Writings of Baha'u'llah - A Compilation

by Bahá'u'lláh

Complete with preface, contents and index, this is a one-volume collection of almost all of writings of Baha'u'llah available in English. The Seven Valleys & The Four Valleys; The Hidden Words; The Kitab-i-Iqan; The Kitab-i-Aqdas (selections); Tablets of Baha'u'llah (those revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas); Epistle to Son of the Wolf; Gleanings; Prayers & Meditations; Fire Tablet; Long Healing Prayer; Tablet of Holy Mariner, the Tablet of Ahmad, The Summons of the Lord of Hosts, Gems of Divine Mysteries, and The Tabernacle of Unity.

Genres: Baha I

854 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Persian religious leader Bahaullah, originally Mirza Huseyn Ali, a follower of the Bab, founded the Baha'i in 1863.

Baha'i, the word, signifies a follower of Bahaullah, which means the "splendor of God" in Persian.

Bahá'u'lláh, a member of the great patrician family, endowed with wealth and vast estates, ably traced lineage to the ruling dynasties of imperial past. Bahá'u'lláh turned his back on the position at court, which these advantages offered; people knew his generosity and kindliness, which made him deeply loved among his countrymen.

The religious revolution caused much social upheaval, and Bahá'u'lláh announced support for the message, so his privileged position survived not long. After the execution, authorities unleashed the the waves of violence unleashed upon the Bábis; Bahá'u'lláh, engulfed, suffered the loss of all his worldly endowments, and imprisonment, torture, and a series of banishment subjected him. In the first banishment to Baghdad, he in 1863 announced that God promised his coming as the one divine messenger.

From Baghdad, people sent Bahá'u'lláh to Constantinople, to Adrianople, and finally to Acre in the Holy Land, where he arrived as a prisoner in 1868. From Adrianople and later from Acre, Bahá'u'lláh addressed a series of letters among the most remarkable documents in religious history to the rulers of his day. They proclaimed the coming unification of humanity and the emergence of a world civilization. They called upon the monarchs, emperors, and presidents of the 19th century to reconcile their differences, to curtail their armaments, and to devote their energies to the establishment of universal peace.

Bahá'u'lláh passed away at Bahji, just north of Acre, and people buried his body. His teachings already began to spread beyond the confines of the Middle East and brought the world community, focused on the point of his shrine today.