Bahá'í World Faith

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Contents 1 Regarding terminology of 2 Notes on authenticity 3 Cross-referenced by section to new translations in more recently published works 3.1 Chapter 1 3.2 Chapter 2 3.3 Chapter 3 3.4 Chapter 4 (all) 3.5 Chapter 5 (all) 3.6 Chapter 6 3.7 Chapter 7 3.8 Chapter 8 3.9 Chapter 9 4 Bahá'í World Faith with Exact Present-Day Translations Elsewhere 5 Items in Bahá'í World Faith with Corresponding Updated Translation Elsewhere (if available) 6 Items in Bahá'í World Faith without an updated translation 7 Todos for this page

Regarding terminology of

"In reply to your letter of January 26th, we realize that there are occasions on which the use of the term 'Baha'i World Faith' may be justified and useful. However, it is our hope that the friends will gradually lose the habit of using this term as widely as they do now. The designation 'The Baha'i Faith' is more dignified and preferable. Any adjective added to this name tends to a diminution of its stature and might be taken to mean that there are other 'Baha'i Faiths'."

(From a letter of the Universal House of Justice to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles, February 5, 1967: Copies to various National Spiritual Assemblies; quoted in Lights of Guidance, no. 374)

Notes on authenticity

"The Research Department can not, at present, provide a detailed listing of which extracts from "Foundations of World Unity" and "Baha'i World Faith" are authentic and which are not as, to date, such a listing has not been compiled. Mr. ... can feel free to inquire about the status of specific extracts in which he is interested."

(From a memorandum of the Research department dated http://www.bahai-library.com/uhj/authenticity.texts.html 28 March 1996 )

Cross-referenced by section to new translations in more recently published works

Chapter 1

• 9 - GWB: 5-6
• 10 - GWB: 9-10
• 10-11 - GWB: 10-11
• 11 - GWB: 11-12
• 11-12 - GWB: 12-13
• 12 - GWB: 17
• 12-19 - GWB: 17-27
• 19-20 - GWB: 46-49
• 20-21 - GWB: 49
• 21 - GWB: 49-50
• 21-25 - GWB: 50-56
• 25-27 - GWB: 56-59
• 27-28 - GWB: 59-60
• 28 - GWB: 60
• 28-31 - GWB: 60-64
• 31-32 - GWB: 88-90
• 32-33 - GWB: 98-99
• 33 - GWB: 99-100
• 33-35 - GWB: 104-107
• 35-36 - GWB: 136-137
• 36 - GWB: 213
• 36-38 - GWB: 210-212
• 38-40 - GWB: 246-249
• 40-41 - GWB: 250-253 (difference on paragraphing?--"If you pay no heed..." is split at "Judge ye between..." in BWF)
• 42-43 - PDC: (citation) par. 41
• 43-48 - GWB: 232-240
• 48-50 - PDC (citations) par. 69-70
• 50-52 - PDC (citations) par. 75-78
• 52-54 - PDC (citations) par. 79-82
• 54-55 - PDC (citations) par. 83-84
• 55-57 - PDC (citations) par. 97-102
• 57-58 - GWB: 254-255
• 58-59 - GWB: 198-199
• 59-61 - PDC (citations) par. 252-255
• 61-63 - PDC (citations) par. 71-74
• 63-64 - PDC (citations) par. 196
• 64-68 - GWB: 323-329

Chapter 2

• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh:
  • 69-70 - 127-129
  • 70-74 - 48-54
  • 74-76 - 103-106
  • 76-79 - 179-182
  • 79 - 283-284
  • 79-80 - 284
  • 80-82 - 310-313
  • 82-84 - 35-39
  • 84-85 - 14
  • 85 - 281
  • 85-86 - 27-28
  • 87-89 - 275-278
  • 89-91 - 107-110
  • 91-93 - 197-199
  • 93-94 - 295-296
• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh:
  • 94-95 - 261-264
  • 95-97 - 167-169
  • 97-102 - 184-192
  • 102-105 - 64-69
  • 105-109 - 264-270
  • 109-112 - 279-285

Chapter 3

• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh:
  • 113 - 200
  • 113 - 214
  • 113-114 - 214-215
  • 114 - 214
  • 114-116 - 319-322
  • 116-117 - 177-179
  • 117-118 - 316-317
  • 118-119 - 143
  • 119 - 149
  • 120-121 - 153-155
  • 121 - 158-159
  • 121-122 - 194-195
  • 122-124 - 294-297
  • 124-126 - 7-9
  • 126-128 - 330-333
  • 128 - 290-291
  • 128-129 - 340
  • 129 - 86-87
  • 129-133 - 200-205 (the sentence beginning "How great, how very great..." is included as a separate paragraph in Gleanings)
  • 133 - 176-177
  • 134 - 337-338
  • 134-135 - 276
  • 135 - 289-290
  • 135-136 - 292-293
  • 136 - 285
  • 136-137 - 335-336
  • 137-138 - 315-316
  • 138 - 103
  • 138-139 - 342-343
  • 139-140 - 93-94
  • 140 - 175
• 140-142 - Reality of Man, p. 3 (now in Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr, pp. 155-157)
• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh:
  • 142 - 5-6
  • 142-143 - 6
  • 143 - 8-9
  • 144 - 261
  • 144 - 13
  • 144-145 - 15
  • 145 - 21-22
  • 145 - 262-263
  • 146 - 31-32
  • 146-147 - 33-34
  • 147-148 - 42-43
  • 148 - 59
  • 148-149 - 86-87
  • 149 - 94-95
  • 149-150 - 119-120
  • 150-151 - 159-160
  • 151-152 - 170-171
  • 152 - 206-207
  • 152-153 - 220-221
  • 153 - 224
  • 153-154 - 248
  • 154 - 234
  • 154-155 - 259
  • 155 - 265-266
• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Hidden Words (Arabic)
  • 155-165 - 1-71 (pp. 3-21)

Chapter 4 (all)

• pp. 166-172 - Tarázát (Ornaments) - TB, 31-44
• pp. 172-179 - Lawh-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World) - TB, 81-97
• pp. 180-186 - Kalímát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise) - TB, 55-80
• pp. 186-191 - Tajallíyát (Effulgences) - TB, 45-54
• pp. 191-197 - Bishárát (Glad-Tidings) - TB, 19-29
• pp. 197-203 - Ishráqát (Splendours) - TB, 99-134

Chapter 5 (all)

• pp. 204-207 - Súriy-i-Ghusn (not yet with updated translations)
• pp. 207-210 - Kitáb-i-`Ahd - TB, 217-223
• pp. 211 - "Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation..." - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 346 (also in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 37)

Chapter 6

• 215-217 - Bahá'í Peace Program: p. 27 (online elsewhere?)
• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Promulgation of Universal Peace:
  • 217-220 - 14-16
  • 220-224 - 25-29
  • 224-228 - 140-143
  • 228-231 - 143-146
  • 231-235 - 123-126
  • 235-242 - 177-182
  • 242-245 - 29-32
  • 245-248 - 453-456
  • 248-251 - 84-87
  • 251-254 - 20-22
  • 254-257 - 93-96
  • 257-260 - 190-193
  • 260-263 - 58-60
  • 263-267 - 87-91
  • 267-270 - 44-46 (significantly different in parts)
  • 270-280 - 361-370
• 280-284 - Some Answered Questions, p. 273-277
• 284-296 - Bahá'í Peace Program: p. 11 (now at Tablet to the Hague, at http://bahai-library.com/?file=abdulbaha_lawh_hague_bwc.html ; also included in part at Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 227, pp. 296-307)

Chapter 7

• Bahá'í World Faith compared with Some Answered Questions
  • 297-300 - 180-184
  • 301-303 - 177-179
  • 303-307 - 185-190
  • 307-310 - 191-194
  • 310-311 - 195-197
  • 312-313 - 198-199
  • 313-314 - 200-201
  • 315-316 - 202-204
  • 316-317 - 208-209
  • 317-318 - 210-211
  • 318-321 - 212-216
  • 321-323 - 220-222
  • 323-326 - 223-226
  • 326-328 - 227-229
  • 328-330 - 230-232
  • 330-331 - 233-234
  • 331-333 - 235-237
• 333-336 - Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: p. 581-585; newer translation in Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 129 (pp. 146-150 (Tablet of Purity))
• 336-348 - Bahá'í Peace Program: p. 31 (now in Tablet to August Forel, pp. 7-28)

Chapter 8

• 349-350 - Star of the West, XIV, 12; Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 5
• 350-351 - Star of the West, XIV, 12
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 351-352 - 641-642
  • 352 - 318-319; (also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 838; attributed on the web as from a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá about Naw-Rúz (Star of the West, Vol. VII, p.1))
  • 352-353 - 502-504
  • 354 - 405-406; (also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 943)
  • 354-355 - Star of the West, XIV, 12
  • 356-357 - 36-37
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III - 3 (1st 2 paragraphs) - 442-443
• 357-359 (remainder) - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 359 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'I-Bahá
• 359-360 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 360 - 145-146
  • 360-361 - 243; (also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 834)
  • 361-362 - 73-74
  • 362 - 511-512
  • 362-363 - 162
  • 363 - 260
  • 363-364 - 263
  • 364 - 505
• 364 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 364-365 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 365-366 - 22-23
  • 366 - 687-688; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 871
  • 366 - 328-329
  • 367 - 157; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 916
  • 367 - 19; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 893
  • 367 - 205; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 922
  • 368 - 683-684; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 869; Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting, sec. 2, no. 7
  • 368-369 - 705-706; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 875
  • 369 - 706-707; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 876
  • 370 - 591-592; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 944
  • 370-371 - 115-117; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 815
  • 371-372 - 722-723; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 877
  • 372 - 337-338
• 372-373 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 373-374 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 374-375 - Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III 97-98
• 375 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 375 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 375-376 - 587; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 857
  • 376 - 207; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 923 (also in Compilation on Health and Healing, no. 31 and Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, p. 114)
  • 376-377 - 448-449
  • 377 - 449-450
• 377-378 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 378 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 379-379 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• 379-380 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 380-381 - 537-539; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 791-793
  • 381-382 - 562-563; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 880
  • 382 - 178
  • 382-383 - 549; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 851
  • 383 - 87
  • 383-384 - 168; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 937
  • 384 - 459-460; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 828; cited as being a "Message to the London Bahá'ís, October 1911" in Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, p. 85; a somewhat different version is in Advent of Divine Justice, p. 26
• 384-385 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 385-386 - 390-392; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 950; quoted in Compilation on Guidelines for Teaching (or Gift of Teaching), Introductory letter and no. 1914 (does not include the last sentence)
  • 386 - 407-408
• 386-387 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 387 - 409-410; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 844
  • 387-388 - 453
  • 388-389 - 252
  • 389 - 316-317
  • 389-390 - 322; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 839
  • 390 - 327; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 841
  • 390-391 - 514
  • 391 - 622-623; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 865
  • 391-393 - 642-645
  • 393-394 - 164
  • 394 - 175-176; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 919
  • 394-395 - 94-95
  • 395-396 - 12-14; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 892 (also in Compilation on Opposition, no. 1533)
  • 396 - 592-593
  • 396-399 - 576-580; Bahá'í Scriptures no. 935; Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 104, pp. 131-132 (first two paragraphs only); Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 98, pp. 126-127 (last paragraph)

Chapter 9

• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 400 - 535; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 853
  • 400-401 - 41-42; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 939; Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 35, pp. 70-71 and 74
• 401-402 - Star of the West, VII, 5; also in "The Essential Unity", pp. Bahá'í Scriptures no. 359-Bahá'í Scriptures no. 362 (nos. 686 1st par.; no. 686 (remaining); 687-689): ? ; ? -- other sources????
• 402 - Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III, 185
• 402-403 - National Bahá'í Archives, Unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 403 - 690
  • 403-404 - 23-24
  • 404-406 - 1-6
  • 406-407 - 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, 56 ?
  • 407-408 - (the first paragraph (at least) cited in Compilation on Bahá'í Meetings as from "Star of the West", vol. 2, no. 6 (24 June 1911), p. 5)?
  • 408 - National Bahá'í Archives, Unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá?
  • 409 - 553-554; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 855
  • 409-410 - 508-509
  • 410 - 10-11
• 410-411 - National Bahá'í Archives, Unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (3x)
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 411-412 - 148
  • 412 - 14-15
  • 412 - 499
• 412-413 - National Bahá'í Archives, Unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
• Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III
  • 413 - 21-22
  • 413-414 - 124-126; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 915; Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, sec. 41, p. 84-85
  • 413 - 25
  • 414 - 435
  • 415 - 437
  • 415 - 17-18
  • 416 (1st 2 paragraphs) - 96-97; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 905
  • 416 - 626-627; also in Bahá'í Scriptures no. 867
  • 416-417 - 100-101
• 417-418 - National Bahá'í Archives, unpublished Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá ?
• 418-419 - Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Vols. I, II, III, 633-634
• America's Spiritual Mission
  • 419-423 - 17 (now in Tablets of the Divine Plan, pp. 101-107)
  • 423-429 - 22 (now in Tablets of the Divine Plan, pp. 49-56)
• 429-438 - Star of the West, XIII, 1 (other sources????)
• Excerpts from the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
  • 438-440 - 3-4
  • 440 - 8
  • 440-441 - 9 "O God, my God! Thou seest..." is a separate item
  • 441-446 - 9-15
  • 446-447 - 15
  • 447-448 - 19-20
  • 448 - 22
  • 448-449 - 25-26

Bahá'í World Faith with Exact Present-Day Translations Elsewhere

• Chapters 1-3 (except for Chapter 3 pp. 140-142 (see below))
• Chapter 5 pp. 211 - "Whoso layeth claim to a Revelation..." - Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, p. 346 (also in Kitáb-i-Aqdas, par. 37)

Items in Bahá'í World Faith with Corresponding Updated Translation Elsewhere (if available)

• Chapter 3 pp. 140-142 - Reality of Man, p. 3 (now in Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, Asl-i-Kullu'l-Khayr, pp. 155-157)
• Chapter 4 and 5 (except for Chapter 5 pp. 211: see above)

Items in Bahá'í World Faith without an updated translation

• From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh: Chapter 5, pp. 204-207 - Súriy-i-Ghusn
• From the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: ?

Todos for this page

The above three headings need to have information from Chapters 6-9.

(Chapter 3 and all below need fixing here?)