ||
| 91-93 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.197-199 | ||
| 93-94 | Prayers and Meditations, pp.295-296 | ||
| 94-95 | Gleanings, pp.261-264 | ||
| 95-97 | Gleanings, pp.167-169 | ||
| 97-102 | Gleanings, pp.184-192 | ||
| 102-105 | Gleanings, pp.64-69 | ||
| 105-109 | Gleanings, pp.264-270 | ||
| 109-112 | Gleanings, pp.279-285 |
Chapter 3[edit]
Chapter 4 (all)[edit]
| Page | Authoritative, modern source | Older versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166-172 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Tarázát (Ornaments), pp. 31-44 | ||
| 172-179 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Lawh-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World), pp. 81-97 | ||
| 180-186 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Kalímát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise), pp. 55-80 | ||
| 186-191 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Tajallíyát (Effulgences), pp. 45-54 | ||
| 191-197 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Bishárát (Glad-Tidings), pp. 19-29 | ||
| 197-203 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Ishráqát (Splendours), pp. 99-134 |
Chapter 5 (all)[edit]
| Page | Authoritative, modern source | Older versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 204-207 | Súriy-i-Ghusn ("Tablet of the Branch") | ||
| 207-210 | Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Kitáb-i-`Ahd, pp. 217-223 | ||
| 211 | Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 346 (also in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 37) | Section has the title "Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation" |
Chapter 6[edit]
Chapter 7[edit]
Chapter 8[edit]
| Page | Authoritative, modern source | Older versions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 349-350 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 5 | Star of the West, vol. XIV, 12 | |
| 350-351 | Star of the West, XIV, 12 | ||
| 351-352 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 641-642 | ||
| 352 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 318-319; (also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 838; Star of the West, Vol. XVII, issue 1, pp. 16-17 | attributed on the web as from a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá about Naw-Rúz) | |
| 352-353 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 502-504 | ||
| 354 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 405-406; (also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 943) | ||
| 354-355 | Star of the West, XIV, 12 | ||
| 356-357 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 36-37 | ||
| 357 (1st 2 paragraphs) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 442-443 | ||
| 357-359 (remainder) | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 359 | Power of Unity, no. 28 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 359-360 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 360 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 145-146 | ||
| 360-361 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 243; (also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 834) | ||
| 361-362 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 73-74 | ||
| 362 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 511-512 | ||
| 362-363 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 162 | ||
| 363 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 260 | ||
| 363-364 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 263 | ||
| 364 (1st selection) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 505 | ||
| 364 (2nd selection) | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 364-365 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 365-366 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 22-23 | ||
| 366 (1st selection) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 687-688; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 871 | ||
| 366 (2nd selection) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 328-329 | ||
| 367 (1st selection) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 157; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 916 | ||
| 367 (2nd selection) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 19; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 893 | ||
| 367 (3rd selection) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 205; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 922 | ||
| 368 | Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, sec. 2, no. 7 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 683-684; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 869 | |
| 368-369 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 705-706; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 875 | ||
| 369 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 706-707; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 876 | ||
| 370 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 591-592; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 944 | ||
| 370-371 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 115-117; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 815 | ||
| 371-372 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 722-723; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 877 | ||
| 372 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 337-338 | ||
| 372-373 | First paragraph: Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 85; 2nd-3rd paragraph: Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 86; 4th paragraph to end: Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 84 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 373-374 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 138 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 374-375 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 97-98 | ||
| 375 (1st selection) | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 375 (2nd selection) | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 375-376 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 587; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 857 | ||
| 376 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 207; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 923 (also in Compilation on Health and Healing, no. 31 and Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, p. 114) | ||
| 376-377 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp.448-449 | ||
| 377 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 449-450 | ||
| 377-378 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 126 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 378 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 74 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 378-379 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 170 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 379-380 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 169 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | |
| 380-381 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 537-539; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 791-793 | ||
| 381-382 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 562-563; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 880 | ||
| 382 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 178 | ||
| 382-383 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 549; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 851 | ||
| 383 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 87 | ||
| 383-384 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 168; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 937 | ||
| 384 | Advent of Divine Justice, p. 26 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 459-460; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 828; cited as being a "Message to the London Bahá'ís, October 1911" in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, p. 85 | Advent of Divine Justice is a somewhat different version from Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era |
| 384-385 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 385-386 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 390-392; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 950 | Quoted from old source in Compilation on Guidelines for Teaching (or Gift of Teaching), Introductory letter and no. 1914 (does not include the last sentence) | |
| 386 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 407-408 | ||
| 386-387 | National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá | ||
| 387 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 409-410; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 844 | ||
| 387-388 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 453 | ||
| 388-389 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 252 | ||
| 389 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 316-317 | ||
| 389-390 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 322; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 839 | ||
| 390 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 327; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 841 | ||
| 390-391 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 514 | ||
| 391 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 622-623; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 865 | ||
| 391-393 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 642-645 | ||
| 393-394 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 164 | ||
| 394 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 175-176; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 919 | ||
| 394-395 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 94-95 | ||
| 395-396 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 12-14; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 892 | Older version also included in Compilation on Opposition, no. 1533 | |
| 396 | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp. 592-593 | ||
| 396-399 | Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 104, pp. 131-132 (first two paragraphs only); Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 98, pp. 126-127 (last paragraph) | Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp.576-580; Bahá'í Scriptures no. 935 |
Chapter 9[edit]
Bahá'í World Faith with Exact Present-Day Translations Elsewhere[edit]
- Chapters 1-3 (except for Chapter 3 pp. 140-142 (see below))
- Chapter 5 pp. 211 - "Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation..." - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 346 (also in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 37)
Items in Bahá'í World Faith with Corresponding Updated Translation Elsewhere (if available)[edit]
- Chapter 3 pp. 140-142 - Reality of Man, p. 3 (now in Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr, pp. 155-157)
- Chapter 4 and 5 (except for Chapter 5 pp. 211: see above)
To-dos for this page[edit]
The above two headings need to have information from Chapters 6-9. (Chapter 3 and all below need fixing here?)
