Below is a list of English translations of important and well-known tablets of Baha’u’llah. Because many of Baha’u’llah’s writings called “tablets”, I have divided his writings into two pages: this one, which lists the tablets, and another one, which lists works whose name does not begin with “tablet”.
I have listed the works in alphabetical order by English name, given a brief discription and linked to the translation or translations. Where there is a reading of the work on YouTube, I have included a link to it. Included in the list are general entries for such things as prayers, fasting, and holy days. I have italicised the names of works that are books. Note that a Google search on a title will often throw up background information about it.
For readers who are unfamiliar with Baha’u’llah’s writings, see the list on Reading Baha’u’llah’s writings.
Important and well-known tablets of Baha’u’llah (see also other important writings)
Titles beginning with “Tablet of/on… (A-S)”
| Name of tablet | Description | Website and link |
|---|---|---|
| Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic) | Pastoral Commonly used as a prayer | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
| Tablet of Ahmad (Persian) | Pastoral The two links constitute over half the tablet | Baha’i Reference Library Gleanings CLII Baha’i Reference Library Gleanings CLIII |
| Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i kull al-ta’im) | Commentary | Hurqalya Publications Beyond the Veil |
| Tablets of Baha’u’llah | Baha’u’llah’s law-related tablets (excluding the Most Holy Book) | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet of Carmel (Lawh-i Karmil) | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
| Tablet of Divine Unity (Lawh-i Tawhid) | Commentary | Adib Masumian translations |
| Tablet of Fu’ad (Lawh-i Fu’ad) | An account of hell | Baha’i Reference Library Windflower Translations |
| Tablet of Joseph (Sayyid Yusuf Isfahani) | Commentary on resurrection and the world to come | Baha’i Library Online Kashkul |
| Tablet of Manifestation (Lawh-i zuhur) | Commentary | Hurqalya Publications Baha’i Library Online |
| Tablet of Maqsud (Lawh-i Maqsud) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet of Seven Questions | Commentary | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online |
Titles beginning with “Tablet of/on… (T-Z)”
| Name of tablet | Description | Website and link |
|---|---|---|
| Tablet of the Bell (Lawh-i Naqus) | Devotional, verse | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online Baha’i Library Online Hurqalya Publications |
| Tablets of the Hair | Devotional | Adib Masumian translations |
| Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh Mallah al-Quds) | Mystical, verse | Baha’i Reference Library (Arabic section) YouTube (Arabic section) Windflower Translations (Arabic section) YouTube (Arabic section) Windflower Translations (Persian section) YouTube (Persian section) Baha’i Library Online (both sections) |
| Tablet of the Houri (Lawh-i Huriyyih) | Mystical | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Tablet of the Immortal Youth Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu’l-Khuld) | Mystical, verse | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online |
| Tablet of the Lover and the Beloved (Lawḥ-i-‘Áshiq va Ma‘shúq) | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
| Tablet of the Premier (Ali Pasha) (Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís) | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet of the Proof (Lawḥ-i-Burhán) | Historical, proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas) | Philosophical | Windflower Translations Baha’i Studies YouTube |
| Tablet of the Sacred Night (Lawh-i Laylat al-Quds) | Devotional, verse For the declaration of the Bab | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Tablet of the Son (Jesus) | Commentary, historical, proclamatory | Windflower Translations |
| Tablet of the Uncompounded Reality (Lawh-i basit al-haqiqa) | Commentary | Baha’i Library Online |
| Tablet of the World (Lawḥ-i-Dunyá) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet of the Vision (Lawh-i Ru’ya) | Mystical, verse | Windflower Translations Hurqalya Publications Beyond the Veil YouTube |
| Tablet on Understanding the Cause of Opposition | Proclamatory, includes a prayer | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Tablet of Unity (Lawh-i Ittihad) | Commentary | Windflower Translations Baha’i Library Online |
| Tablet of Visitation for the Bab and Baha’u’llah | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
| Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Husayn | Devotional | Windflower Translations |
| Tablet of Wisdom | Philosophical | Baha’i Reference Library |
Titles beginning with “Tablet to…”
| Name of tablet | Description | Website and links |
|---|---|---|
| Tablet to Ashraf (Lawhi-i Ashraf) | Pastoral | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Tablet to Czar Alexander II | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to Dhabih | Covers many important topics | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to Husayn (Lawh-i-Husayn) | Pastoral (delightful letter) | Adib Masumian translations |
| Tablet to Manikchi Sahib (Lawḥ-i-Manikchi-Ṣaḥib) | Commentary | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online |
| Tablet to Napoleon III (II) | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to Nasiri’d-Din Shah | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to Pope Pius IX | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to Queen Victoria | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to Salman on Detachment (Lawh-i salman I) | Commentary and prayer | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Tablet to the Kings (Súriy-i-Mulúk) | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Tablet to The Times of London | Proclamatory | Baha’i Library Online (excerpt) |
| Tablet to the Zoroastrians (Lawh-i Dustan-i Yazdani) | Commentary | Baha’i Reference Library Windflower Translations |
| Tablets to women | Pastoral | Adib Masumian translations |