The following is a list of the major writings of Bahá'u'lláh published in English. Length may vary with different editions; page numbers are just included to give the reader an idea of the size of the work. More complete bibliographic entries for those works cited in the guide are given in the BIBLIOGRAPHY, below.

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. 193 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh. 346 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
The Hidden Words. 52 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Kitáb-i-Aqdas: The Most Holy Book. 296 p. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1992.
Kitáb-i-Íqán. 274 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Prayers and Meditations. 347 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
The Proclamation of Bahá'u'lláh. 127p. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1972.
The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys. 65 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh revealed after the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. 298 p. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre. Many editions.
Writings of Bahá'u'lláh: A Compilation. 717 p. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1986.

Very little of the Báb's revelation has been translated into English. Denis MacEoin has provided the most complete description of the Báb's works in his Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History, which is an updated and expanded revision of his 1977 Fellowship Dissertation for King's College, A Revised Survey of the Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History. His Sources for Early Bábí Doctrine and History contains a full listing and summary of the Báb's known works, index of first lines, index of titles, the location of known manuscript copies, and histories of the preservation or loss of certain works. Shoghi Effendi provides a short list of the Báb's best-known works in appendix one of the Dawnbreakers.

Works of the Báb published in English:

A Compilation of Passages from the Writings of the Báb. 56 p. Compiled by the Universal House of Justice. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1980.

Bahá'í Prayers. 276 p. 2d ed. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982. Though most of the prayers contained in this collection are from Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, there are a few from the Báb.

Selections from the Writings of the Báb. 235 p. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre, 1976. This is by far the longest and most complete collection of the Báb's writings yet published in English.

Works which include some writings of the Báb:

Materials for the Study of the Bábí Religion. 380 p. Compiled by Edward Granville Browne. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1918. This random assortment of material includes a few pieces of tangential use, including documents on the Báb's examination at Tabríz in 1848, a bibliography of Bábí works, and an unreliable history by Muhammad Jawád Qazvíní.

Selections from the Writings of E. G. Browne. 499 p. Edited by Moojan Momen. Oxford: George Ronald, 1987. This work does not contain any translations as such, but it does include Browne's summary of the Persian Bayán as well as a wealth of other useful information and snippets of translations.

The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation. 685 p. By Nabíl-i-Zarandí, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1932. This work does not contain any translations of the Báb's works, but it does include many of his recorded statements and his "Address to the Letters of the Living," pp. 92-4. This address has been reprinted in Hidden Words and Selected Holy Writings, Malaysia: Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1985, pages 93-8.

Works of the Báb in French

There have also been significant translations of the Báb's works into European languages, especially Russian and French. I include here only the French, since they are likely to be more accessible to the casual scholar than the Russian.

Journal Asiatique. 1866 translation of a work by Kazem Beg of an unidentified Arabic work of the Báb.

Kitáb-i-nuqtat al-káf and Táríkh-i-Jadíd are two early histories of the Bábí movement translated by E. G. Browne, in 1910 and 1893, respectively. Though not containing major works of the Báb, and though their authorship and accuracy are disputed, they were influential and are still important translations.

Le Bayán Arabe, translated by A. L. M. Nicolas. 235 p. Paris: Librarie Ernest Leroux, 1905.

Le Bayán Persan, translated in four volumes by A. L. M. Nicolas. 669 p. total. Paris: Librarie Paul Geuthner, 1911 through 1914.

Le Livre des Sept Preuves, translated by A. L. M. Nicolas. Paris: Librarie Maison-neuve, 1902. This and the above two translations of Nicolas are said to be accurate and valuable translations.

Religions et philosophies dans l'Asie centrale. Comte de Gobineau. Paris, 1865. This history is the first detailed scholarly work by a Westerner on the Bábí movement. Gobineau included a partial translation of the Arabic Bayán as an appendix to this book. It is said to be a poor translation with many errors.

La Religion de Bab, Reformateur Persan. M. Clement Huart. Paris: Earnest Leroux, 1889. 64 pp. Contains about 25 pages of translations.

'Abdu'l-Bahá's published teachings fall into two categories: translations of writings and transcriptions of talks. All of the former are considered authentic. The latter may contain errors, and so they carry slightly less authority. An exception is Some Answered Questions, the notes for which 'Abdu'l-Bahá personally proofread. The following list of his major writings published in English is divided between these two categories. Works that are short, old, or unavailable have been excluded. This list is culled, with permission, from William Collins, Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985, Oxford: George Ronald, 1990. Length may vary with different editions; page numbers are included merely to give the reader an idea of the size of the work. Multiple editions from different publishing houses are not listed. More complete bibliographic entries for those works cited in the guide are given in the BIBLIOGRAPHY, below.

'Abdu'l-Bahá's published writings:

Christ's Promise Fulfilled. 76 p. Excerpts from Some Answered Questions. Many editions.
Compilation of Passages from the Words of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 58 p. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1980.
Faith for Every Man. London: 80 p. Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1972.
Memoirs of the Faithful. 208 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1971 and 1975.
Mystery of God. 203 p. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1971 and 1979. (This book includes as many quotations about 'Abdu'l-Bahá as by him.)
Secret of Divine Civilization. 126 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 325 p. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre. 1978.
Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Abbas. Three volumes. 730 p. total. Chicago: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions. (These translations are old and some are unreliable.)
Tablets of the Divine Plan. 54 p. (one edition is 107 p.) Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb. 110 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 26 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Wisdom of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 171 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. n.d.

'Abdu'l-Bahá's published talks:

'Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada. 64 p. Toronto: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. 1962.
'Abdu'l-Bahá in London. 134 p. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York, the City of the Covenant, April-December 1912. 79 p. New York: Bahá'í Publishing Committee. 1912 and 1931.
Foundations of World Unity. 112 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Paris Talks. 184 p. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Promulgation of Universal Peace. 513 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Some Answered Questions. 350 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Talks by 'Abdu'l-Bahá Given in Paris. 171 p. London: G. Bell and Sons. Many editions.

The following is a list of the major writings of Shoghi Effendi published in English. Works that are short, old, or unavailable have been excluded. Length may vary with different editions; page numbers are just included to give the reader an idea of the size of the work. More complete bibliographic entries for those works cited in the guide are given in the BIBLIOGRAPHY, below.

Advent of Divine Justice. 90 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
America and the Most Great Peace. 26p. Reprinted in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand. 111 p. Suva, Fiji: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1982.
Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 30 p. Co-author Lady Blomfield. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1985.
Bahá'í Administration. 155 p. New York: Bahá'í Publishing Committee. Many editions.
Call to the Nations. 69 p. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre. 1977. (This is a collection compiled from other previously published works.)
Citadel of Faith: Messages to America, 1947-1957. 178 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Dawn of a New Day: Messages to India, 1923-1957. 233 p. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. n.d.
Directives from the Guardian. 92 p. New Delhi: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1973.
Dispensation of Baha'u'llah. 65 p. Reprinted in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
God Passes By. 412 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Guidance for Today and Tomorrow. 273 p. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1953 and 1973.
High Endeavours: Messages to Alaska. 85 p. Anchorage: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Alaska. 1976.
Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand, 1923-1957. 140 p. Sydney: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand. 1970 and 1971.
Light of Divine Guidance: The Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of Germany and Austria. 311 p. and 136 p. resp. Two volumes. Hofheim-Langenhain: Bahá'í-Verlag. 1982 and 1985, resp.
Messages from the Guardian: Letters and Cablegrams Received by the National Spiritual Assembly from June 21, 1932 to July 21, 1940. 78 p. New York: Bahá'í Publishing Committee. 1940.
Messages to America: Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed to the Bahá'ís of North America, 1932-1946. 118 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1947.
Messages to Canada. 78 p. Toronto: National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada. 1965.
Messages to the Bahá'í World 1950-1957. 130 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1958 and 1971.
Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. 36 p. Co-author Lady Blomfield. Haifa: Rosenfeld Brothers. 1922.
Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf: A Tribute. 12 p. Reprinted in Bahíyyih Khánum: The Greatest Holy Leaf. Haifa: Bahá'í World Centre. 1982.
Principles of Bahá'í Administration. 125 p. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.
Promised Day is Come. 136 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Committee. Many editions.
Selected Writings of Shoghi Effendi. 37 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Committee. 1942 and 1975.
Unfolding Destiny of British Bahá'í Community: The Messages from the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith to the Bahá'ís of the British Isles. 529 p. London: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. 1981.
World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. 234 p. Wilmette: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. Many editions.