Category Archives: Books

Resolve to Gain the Victory over Your Own Selves

This volume was compiled as a sequence of correlated passages that would be conducive to spiritual growth. The majority of the material presented in this compilation is comprised of passages from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, with one text from the Báb, some from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, one passage from a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, […]

Human Station in the Baha’i Faith: Selected Sections: Philosophy and Knowledge of the Divine

This book is a collection of talks by the great Bahá’í teacher and philosopher Dr. ‘A. M. Dávúdí on selected philosophical topics. A member of the Iranian National Spiritual Assembly during the Iranian revolution, Dr. Dávúdí was abducted by unknown assailants while strolling in a park in Tehran in 1979 and was never heard from […]

Empowering Words: Extracts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi for Inspiration, Guidance and Vision

This compilation features extracts that have been selected from a great variety of letters and messages which Shoghi Effendi wrote to various parts of the globe.

شهيدان امر الهي [Martyrs of the Cause] (Persian Edition)

This book describes the lives of a husband and wife whose outstanding contributions to the advancement of pre-1979 revolution Iran were never recognized but instead the Islamic Republic ended their lives and confiscated their property due to their adherence to the Bahá’í Faith.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá in New York

This re-telling of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s days in New York City is both inspiring and illuminating. It is intended to bring you closer to this unique figure in spiritual history, whose life will serve as a model of the true spiritual and ethical life for centuries to come.

Blessings in Teaching Children and Blessings of Service

Compilations from the Bahá’i sacred Writings on the subject of the teaching and education of children and the subject of service.

Unity of Faith and Reason in Action: A Journey of Discovery

This book explores religion in a totally new light and shows how “religion” and “science”, and “faith” and “reason,” are distinct but complementary ways of knowing, essential for a reasoned, creative, enlightened, and meaningful life.

The Báb: The King of Messengers

This treatise is not a book of history. It is the text of an address about the greatness of the revelation of the Bab. It covers highlights of the life of the Bab as well as describing the fate of the persecutors of the Bab and His companions.

In Search of Nirvana (Persian Edition)

Originally published in 1985 in English and then updated in 1989 as “Alcohol and Drug Abuse: A Psychosocial and Spiritual Approach to Prevention”, this book takes account of the extensive research on addiction, alcoholism and drug abuse in the last twenty years.

I Loved Thy Creation

This collection of short fiction is woven together by the theme that creation is driven by a pre-existing love of the creature and of the very act of creation itself. The stories in this volume were originally published in the United States and the United Kingdom in such magazines as Analog Science Fiction, Amazing Stories, Century, and Interzone.

The Meaning of Suffering & The Mystery of Sacrifice

This publication contains selections from the Baha’i Writings on the important concepts of suffering and scacrifice. It highlights selections on the purpose of suffering, the ways in which it contributes to our spiritual growth, the relationship between suffering and sacrifice and the promises and assurances found in the Baha’i Writings on the mystery and consequences of suffering and sacrifice.

Minimalism: A Bridge Between Classical Philosophy and the Baha’i Revelation

Minimalism is the name given by Professor Hatcher to his method of applying modern relational logic retroactively to problems in classical philosophy such as the existence and nature of God. The answers obtained by a persistent application of this method are seen to coincide remarkably with the answers to these same questions found in the Sacred Scriptures of the Baha’i Faith.

Bahá’í-Inspired Perspectives on Human Rights

Originally released as an e-book, this ground-breaking publication was the first ever Bahá’í e-book on the subject of Human Rights and is now available in print.

Sweet and Enchanting Stories

This bi-lingual collection of stories presents a unique treasure for members and friends of the Baha’i Faith who are interested in history of the Faith as well as the important art of storytelling. The accounts recorded in this volume have been carefully translated into English from the original Persian and Arabic.

Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom

This unique collection of poetry by, and in honor of, early and recent martyrs of the Bahá’í Faith in Persian and English includes a foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, as well as extensive details pertaining to the Bahá’í concept of martyrdom, relevant cultural issues, excerpts from principal Bahá’í publications on the persecution of the Bahá’ís and details pertaining to some of the major events resulting in the martyrdom of Bahá’ís.

Bahá’í Prayers for Youth

This volume contains a collection of prayers from The Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá especially geared towards youth.

The Psychology of Spirituality: From Divided Self to Integrated Self

This book is written for those who ask difficult questions: What is the nature of human reality? What is the purpose of human life? What is love? What is reality? What is the secret of happiness? Do we have free will? Is transcendence real?

A Story of Peace for the Children of God

Join fifteen-year-old Kwame as he sets out from his home on the island nation of Gardenia on a journey to distant lands to mark his transition into adulthood by spreading the joyful news of the Peace Statement, The Promise of World Peace, issued by the Universal House of Justice.