The purpose of this book is to offer the student of religion a compilation of Bahá'í Sacred Writings which, in one convenient volume, discloses their universal range of themes, their direct application to modern life and their incomparable spiritual power. Here is a World Bible revealed for men of all races and lands; a new creation which affirms and fulfils the highest assurance which, from age to age, the succession of Prophets have enkindled within the human soul. The past is not denied but extended through the present to establish a firm foundation for a new era of justice and peace. The illumination cast upon our own age, indeed, reveals the former religions and their Founders in a clearer light than they have ever been manifest before. The Bahá'í concept of the unity of the Prophets of God bans religion as creed and ceremony but resurrects faith in realization of one eternal divine Truth which now, for the first time, can be apprehended in its plan and purpose for the human race.

An early collection of writings and talks of Abdu'l-Baha. Notes on Divine Philosophy compiled by Isabel Fraser Chamberlain

The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf is the last major work of Bahá’u’lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith. It was written in 1891 just before his passing in 1892.

The Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas are selected tablets written by Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith, and published together as of 1978. As his mission drew to a close after his writing of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in 1873, he continued to write unnumbered tablets and letters, doing so until the last days of his life in 1892. Six of the tablets in this volume were translated into English and published in 1917. The translations were improved upon by Shoghi Effendi, and those not translated by him were filled in with the publication in 1978 under the supervision of the Universal House of Justice.

A treatise written in reply to a question from Siyyid Yúsuf-i-Sidihí Iṣfahání who had asked the question of how the promised Mahdi could have been ‘transformed’ into the Báb.

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh is a compilation of selected tablets and extracts from tablets by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Shoghi Effendi, head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 to 1957, made the selection and performed the translation, which was first published 1935. The work consists of a selection of the most characteristic and hitherto unpublished passages from the outstanding works of the Author of the Bahá'í Revelation, according to Shoghi Effendi. The passages come from the whole range of Bahá'u'lláh's writings, dated from about 1853 to 1892.

These are brief stories of people's lives; various people who all met Baha'u'llah at one time or another during His lengthy incarceration in the Akka (Acre) area and who were dedicated followers. Some stories are only a couple of pages long; the longest ones are 14 and 15 pages long; altogether there are 69 stories in about 200 pages. As usual the author (Abdu'l-Baha) does not dwell on any negative aspects of someone's personality but only the good seen in them. Especially moving are His invocations of blessings on the person (all of whom had passed away) at the close of each story: very brief prayers in heartfelt, moving language also indicating what a great spiritual station He felt each one had attained. And these are all stories about what true religion is supposed to be: they are all in the language of love. Love, sacrifice, humility, are some of the qualities reflected over and over again, though each story is unique.

Talks given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in 1911 and 1913 during during His visit to Paris.

Selections of prayers and meditations of Bahá’u’lláh compiled and transated by Shoghi Effendi

Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice

Some Answered Questions is a book that was first published in 1908. It contains questions related to religion, philosophy and science, asked to `Abdu'l-Bahá by Laura Clifford Barney, during several of her visits to Haifa between 1904 and 1906, and `Abdu'l-Bahá's answers to these questions. `Abdu'l-Bahá was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and was appointed by him as his successor and interpreter of his words. Topics covered include the Prophets of God, human evolution, immortality of the soul, the relationship between the soul and the body, reincarnation and Christian subjects.

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts is a collection of the tablets of Bahá’u’lláh that were written to the kings and rulers of the world during his exile in Adrianople and in the early years of his exile to the fortress town of ‘Akká in 1868.

The Tabernacle of Unity is a small book, first published in July 2006, containing Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet, from the early `Akká period, to Mánikchí Sáhib, a prominent Zoroastrian, and a companion Tablet addressed to Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, the secretary to Mánikchí Sáhib at that time. These, together with three shorter inspirational Tablets, offer a glimpse of Bahá'u'lláh’s relationship with the followers of Zoroastrianism.

The Tablet to Dr. Forel is a letter of `Abdu'l-Bahá, written on 21 September 1921 in reply to questions asked by Auguste-Henri Forel, a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist. In this tablet `Abdu'l-Bahá discusses the differences between the mineral, vegetable, animal and human worlds, the spiritual nature of man and proofs of the existence of God.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Charter for Teaching. These fourteen tablets, written in the middle of the first world war, gave to the American Bahá’ís the unique mission of the spiritual conquest of the planet. That mission was later extended to the rest of the Bahá’í world by Shoghi Effendi during the great World Crusade of 1957-63.