A recommended reading list of selections of the Báb’s Writings in English, as well as historical and narrative accounts of His life and mission.

The only authorised edition of the Báb’s Writings available in English is Selections from the Writings of the Báb, prepared in 1976. It can be accessed here along with other historical and literary accounts of the Báb’s life and mission.

The Writings of the Báb

Selections from the Writings of the Báb

Gate of the Heart – Understanding the Writings of the Báb

Saiedi, Nader. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008.

Historical Accounts

God Passes By

The Báb – The Herald of the Day of Days

H. M. Balyuzi. Oxford: George Ronald Publisher, 1973.

Khadíjih Bagum, The Wife of the Báb

H. M. Balyuzi. Oxford: George Ronald Publisher, 1981.

The Dawn-Breakers: Nabil’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation

Nabíl-i-A’zam. Translated by Shoghi Effendi. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1932.

The Bábí and Bahá’í Religions, 1844-1944 – Some Contemporary Western Accounts

Moojan Momen. ed. Oxford: George Ronald Publisher, 1981.

Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees

Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani. Oxford: George Ronald Publisher, 2008.

Literary Works

Fire on the Mountain-Top

Gloria Faizi. London: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1973.

The Poetry of Tahirih

John S. Hatcher and Amrollah Hemmat. Oxford: George Ronald Publisher, 2002.

The Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabíl

Mary Maxwell. The Bahá’í World Volume V. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1936.

Release the Sun

William Sears. Wilmette, IL: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1995.