Below is a list of English translations of important and well-known writings of Baha’u’llah. Many of Baha’u’llah’s writings are referred as “tablets”; therefore, I have divided the list into two pages: this one and another one, which lists the works whose title begins 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 works of Baha’u’llah (excluding ‘tablets‘)
Titles beginning with the letters A-L.
| Name of tablet | Description | Website and links |
|---|---|---|
| Ayyam-i-Ha-related works | Devotional, holy day | Baha’i Reference Library Adib Masumian translations Adib Masumian translations |
| Baha’i Scriptures | Compilation of works | Baha’i Library Online |
| Blessed Couplets (Mathnaviyi-i Mubarak) | Verse | Baha’i Library Online |
| Birthdays of Baha’u’llah and the Bab | Devotional, holy days | Baha’i Reference Library Other translations Hurqalya Publications Hurqalya Publications Baha’i Library Online |
| Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan) | Commentary | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Book of the Covenant (Kitab-i-‘Ahd) | Baha’u’llah’s will and testament | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
| Book of the Tigris (Sahifih-‘i Shattiyyih) | Commentary on miracles | Windflower Translations Baha’i Library Online YouTube |
| Breath of Spirit (Lawh-i huwwa munfikhu ‘r-ruh) | Mystical Houri tablet | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Call of the Divine Beloved | Book of official translations of mystical works | Baha’i Reference Library |
| City of Divine Unity (Madinat al-tawhid) | Commentary | Joshua Hall Translations |
| City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i Madinatu’r-Rida) | Commentary on happiness | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Clouds of the Realms Above (Rashḥ-i-‘Amá) | Verse, Houri tablet | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Commentary on a Verse of Rumi (Lawh-i Salman II) | Philosophical | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Commentary on a Verse of Sa’di (Tafsir-i Bayti az Sa’di) | Commentary | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Commentary on ‘He who knows his self knows his Lord’ (Lawh-i Hadi or Bayan-i hadith-i Sharif `Man `arafa nafsahu fa qad `arafa rabbahu’) | Commentary | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Commentary on Surah of the Sun (Tafsir-i Suriy-i Va’sh-Shams) | Commentary | Windflower Translations |
| Commentary on the Isolated (or Disconnected) Letters (Tafsir al-hurufat al-muqatta`at) Tablet about the Light Verse (Lawh-i ayah-yi nur) | Mystical commentary | Hurqalya Publications Beyond the Veil |
| Countenance of Love (Lawh al-Tal`at al-Hubb) | Short mystical work | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Cupbearer, from the cheeks of the unseen immortal realm cast aside the veil (Sáqí az ghayb-e baqá bur qa‘ bar afk an az ‘idhár) | Verse | Baha’i Library Online |
| Days of Remembrance | Holy day readings | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Dreams: tablet for receiving | Devotional | Adib Masumian translations |
| Effulgences (Tajalliyat) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i Ibn-i Dhi’b) | Historical, proclamatory and commentary | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Fasting-related works (Lawh-i Siyam) | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library Adib Masumian translations Adib Masumian translations |
| Figurative Interpretation of Scripture (Lawh-i-Ta’wil) | Commentary | Windflower Translations Baha’i Library Online |
| Fire Tablet (Lawh-i Qad-Ihtaraqa’l-Mukhlisun) | Devotional, verse | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online Baha’i Library Online YouTube |
| Four Valleys (Chahar vadi) | Mystical work on the journey of the soul | Baha’i Reference Library Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Garden of Justice (Lawh-i Ridvan al-‘adl)(also “Tablet of the Paradise/Ridvan of Justice” | Mystical and commentary | Windflower Translations Hurqalya Publications Adib Masumian translations |
| Gems of the Mysteries (Jawahiru’l-Asrar) | Mystical | Windflower Translations Baha’i Reference Library |
| Glad Tidings (Bisharat) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah | An important collection of Baha’u’llah’s writings | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Hailing from the Godly Garden (Az Bágh-i-Iláhí) | Verse | Adib Masumian translations |
| Hallelujah, O Glad Tidings (Lawh-i hali hali hali ya bisharat) | Verse, Houri tablet | Hurqalya Publications Baha’i Library Online |
| Hidden Words (Kalimat-i Maknunih) | Mystical | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online YouTube |
| Houri of Wonder (Hur-i ‘Ujab) Tablet of the Wondrous Maiden (Lawh-i-al-`Ajab) | Verse, Houri tablet | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube Windflower Translations YouTube Baha’i Library Online |
| Long Healing Prayer (Anta’l-Kafi) | Devotional, verse | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
Titles beginning with the letters M-Z.
| Name of tablet | Description | Website and links |
|---|---|---|
| Marriage sermon | Devotional | Beyond the Veil |
| Most Holy Book (Kitab-i-Aqdas) | The principal source of Baha’u’llah’s laws | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online YouTube |
| Most Holy Tablet (to the Christians) (Lawh-i-Aqdas) | Proclamation | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Nightingale and the Owl | Short story | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i Bulbulu’l-Firaq) | Letter and poem | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Obligatory prayers | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library (Short) Baha’i Reference Library (Medium) Baha’i Reference Library (Long) YouTube |
| O Cupbearer, give me a drop (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí) | Verse | Baha’i Library Library |
| O Nightingales (Ay Bulbulan) | Verse | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Ode of the Dove (al-Qasidah al-Warqa’iyyah) | Houri tablet, verse and commentary | Windflower Translations (poem) YouTube Windflower Translations (notes) YouTube Hurqalya Publications |
| Ornaments (Tarazat) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Praised be my Lord, the Most High (Subhana Rabbiyya’l-A`la) (Lawh-i Harf al-Baqa’) | Houri tablet, verse | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Prayer books | A collection of prayer books | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Prayers and Meditations | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Prayer for Decision | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Prayers for the Dead (Lawh-i Salat-i Mayyit) | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Responses to Questions of Manakji Sahib | Commentary | Baha’i Reference Library Windflower Translations |
| Seven Valleys (Haft Vadi) | Mystical | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |
| Splendors (Ishraqat) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Sprinking of the Cloud of Unknowing/Beyond Being (Rashh-i `Ama) | Houri tablet, verse | Windflower Translations Hurqalya Publications YouTube |
| Summons of the Lord of Hosts | Baha’u’llah’s tablets to the kings and rulers | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Supplications | Prayer book | Joshua Hall Translations |
| Surah of the Almighty (Surat al-qadir) | Commentary | Windflower Translations |
| Surah of Blood (Surat al-dam) | Proclamation and commentary | Windflower Translations |
| Surah of the Companions (Surat al-ashab) | Proclamation and commentary | Windflower Translations YouTube |
| Surah of God (Surat Allah) | Proclamatory and historical | Windflower Translations |
| Surah of Patience (Surih-i-Sabr) Tablet of Job (Lawh-i Ayyub) | Commentary, historical | Nayriz |
| Surah of the Pen (Suratu’l Qalam) | Mystical | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online |
| Surah of the Premier (Ali Pasha) (Súriy-i-Ra’ís) | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Surah of Sacrifice (Suratu’dh-Dhibh) | Proclamatory and commentary | Windflower Translations |
| Surah of the Servants (Surat al-`ibad) | Devotional | Beyond the Veil |
| Surah of Sorrows (Suriy-i Ahzan) | Commentary, historical | Windflower Translations |
| Surah of the Temple (Suriy-i-Haykal) | Proclamatory | Baha’i Reference Library Baha’i Library Online |
| Surah of Visitation for Mulla Husayn | Devotional | Windflower Translations Lights of Irfan |
| Tabernacle of Unity | Important collection of writings | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Words of Paradise (Kalimat-i-Firdawsiyyih) | Law | Baha’i Reference Library |
| Words of Wisdom (‘Asl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr) | Devotional | Baha’i Reference Library YouTube |