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Outline of the Baháʼí Faith

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

Baháʼí Faith – 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.

Beliefs and practices

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Baháʼí teachings

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Baháʼí teachings

Baháʼí social principles

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Baháʼí laws

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Baháʼí laws – practices that are religiously binding for Baháʼís

History

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See also: Baháʼí timeline

History of the Baháʼí Faith – events from 1863 to the present that had their background in two earlier movements in the nineteenth century, Shaykhism and Bábism

Important figures

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Central figures

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Other influential figures

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Groups

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Notable individuals

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

Texts and scriptures

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By the Báb

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  • Persian Bayán – one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábism, which is also revered in the Baháʼí Faith
  • Arabic Bayán – one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb, the founder of Bábism, which is also revered in the Baháʼí Faith
  • Selections from the Writings of the Báb – a book of excerpts from notable works of the Báb, compiled by the Universal House of Justice, the highest authority in the Baháʼí Faith

By Baháʼu'lláh

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List of writings of Baháʼu'lláh

By ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

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  • 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 posed by Laura Clifford Barney (between 1904 and 1906) and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's answers
  • 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

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  • The Advent of Divine Justice – a letter to the Baháʼís of the United States and Canada, dated December 25, 1938
  • God Passes By – an account of the first century of Baháʼí history (beginning with the declaration of the Báb in 1844)
  • Promised Day is Come – a book-length letter written for Baháʼís in the Western world, dated 1941

By the Universal House of Justice

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Organizations

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Baháʼí administration

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Baháʼí administration

Other Baháʼí organizations

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Places

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Calendar

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Baháʼí calendar

Other topics

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