Below is a list of English translations of important and well-known tablets of Baha’u’llah. I have listed the works in alphabetical order by English name. I have included in the alphabetical list some general entries such as “prayers”, “fasting”, and the names of the various the holy days. For another list of important works of Baha’u’llah, see here.
Some works have more than one translation. In these cases, I have listed the various websites where these translations are found. Note that the Baha’i Reference Library is the website with the official translations, all others are personal translations by scholars. Not all works have official translations. Where there is a reading of the work on YouTube, I have included a link to it.
For readers who are coming to Baha’u’llah’s writings for the first time, I have marked with an asterix the works that may be easiest to read first. I have also included other supplementary information so that readers can identify what the work is about.
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This table lists translations with 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 |
| *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 |
This table lists translations with 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 |
This table lists translations with 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 Adib Masumian translations Adib Masumian translations |