Outline of the Baháʼí Faith

The Baháʼí Faith is a relatively new religion teaching the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people, established by Baháʼu'lláh in the 19th-century Middle East and now estimated to have a worldwide following of 5–8 million adherents, known as Baháʼís.

See also: Outline of religion § Baháʼí Faith topics

The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the Baháʼí Faith.

Beliefs and practices

Baháʼí teachings

Baháʼí teachings

Baháʼí social principles

Baháʼí laws

Baháʼí laws

History
See also: Baháʼí timeline

History of the Baháʼí Faith – had its background in two earlier movements in the nineteenth century, Shaykhism and Bábism.

Important figures

Central figures

Chronologically there have been three individuals who are considered paramount in the religion, though not of equal station

  • The Báb – the founder of the Bábí Faith, seen by Baháʼís as the predecessor to their religion
  • Baháʼu'lláh – the founder of the Baháʼí Faith
  • ʻAbdu'l-Bahá – the appointed successor of Baháʼu'lláh

Groups

Notable individuals
Main article: List of Baháʼís
See also: List of converts to the Baháʼí Faith and List of former Baháʼís

Texts and scriptures

Key scripture
  • Kitáb-i-Aqdas – a central book of the Baháʼí Faith written by Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the religion.
  • Kitáb-i-Íqán – the primary theological work of the followers of the Baháʼí Faith
  • The Hidden Words (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih) – a collection of short utterances, 71 in Arabic and 82 in Persian
  • The Seven Valleys – a book written in Persian by Baháʼu'lláh

By The Báb
  • Persian Bayán – one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábi religion, written in Persian
  • Arabic Bayán – a book written by the Báb around 1848. Its larger sister book is the Persian Bayán. The work is incomplete, containing only eleven Vahids.
  • Selections from the Writings of the Báb – a book of excerpts from notable works of the Báb, the forerunner-Prophet of the Baháʼí Faith.

By Baháʼu'lláh

List of writings of Baháʼu'lláh

By ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
  • Paris Talks – a book transcribed from talks given by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá while in Paris.
  • The Secret of Divine Civilization – a book written in 1875 by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, addressed to the rulers and the people of Persia.
  • Some Answered Questions – contains questions asked to ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, son of the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, by Laura Clifford Barney, during several of her visits to Haifa between 1904 and 1906, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's answers to these questions.
  • Tablets of the Divine Plan – 14 letters (tablets) written between September 1916 and March 1917 by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to Baháʼís in the United States and Canada.
  • Tablet to Dr. Forel – a letter of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, written in reply to questions asked by Auguste-Henri Forel, a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist.
  • Tablet to The Hague – a letter which ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote to the Central Organisation for Durable Peace in The Hague, The Netherlands on 17 December 1919.
  • Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá – A seminal document, written in three stages by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá.

By Shoghi Effendi
  • The Advent of Divine Justice – a letter written December 25, 1938 to the Baháʼís of the United States and Canada, by Shoghi Effendi
  • God Passes By – a historical summary of the first century of the Baháʼí Faith
  • Promised Day is Come – a book-length letter by Shoghi Effendi dated 1941 and written for Baháʼís in the Western world

By the Universal House of Justice

Organizations

Baháʼí administration

Baháʼí administration

Other Baháʼí organizations

Places

Calendar

Baháʼí calendar

Other topics
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