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Bahá’í Sacred Writings

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Bahá’í Sacred Writings

Preface
I. Selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

1 God and His Manifestations
2 God and Humanity
3 The Coming of Bahá’u’lláh
4 Spiritual Reality and the Life of the Soul
5 Responding to the Call of Bahá’u’lláh
6 Developing Spiritual Qualities
7 Attaining Social Progress and Well-Being
8 Securing World Peace and Prosperity
9 The Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh

II. Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

10 The Manifestations of God
11 The Báb and Bahá’u’lláh
12 The Teachings of Bahá’u’lláh
13 The Material World
14 The Life of the Spirit
15 The Bahá’í Life
16 The Bahá’í Community
17 Teaching the Faith
- Excerpts from the Tablets of the Divine Plan
- Arise to Teach
18 The Advancement of Civilization
19 The Covenant and Administration

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A comprehensive collection of selections from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and the Writings and utterances of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, representing the range of the Bahá’í teachings.

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