BAHÁ’Í WORLD CENTRE — A new volume of Bahá’í sacred texts, Bahá’í Sacred Writings, has been published, gathering into a single collection selections from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the writings and utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
The volume contains 257 selections from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, which span almost four decades of revelation and concluded with His passing in 1892, together with 241 passages from the writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, including a few of His utterances.
Many of the passages in the volume will already be familiar to readers from their participation in Bahá’í moral and spiritual educational programs, often set within the context of the books and Tablets from which they are drawn. For the countless participants of those programs around the world, this collection will vastly increase their access to the Bahá’í writings.
A number of newly translated passages are included in English for the first time.
Drawn from the vast body of Bahá’u’lláh’s Revelation, the collection offers an overview of His teachings, together with extensive elucidations by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, on the process of personal spiritual transformation, teachings for social change, and the raising of a just and peaceful global civilization.
Bahá’í Sacred Writings is available on the Bahá’í Reference Library and can soon be ordered through the United States Bahá’í Distribution Service. Translation into additional languages is being undertaken—an effort that represents the most extensive translation project in the history of the Bahá’í Faith—and editions will be released as they are completed.
