Bahá'í
Source books
Each text distilled passage by passage, with verse-level citations.
- 01 The Hidden Words (Bahá'u'lláh)
The pure, detached heart is the seat of the spiritual life. Justice is the best-beloved of all things, every soul is created noble, and deeds are the adorning.
- 02 Oneness of God
God is one, transcendent and unknowable in essence — and to know and draw near to God is the purpose of human life.
- 03 Progressive Revelation & the Oneness of Religion
Revelation is one, continuous and progressive. Religion exists to unite rather than divide, and its differences must not breed animosity.
- 04 Oneness of Humanity
Humanity is one family, and world citizenship stands above tribe and nation. Unity is the prerequisite of peace.
- 05 Justice & the Independent Investigation of Truth
Justice is the best-beloved of all things and demands seeing for oneself. Wish not for others what you would not wish for yourself.
- 06 Work as Worship, Knowledge & the Family
Work done in a spirit of service is worship, and the education of every child — daughter and son alike — is a binding duty of the family.
- 07 Detachment & the Heart
The purified, detached heart is God's dwelling.
- 08 The Seven Valleys & The Four Valleys
The spiritual life as a graded ascent through stations, ending in self-annihilation and the vision of God alone — and four kinds of seeker.
- 09 The Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude) — Selections
Revelation as one progressive process, in which every Manifestation is rejected in its own age and every Manifestation foretells the next.
- 10 Gleanings (deeper): Soul · Society · Dual Nature
The soul as an immortal sign of God; the human as dual-natured and morally choosing; humanity as one country; and just rule by collective consultation.