List of writings of Baháʼu'lláh

Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith, wrote many books, tablets and prayers, of which only a fraction has been translated into English until now. He revealed thousands of tablets with a total volume more than 70 times the size of the Quran and more than 15 times the size of the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible.[1][2][3]

The below list, organized by the city he was in while he wrote the tablet, is not complete, but only shows the most well-known writings of Baháʼu'lláh.

Tehran
1852
  • Ras͟hḥ-i-ʻAmá, "Sprinkling from a Cloud" a poem of 20 verses in Persian, written when Baháʼu'lláh was imprisoned in the Síyáh-Chál in Tehran, after he received a vision of a Maid of Heaven, through whom he received his mission as a Messenger of God and as the One whose coming the Báb had prophesied.

Baghdad
1854
  • Lawḥ-i-Kulluʼ-Ṭaʻám, "Tablet of All Food"

Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan
1855
  • Qaṣídiy-i-Varqáʼíyyih, "Ode of the Dove"

Baghdad
Texts and scriptures
of the
Baháʼí Faith
From the Báb
From Baháʼu'lláh
From ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
From Shoghi Effendi
1857
  • Ṣaḥífiy-i-S͟haṭṭíyyih, "Book of the River [Tigris]"
1857–58
  • Chahár Vádí, "Four Valleys" The Four Valleys was written around 1857 in Baghdad, in response to questions of Shaykh ʻAbdu'r-Rahman-i-Talabani, the "honored and indisputable leader" of the Qádiríyyih Order of Sufism.
  • Kalimát-i-Maknúnih, "Hidden Words" The Hidden Words is written in the form of a collection of short utterances, 71 in Arabic and 82 in Persian, in which Baháʼu'lláh claims to have taken the basic essence of certain spiritual truths and written them in brief form.
1857–63
  • Haft Vádí, "Seven Valleys" The Seven Valleys was written around 1860 in Baghdad after Baháʼu'lláh had returned from the Sulaymaniyah region in Kurdistan. The work was written in response to questions posed by Shaykh Muhyi'd-Din, a judge, who was a follower of the Qádiríyyih Order of Sufism.
  • Hurúfát-i-'Álín, "The Exalted Letters"
  • Javáhiru'l-Asrár, "Gems of Divine Mysteries"
  • Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr, "Tablet of the 'Light Verse'" [of the Qurʼan]), also known as Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta'ih, "Commentary on the Isolated Letters"
  • Lawh-i-Fitnih, "Tablet of the Test"
  • Lawh-i-Húríyyih, "Tablet of the Maiden"
  • Madínatu'r-Ridá, "City of Radiance/Radiant Acquiescence"
  • Madínatu't-Tawhíd, "City of Unity"
  • Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand, "Sweet Scented Being"
  • Súriy-i-Nush, "Súrih of Counsel"
  • Súriy-i-Qadír, "Surih of the Omnipotent"
  • Aṣl-i-Kullu'l-K͟hayr, "Words of Wisdom"
1858–63
  • Subhána-Rabbíya'l-A'lá, "Praise to the Exalted Lord"
  • Lawh-i-Ghulámu'l-Khuld, "Tablet of the Eternal Youth"
  • Húr-i-Ujáb, "The Wondrous Maiden"
  • Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí, "From The Garden of Holiness"
1862
1863

On the way to Constantinople
1863
  • Lawh-i-Hawdaj, "Tablet of the Howdah [a seat for riding a camel]"

Constantinople (Istanbul)
1863
  • Subhánika-Yá-Hú, "Praised be Thou, O He!," also known as Lawh-i-Naqus, "Tablet of the Bell"

Adrianople (Edirne)
1864
  • Súriy-i-'Ibád, "Tablet of the Servants/People"
  • Lawh-i-Salmán, "First Tablet to Salmán"
1864–66
  • Lawh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds, "Tablet of the Sacred Night"
1864–68
  • Lawh-i-Siráj, "Tablet for Siraj"
  • Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak, "Blessed Mathnaví [collection of poetry]"
  • Súriy-i-Asháb, "Surih of the Companions"
  • Súrihs of Hajj, "Tablets of Pilgrimage"
  • Súriy-i-Qalam (Súrih of the Pen)
1865
  • Lawh-i-Ahmad, "Tablet of Ahmad," Arabic
  • Lawh-i-Ahmad, "Tablet of Ahmad," Persian
1865–66
  • Lawh-i-Bahá, "Tablet of Glory"
  • Súriy-i-Damm, "Tablet of Blood"
1866
  • Lawh-i-Rúh, "Tablet of Spirit"
  • Lawh-i-Khalíl, "Tablet to Jinab-i Khalil ["the friend"]"
1866-68
  • Lawh-i-Ashraf, "Tablet to Ashraf ["the noble"]"
  • Lawh-i-Nasír, "Tablet to Nasír ["the defender"]"
1867
  • Lawh-i-Sayyáh, "Tablet of the Traveller"
1867–68
1867–69
1867
  • Lawh-i-Napulyún, "First Tablet to Napoleon III"

On the way to ʻAkká
1868

'Akká
1868
  • Lawh-i-Salmán II, "Second Tablet of Salmán"
  • Lawh-i-Ra'ís, "Tablet to the Premier/President/Chief [Ali Pasha]"
1868–70
1869
1870–75
  • Lawh-i-Tibb, "Tablet to the Physician/Tablet of Medicine"
1870–77
1871
1873
  • Kitáb-i-Aqdas, "The Most Holy Book"
  • Lawh-i-Ru'yá, "Tablet of Vision"
1873–74

Mazraʼih and Bahjí
1877–79
1879–91
'Revelation writing': The first draft of a page from the Tajallíyát of Baha'u'llah
1882
1885–88
1888
1891

See also

Notes
  1. BWNS. "A new volume of Baháʼí sacred writings, recently translated and comprising Baháʼu'lláh's call to world leaders, is published". Retrieved 2006-11-24.
  2. Archives Office at the Baháʼí World Centre, Haifa, Israel. "Baháʼí Archives - Preserving and safeguarding the Sacred Texts". Retrieved 2008-06-26.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Universal House of Justice. "Numbers and Classifications of Sacred Writings texts". Retrieved 2006-11-24.

References
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