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"Yet every human being and every group of individuals, irrespective of whether they are counted among His followers, can take inspiration from His teachings, benefitting from whatever gems of wisdom and knowledge will aid them in addressing the challenges they face."

The Universal House of Justice · Ridván 2010

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Bahá'u'lláh · 1857/58

The Hidden Words

A work consisting of short passages revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Persian and Arabic during His exile in Baghdad, translated by Shoghi Effendi.

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compiled by Shoghi Effendi · 1935

Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh

A compilation of selected tablets and extracts drawn from the whole range of Bahá'u'lláh's writings, made and translated by Shoghi Effendi and first published in 1935.

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Shoghi Effendi · 1938

The Advent of Divine Justice

A letter written by Shoghi Effendi to the Baháʼís of North America, dated 25 December 1938.

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Bahá'u'lláh

The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys

Two works written in Baghdad after Bahá'u'lláh returned from Kurdistan in 1856, addressed to the Sufi mystics He had been in contact with in Sulaymáníyyih.

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Bahá'u'lláh · c. 1891

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

A Tablet addressed to Shaykh Muhammad-Taqiy-i-Najafí, revealed at the Mansion of Bahjí and translated by Shoghi Effendi.

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compiled by Shoghi Effendi · 1938

Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh

A selection of prayers and meditations revealed by Bahá'u'lláh, compiled and translated by Shoghi Effendi.

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ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá · 1904–06

Some Answered Questions

Transcriptions of table talks given by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá in ʻAkká in response to questions posed by Laura Dreyfus-Barney. The extensively retranslated edition was published in 2014.

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ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá · 1916–17

Tablets of the Divine Plan

Fourteen letters addressed by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá to the North American Baháʼí community as a whole and by region.

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Bahá'u'lláh · 1868–70

The Summons of the Lord of Hosts

A collection of Bahá'u'lláh's tablets addressed to the kings and rulers of the world — including Napoleon III, Queen Victoria, Czar Alexander II, Pope Pius IX, and the Sháh of Persia — proclaiming His mission and calling them to justice.

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Bahá'u'lláh · c. 1873

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas

Bahá'u'lláh's book of laws, written in Arabic while imprisoned in ʻAkká. The first authorized English translation was published in 1992, annotated and accompanied by supplementary Writings.

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Bahá'u'lláh · 1861/62

The Kitáb-i-Íqán

A treatise revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad in response to questions posed by one of the maternal uncles of the Báb, translated by Shoghi Effendi and first published in English in 1931.

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