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Persian & Islamic Context

The Qur’ánic, Shí‘í, and Persian matrix from which the Faith arose.

Key authors Stephen Lambden 32Habib Riazati 16Muin Afnani 14Moojan Momen 8Iraj Ayman 8Julio Savi 7Vahid Rafati 7Robert Stockman 7
Related themes Scripture & TabletsBábí History & the BábScholarship & InterpretationInterfaith & Comparative ReligionTheology & the Nature of God
  • Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá’u’lláh in Iran Moojan Momen · Session #153 · 2018 · PDF
  • Ancient poems as a means of Revelation, in an early Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani · Session #146 · 2017 · PDF
  • Religious Clergy in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
  • The Mathnaví by Rúhu’lláh Varqá, the martyr: A few notes on its historical context and poetical content Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani · Session #146 · 2017 · PDF
  • The Situation of Iran in the 19th Century as Reflected in the Baha’i Writings Vahid Rafati · Session #146 · 2017
  • A Comparison between the commentary and interpretation of an Islamic Tradition by `Abdu’l-Bahá and Ayatu’llah Khomeini Moojan Momen · Session #138 · 2016 · PDF
  • Financial Enterprises of the Early Eastern Bahá’ís Vahid Rafati · Session #138 · 2016
  • Poetry in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Writings and Utterances Julio Savi, Faezel Mardani · Session #138 · 2016 · PDF
  • Responses to Injustice Mehran Bashiri · Session #136 · 2016
  • The Hidden Words as andarz literature Sivan Lerer · Session #138 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 1: Shaykh Ahmad ibn Zayn al-Din al-Ahsa’i Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • Twin Shining Lights, Part 2: Sayyid Kazim al-Rashti Stephen Lambden · Session #137 · 2016
  • “He-She-It Is”� (Huwa): The re-created Basmala in Babi-Baha’i Literary Commencements Stephen Lambden · Session #130 · 2015
  • A Look at the Imagery and Parables Used in the Persian Tablet of Ahmad Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015
  • Haj Mehdi Arjmand: A Biographical Review Faris Badii · Session #135 · 2015
  • Historical and Cultural Motifs in Baha’u’llah’s Tablet to Nasir al-Din Shah Sivan Lerer · Session #132 · 2015
  • Holy Places and Historic Sites Mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful Foad Seddigh · Session #135 · 2015 · PDF
  • Memorials of the Faithful: The Democratization of Sainthood Moojan Momen · Session #132 · 2015
  • Provisional Translation of the Persian Tablet of Aá��mad and a Review of Its Contents Foad Seddigh · Session #130 · 2015
  • Significance of some Historical and Holy Places Cited in the Memorials of the Faithful Foad Seddigh · Session #132 · 2015
  • The Báb’s Tablet to Mullá á��asan Gawhar: A Provisional Translation and Notes Nima Rafiel · Session #132 · 2015
  • The Relevance of Abdu’l-Baha’s Secret of Divine Civilization and Treatise on Politics on the Future of Iran Habib Riazati · Session #132 · 2015
  • A Review of Abdu’l-Hamid Ishraq Khavari’s Moházirát (a three volume book) Muin Afnani · Session #123 · 2014
  • Bábí-Bahá’í Scripture and Belief in E. G. Browne’s A Year Amongst the Persians Sholeh Quinn · Session #123 · 2014
  • Mastering Bahá’í Way of Life: Process or Event? Iraj Ayman · Session #128 · 2014
  • Sáqí, bi-dih ábí — O Cup-Bearer, give me a drop: A hymn to love offered by the Blessed Beauty Julio Savi · Session #125 · 2014 · PDF
  • Some New, Little-known, or Unstudied Writings of the Báb (1819-1850) Stephen Lambden · Session #123 · 2014
  • The Ode of the Nightingale (Qáá��ídíy-i-Varqá’íyyih): Its Significance and Similarities with Tá’íyyih Ibn-i-Fárid Foad Seddigh · Session #128 · 2014
  • “At Dawn the Friend Came to my bed”�: An early fruit of the Supreme Pen Julio Savi · Session #118 · 2013 · PDF
  • Conflict Transformation: A Case Study of the Universal House of Justice Messages to the Bahá’ís in Iran Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #116 · 2013
  • Consultation in the Bahá’í Faith: A Review of its Developmental Process Moojan Momen · Session #118 · 2013 · PDF
  • Das Ringen um Fortschritt im Iran des 19. Jh. und die Rolle der Babi-Bewegung Iradj Eschraghi · Session #119 · 2013
  • The Meanings and the Stations of Tawhid in the Bábí and Bahá’í Writings Habib Riazati · Session #121 · 2013
  • Verschwörungstheorien und weltanschauliche Konfliktlinien als Ursache der Verfolgung der Bahai in der Islamischen Republik Iran Tobias Vetter · Session #119 · 2013
  • `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Visit to North America: An Illustrated Story Hussain Ahdieh · Session #111 · 2012
  • An Officer and an Academic: Alexander Grigorevich Tumanskii and His Contribution to Russian Historiography on and Policy towards the Bábí-Bahá’í Religion Soli Shahvar · Session #111 · 2012
  • Awakening: The Birth and Tribulations of a Bahá’í Community in Iran Hussein Ahdieh · Session #111 · 2012
  • Connection and Disconnection between Bahá’í Faith and Enlightenment Philosophy in Islam Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
  • Eyewitness Account of the Massacre of Bahá’ís in Nayriz on Naw-Ruz 1909 Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #113 · 2012
  • Historical Background of Bahá’u’lláh’s Súratu’n-Nush (Exhortation) Husein Ahdieh · Session #113 · 2012
  • Kitáb-i-Iqán, From Bábí to Bahá’í Dispensation Faris Badii · Session #113 · 2012
  • Shared Leadership and Bahá’í Community Life Roya Ayman · Session #111 · 2012
  • Shared Leadership and Bahá’ís Community Life Roya Ayman · Session #113 · 2012
  • Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i Imamology: Some introductory Notes on the Twelver Imams and traditions attributed to them in Shi`i and Babi-Baha’i scriptural sources Stephen Lambden · Session #109 · 2012
  • Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Honor of Hand of the Cause Jináb-i-Ibn-i-Abhar Vahid Rafati · Session #111 · 2012
  • The Bab’s Sahifah-yi `adliyyah in Historical Context Sholeh A. Quinn · Session #109 · 2012
  • The Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call Julio Savi · Session #111 · 2012 · PDF
  • The Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #109 · 2012
  • Women’s poetry in early Qajar Iran: Some context to Táhirih’s poetry Dominic Parviz Brookshaw · Session #109 · 2012
  • Abbás Effendí: Centenary of His Visit to Egypt (1910-1913) Nabil Fares · Session #107 · 2011
  • Abdu’l-Bahá in New York 1912 : An Illustrated Narrative Hussein Ahdieh · Session #107 · 2011
  • Bahá’u’lláh’s Persian poems written before 1863 Julio Savi · Session #104 · 2011 · PDF
  • Die Gesellschaft zur ideologischen Bekämpfung der Bahá’í (Hojjatiyeh): Hintergründe ihrer Entstehung, ihre Methoden und ihr gegenwärtiger Einfluss im Iran Iradj Eschraghi · Session #105 · 2011
  • Exploring the Theme of Mystical Love Muin Afnani · Session #102 · 2011
  • From Nabi (Prophet) and Rasul (Messenger) to Mazhar-i Ilahi (`Manifestation of God’): A Babí-Bahá’í Trajectory through the Biblical-Islamic Prophets and Messengers Stephen Lambden · Session #102 · 2011
  • Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 1. Unsealing the Sealed Wine -- Slaying the Dragon of Dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
  • Fundamental Verities in the Writings of the Báb: 2. The Principle of Individual Investigation of Truth in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #102 · 2011
  • Orientals Meeting in the West: Foes Become Friends Mina Yazdani · Session #102 · 2011
  • Race, Religion and Progress in the Talks and Actions of Abdu’l-Bahá Robert Stockman · Session #107 · 2011
  • Some notes on the historical background of Bahá’u’lláh’s Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Armin Eschragi · Session #104 · 2011
  • Synopsis of the Shared Concepts and Themes in the Persian Bayán and the Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #107 · 2011
  • The Choice of the West for Abdu’l-Bahá’s Epoch-Making Trip Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #107 · 2011 · PDF
  • Unsealing the Sealed Wine: Slaying the dragon of dogmatism in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #104 · 2011
  • Valleys: Their representation in Bahá’í and other religious writings Moshe Sharon · Session #104 · 2011
  • A Brief review of `Abdu’l-Bahá’s visit to North America Robert Stockman · Session #100 · 2010 · PDF
  • A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huquq’u’lláh Nabil Fares · Session #100 · 2010
  • A Comparative Review of Zakat and Huqúq’u’lláh Nabil Fares · Session #95 · 2010
  • From al-Mulk (the Dominion) to al-Mu’minin (the Believers): Some Further Thoughts on the Surah Titles of the Qayyúm al-`asmá of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
  • From the Jabulqa of God’s Power to the Jabulqa of Superstition: The Twelfth Imam in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and `Abdu’l-Bahá’ Omid Ghaemmaghami · Session #95 · 2010
  • In the Beginning: An Analysis of the Opening Chapters of the Báb’s Qayyum al-asma Sholeh Quinn · Session #95 · 2010
  • Laqá Alláh: From Meeting Alláh to Attainment unto the Presence of God Ami Shrager · Session #97 · 2010
  • Preparing Baha’i Communities in the East and the West to Embrace Gender Equality Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani · Session #100 · 2010 · PDF
  • Progressive Revelation in Persian Bayán Habib Riazati · Session #95 · 2010
  • The Concept of Progressive Revelation in the Writings of the Báb Habib Riazati · Session #100 · 2010
  • The Genesis of Bábí Ritual as Exemplified in the Khasa’il-Sab`a (‘The Seven Directives’) of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #95 · 2010
  • Ziyarat and the Tablets of Visitation Vahid Rafati · Session #97 · 2010
  • A Review of the History and Content of Anti—Bahá’í Publications Muin Afnani · Session #88 · 2009
  • An Overview of the Bahá’í Writings on Iran (Part 1) Mina Yazdani · Session #88 · 2009
  • An Overview of the Bahá’í Writings on Iran (Part 2) Mina Yazdani · Session #88 · 2009
  • Celestial Fire: Bahá’u’lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire (átar) in Zoroastrianism Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009 · PDF
  • Divine Origin of the Bahá’í Faith Fares Hedayati · Session #93 · 2009
  • Early Ishmaelite Philosophy and the Bábí—Bahá’í Religions Farshid Kazemi · Session #89 · 2009
  • Early Writings of Bahá’u’lláh: Where was God before Creation? The Origins of Some Terms Moshe Sharon · Session #89 · 2009
  • Gateways to the Qayyúm al-Asmá’ of the Báb: Some Introductory Notes Based on an Examination of its Surah Stephen Lambden · Session #88 · 2009
  • Minimalism and the Bahá’í Faith Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #89 · 2009 · PDF
  • Mysteries of Alast: The Realm of Subtle Entities (`Alam-i Amr) and the Primordial Covenant in the Bábí—Bahá’í Writings Farshid Kazemi · Session #88 · 2009
  • Names and Attributes of God Stephen Lambden · Session #89 · 2009
  • Soul, Spirit, Mind and Intellect, from Antiquity to a Bahá’í Perspective: An Intertextual Trajectory from Biblical Times and Hellenistic Antiquity to the Islamic and Bábí-Bahá’í Psychology Stephen Lambden · Session #88 · 2009
  • The Báb’s Commentary on the Hadith of Kumail: What is Reality? Moojan Momen · Session #89 · 2009
  • The Origin and Evolution of Mankind as Elucidated in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Bahá Arsalan Geula · Session #93 · 2009
  • `Abdu’l-Bahá and Professor T. K. Cheyne Sholeh Quinn · Session #81 · 2008
  • And It Came to Pass: the Báb and the Fulfillment of Shí’í Islamic Messianism (Part 1) Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • And It Came to Pass: the Báb and the Fulfillment of Shí’í Islamic Messianism (Part 2) Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • Another Modern-Day Messiah: Sulayman Al-Murshid and the political theology of ‘Alawi separatism in French Mandatory Syria Jason Pack · Session #83 · 2008
  • Health, Science and Technology Concepts in “Some Answered Questions” Minou Foadi · Session #83 · 2008
  • Identifying Roots and Mechanisms of Religious Prejudice: Bahá’u’lláh’s Writings on the 12th Imám Armin Eschraghi · Session #83 · 2008
  • The Khutbas or literary “Sermons” of the Báb Stephen Lambden · Session #81 · 2008
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Faris Badii · Session #73 · 2007
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ashkan Monfared · Session #73 · 2007
  • Baron Rosen’s archives in the Russian Academy of Sciences Youli Ioannesyan · Session #72 · 2006 · PDF
  • Birth and Early Development of Spiritual Assemblies in North America: A Study in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Baha Robert Stockman · Session #72 · 2006
  • From the Surat al-mulk to the Surat al-muluk, Part 1: Kingship and Religious Authority in Two Babi-Bahai Texts S. Quinn · Session #72 · 2006 · PDF
  • Some Aspects of the Shi`i-Shaykhí Universe and of the Persian and Arabic Writings of Sayyid Kázim al-Husayní al-Rashtí Stephen Lambden · Session #72 · 2006
  • Tabernacle of Unity: A Book Review Bijan Bayzaee · Session #72 · 2006
  • The Baha’is in Sari and the Constitutional Revolution in Iran Moojan Momen · Session #69 · 2006
  • The Grandeur of Islam and the Magnificence of the Qur’an: The Bab’s Dala’il-i Sab`ah (Seven Proofs and the Baha’u’llah’s Kitab-i iqan (Book of Certitude) Stephen Lambden · Session #72 · 2006
  • A Comparative study of some of the Isma’íli and Bahá’í Theological concepts Mozhan Khadem · Session #60 · 2005
  • Abdu’l-Baha’s Tablets to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace at the Hague Sima Quddusi · Session #60 · 2005
  • Bahá’í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, Part I (1753-1863) Ramsey Zeine · Session #62 · 2005 · PDF
  • Bahá’u’lláh’s Tablet to Manekji Sahib Vahid Rafati · Session #65 · 2005
  • Bridging between the gist of the epistemology of the Baha’i Faith and “Minimalism” Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #60 · 2005
  • Dimensions of Imam Ali’s Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) and its Shaykhí, Bábí, and Bahá’í Interpretations Stephen Lambden · Session #62 · 2005
  • General introduction to the English and Persian/Arabic Writings of Shoghi Effendi: Summary of the major themes Muin Afnani · Session #60 · 2005
  • Jails and Torture in Qajar Period in Tehran Noushin Mohajerin · Session #62 · 2005
  • Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part I) Sholeh Quinn · Session #62 · 2005
  • Letters of Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad Shirazi ‘the Báb’ to Muhammad Shah Qajar (Part II) Sholeh Quinn · Session #60 · 2005
  • Mary Magdalene and the Resurrection of Jesus: Some ancient and modern traditions and Baha’i and Perspectives Stephen Lambden · Session #60 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muin Afnani · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Habib Riazati · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muhammad Afnan, Amir Houshang Mehrasa · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Mahvad Rahnamaie · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ghasem Bayat · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Heshmat Shahriari · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Sima Quddusi · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ala Ghods · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Babk Rod Khadem · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Houshmand Fatheazam · Session #59 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Armaghan Asadi · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Iraj Ayman · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ghasem Bayat · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Moozhan Khadem · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Moozhan Khadem · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Rouhullah Khoshbin · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Franklin Lewis · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Mina Yazdani · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Mina Yazdani · Session #64 · 2005
  • Persian title yet-to-be enterede Habib Riazati · Session #59 · 2005
  • Seeds of Revelation and the Mystic Bond Between the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh: An Exposition on Excerpts From The Persian Bayán James B. Thomas · Session #60 · 2005 · PDF
  • Some Aspects of the Tafsir al-Bismillah from Abdu’l-Baha Sasha Dehghani · Session #62 · 2005
  • The Commentary of the Báb on `Man Arafa Nafsieh fa qad Araf Rabehí in relation to the commentaries of Bahá’u’lláh and the Master Habib Riazati · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Image of the Prophet of Islam in Muslim and Bahá’í Writings Ghasem Bayat · Session #60 · 2005
  • The Khutba al-Tutunjiyya (Sermon of the Gulf) ascribed to Imam `Ali: Shaykhi, Babi and Baha’i Interpretations Stephen Lambden · Session #65 · 2005
  • A Survey of the Tablets of `Abdu’l-Bahá in the National Bahá’í Archives, Wilmette Robert Stockman · Session #58 · 2004
  • Beauty and Wonder from a philosophical and spiritual point of view Iscander Micael Tinto · Session #54 · 2004
  • Dynamic shift in theological and social aspects of religious systems: Reflections on the contributions of Persian Bayán and Kitáb-i-Iqán Habib Riazati · Session #58 · 2004
  • Ismailis, Yesterday and Today Mozhan Khadem · Session #58 · 2004
  • Love: Why Creation Exists? Mehrzad Rouhani · Session #58 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muin Afnani · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muin Afnani · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muin Afnani · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Soheila Afnani · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Armaghan Asadi · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ghasem Bayat · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Sadegh Erfanian · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ala Ghods · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Sima Quddusi · Session #52 · 2004
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Heshmat Shahriari · Session #52 · 2004
  • Preliminary Account of Shi’i Esoteric Commentary on the ‘Hadith-e Haqiqat’ Bruce Wannell · Session #54 · 2004
  • Role-models and anti-models: Islam and `the West’; in `Abdu’l-Bahá’s Treatise on Civilisation Oliver Scharbrodt · Session #54 · 2004
  • Shoghi Effendi: An approach to his artistic contribution to style in English literature and to standards in translation Nabil Perdu, Ismael Velasco · Session #54 · 2004
  • Textual Resurrection: Book, Imam, and Cosmos in the Qur’án Commentaries of the Báb J. Vahid Brown · Session #53 · 2004 · PDF
  • The Báb’s Dalá’il Sab`ah (Seven Proofs): Some Introductory Notes Stephen Lambden · Session #54 · 2004
  • The Báb’s Tablets to Muhammad Shah Sholeh A. Quinn · Session #58 · 2004
  • The Persian Bayán: Form and Content (themes) Muin Afnani · Session #53 · 2004
  • `Abdu’l-Baha and the Daughters of Ibn-i-Asdaq Dominic Parviz Brookshaw · Session #48 · 2003 · PDF
  • Báb’s Commentary on the Hadith al-Haqíqa (The Hadith about the Ultimate Reality): or the Tradition of Kumayl ibn Ziyad, al-Nakha’i Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
  • Baghdad-Periode aus historischer Sicht: Welche politische und soziale. Entwicklungen gab es im Osmanischen Reich wahrend dieser Periode? Necati Alkan · Session #49 · 2003
  • Die Bahá’i-Religion als ein Phänomen der Moderne: Was verbindet die Bahá’i-Offenbarung mit der deutschen Philosophie und der neuzeitlichen Geistesgeschichte? Farah Dustdar · Session #49 · 2003
  • Die frühesten Schriften Bahá’u’lláhs: eine übersicht (im Iran und Irak entstandene Schriften) Armin Eschraghi · Session #49 · 2003
  • From Secret of Divine Civilization to Treatise on Politics Muin Afnani · Session #46 · 2003
  • Health and Nutrition in the Writings of `Abdu’l-Baha Minou Foadi · Session #48 · 2003
  • Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of Universe) Muhammad Afnan · Session #51 · 2003
  • Panel Presentation on “Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’” Muin Afnani, Stephen Lambden, and Habib Raizati · Session #46 · 2003
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muhammad Afnan, Habib Riazati · Session #50 · 2003
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Muin Afnani, Moujan Khadem · Session #50 · 2003
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Erfanian Sadegh · Session #50 · 2003
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Houshmand Fatheazam · Session #50 · 2003
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Houshmand Fatheazam · Session #50 · 2003
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Farhand Jabbari · Session #50 · 2003
  • The Bab’s Commentary on the Ultimate Reality Stephen Lambden · Session #48 · 2003
  • The Báb’s Response to a Question about Lawh-i-Mahfúz (Preserved Tablet) Stephen Lambden · Session #46 · 2003
  • Verborgene Worte von Bahá’u’llah Dariush Ma'ani · Session #49 · 2003
  • An Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá) James B. Thomas · Session #40 · 2002 · PDF
  • Bahá’u’lláh’s Lawh-i-Maqsud: Counsels on Education, Leadership, Justice and Peace Ramin Neshati · Session #40 · 2002 · PDF
  • Comparable Laws: Two Different Dispensations: The Kitáb-i-Aqdas and the Bayán Nabil Fares · Session #40 · 2002
  • Consultative Seminar on Translation of Scripture: Linking the Persian Bayán to Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Aqdas various · Session #42 · 2002
  • Epistle to the Son of the Wolf Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • Prophetic Law: Linking the Persian Bayán to Bahá’u’lláh’s Kitáb-i Aqdas Ismael Velasco · Session #42 · 2002
  • Tablet of Bismilih Muin Afnan · Session #40 · 2002
  • The Order of Bahá’u’lláh (nazm-i-Bahá’u’lláh) in the Báb’s Persian Bayan Ismael Velasco · Session #42 · 2002
  • A Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Bahá’i Scriptures: The importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Bahá’i Studies Ismael Velasco · Session #36 · 2001
  • Alwáh-i-Ra’ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Minister) Iskandar Hai · Session #34 · 2001
  • Ling Ming Tang and the Influence of Babi and Bahá’i Teaching Jianping Wang · Session #36 · 2001 · PDF
  • Markiz al-Marakiz: Qazvin and the Babi/Bahá’í historiographical tradition Sholeh Quinn · Session #36 · 2001
  • Mystical Themes in Bahá’í Obligatory Prayer Ghasem Bayat · Session #34 · 2001
  • Tablet of Visitation for the Báb William McCants · Session #38 · 2001 · PDF
  • Tablets Muin Afnani · Session #38 · 2001
  • The Parable of Majnun and Layli Jack McLean · Session #36 · 2001
  • A Review of Kitáb-i-Badí’ (The New Book) Ghasem Bayat · Session #32 · 2000
  • Defining Bahá’í: A Sect, a New and Independent World Religion, or the Changeless Faith of God? Zaid Lundberg · Session #28 · 2000
  • Keys to the Proper Understanding of Islam in The Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh Brian A. Wittman · Session #30 · 2000 · PDF
  • Lawh-i-Ahmad in Persian: A Question of Faith and Volition Mahyad Zaerpoor-Rahnamaie · Session #32 · 2000
  • Persianate Historiography and Family Trees: The Use of Genealogy in Safavid Chronicles and Select Bábí-Bahá’í Sources S. Quinn · Session #28 · 2000 · PDF
  • Point, Pillar and Manifestation: Parallels That Never Met? Kabbalah and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths Moshe Sharon · Session #28 · 2000
  • Some of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed in Akká Muin Afnani · Session #30 · 2000
  • Tablet of Bahá’u’lláh to the Christians Sateh Bayat · Session #32 · 2000
  • The Background and Significance of Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretations of hurufat al-muqatta’at, the Mysterious Arabic Letters of the Qur’án Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 2000
  • The Lawh-i-Amváj (“Tablet of the Waves” [Billows]) of Bahá’u’lláh, Alwáh-i-Mustagath, Lawh-i-Baqá Stephen Lambden · Session #28 · 2000
  • The Most Great Separation Sina M. Mossayeb · Session #32 · 2000
  • Theological and Rhetorical Significance of Mathnavíy-i-Mubárak Frank Lewis · Session #30 · 2000
  • A Study of the Meaning of the Word “Al-Amr” in the Qur’án and in the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh Moojan Momen · Session #22 · 1999 · PDF
  • Alwah-i-Ra’ís (Tablets Addressed to the Ottoman Prime Minister) Iskandar Hai · Session #24 · 1999
  • Chronological Issues in the Lawh-i-Hikmat of Bahá’u’lláh, Some Peter Terry · Session #24 · 1999 · PDF
  • From Alwáh to Ziyara: The Literary Forms of the Writings of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
  • Lawh-i-Tibb (Tablet of Medicine) Stephen Lambden · Session #22 · 1999
  • Mystical Themes in the Tablets Revealed During the Baghdad Period: Gems of Mysteries, Maid of Heaven, Ode of Varqá’íyyih, Tablet of All Food Muin Afnan · Session #26 · 1999
  • Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta’ih: Commentary on the “Isolated Letters” Nabil Fares · Session #26 · 1999
  • Transliteration of Oriental Terms in the English Bahá’í Literature Cyrus Ala'i · Session #22 · 1999
  • A Brief Overview of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh during the Istanbul-Adrianople Period Iraj Ayman · Session #20 · 1998
  • An Overview of the Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh During the Istanbul-Adrianople Period Iraj Ayman · Session #18 · 1998
  • German Pietism and the Expectation of the Messiah, 1817 in the Caucasus Kamran Ekbal · Session #18 · 1998
  • Lawh-i-Sultán Iskandar Hai · Session #20 · 1998
  • Lawh-i-Sultán: Tablet to the King of Persia Manuchehr Salmanpour · Session #18 · 1998
  • Principles of Bahá’í Theology in the Tablet of Salmán Iraj Ayman · Session #18 · 1998
  • Principles of Bahá’í Theology in the Tablet of Salmán Iraj Ayman · Session #20 · 1998
  • The Best of Stories (Ahsan al-Qasas): Joseph Motifs and the Bábí-Bahá’í Interpretation of the Joseph Narrative Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
  • The Tablet of the Fear of God [Righteousness, Piety...] Stephen Lambden · Session #18 · 1998
  • Ascertaining the Validity of Islamic Hadíth: A Personal Prospective Azadeh Mohandessi-Fares, Nabil Fares · Session #15 · 1997
  • Qa’im (Ariser) and Qayyum (Deity Self-Subsistent): The background and significance of twin messianic advents in Babi-Bahá’i scripture Stephen Lambden · Session #14 · 1997
  • Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’i Faith Robert Stockman · Session #14 · 1997
  • Scripture in the Perspective of Comparative Religion and the Bahá’í Faith Robert Stockman · Session #15 · 1997
  • Sectarianism and the Bahá’í Faith Iraj Ayman · Session #15 · 1997
  • Taiping and other Chinese Messianic Movements in the Nineteenth Century Kamran Ekbal · Session #14 · 1997
  • The Hidden Treasure Mozhan Khadem · Session #15 · 1997
  • The Dream of Uniting the Nations: The Culminating Vision of the Hebrew Bible Gary Selchert · Session #9 · 1996
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Dariush Ma'ani · Session #6 · 1995
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Amir Houshang Mehrasa · Session #6 · 1995
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Badi' Panahi · Session #6 · 1995
  • Relationship of the Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas to the Laws of the Bayan of the Bab Jeff Simmonds · Session #5 · 1995
  • The Position of Mírzá Yahyá Núrí Subh-i-Azal: Some aspects of Azalí Anti-Baha’i Polemic and Baha’i Apologetics Stephen Lambden · Session #8 · 1995
  • The Relationship between Content and Context in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Habib Riazati · Session #5 · 1995
  • Translation of some of `Abdu’l-Baha’s tablets in honor of Haj Mehdi Arjmand Tandis Arjmand · Session #5 · 1995
  • Huququ’llah, Zakat, and Khums Vahid Behmardi · Session #4 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Musa Amanat · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Iraj Ayman · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Tal'at Bassari · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Moozhan Khadem · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Guy Khavari · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Rouhullah Khoshbin · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Habib Riazati · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Nader Saiedi · Session #3 · 1994
  • Persian title yet-to-be entered Ali Tavangar · Session #3 · 1994
  • Resurrection of Divine Wisdom: A Study of the Ontology of Greek Philosophical Theology and Jewish Theology in the Context of Wisdom Revelation and its Realization in the Bahá’i Religion Michael McCarron · Session #2 · 1994
  • Scripture as Literature: The Writings of Bahá’u’llah in their Literary Context Frank Lewis · Session #2 · 1994
  • The History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas Moojan Momen · Session #4 · 1994
  • The Terms Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Bahá’i Writings Robert Stockman · Session #4 · 1994

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