Languages
“Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.” —Bahá’u’lláh
The Bahá’í Prayers are recited in many languages by believers around the globe. You are cordially invited to visit these devotional sites. Each features a selection of Bahá’í Prayers in the indicated language.
Afrikaans — Afrikaans
- Bahá’í Gebede — (Archived)
Albanian — Shqip
Amharic — Amharic
- PDF Baha'i Prayers in Amharic — Part 1 (8MB PDF)
- PDF Baha'i Prayers in Amharic — Part 2 (6MB PDF)
- PDF Baha'i Prayers in Amharic — Part 3 (9MB PDF)
Arabic — عربي
Aymara — Aymar aru
Azeri — Azəri
- Bəhai duaları — (Archived)
Basque — Euskara
- Otoitzak — (Archived)
Bengali — বাংলা
- PDF Prayers in Bengali — (21kb PDF)
Bulgarian — Български
- PDF Бахайски Молитви — (692kb PDF)
- Бахайски Молитви
Belarusian — беларускі
Chamorro — Chamoru
- PDF FINO' YU'OS — (312kb PDF)
- Bahá'í Writings in English and Chamorro
Chinese — Chinese
- Baha'i Prayers
- PDF Prayers in Simplified Chinese — (593kb PDF)
- 祈祷
Coast Tsimshian — Sma'algyax
- PDF O Miyaani Da'a'ntgi — Oh God, Guide Me (50kb PDF)
Cowichan — Hul'qumi'num
- PDF He He Tu i' nul — Blessed is the Spot (48kb PDF)
Cree — Nēhiyawēwin
- PDF Short Obligatory Prayer — (42kb PDF)
Croatian — Hrvatski
- Bahá’í Molitve — (Archived)
Czech — Cesky
Danish — Dansk
- Earlier link no longer available, please help me find another source.
Diegueno — Kumeyaay
- PDF Prayers — (42kb PDF)
Dutch — Nederlands
- PDF Bahá’í Gebeden — (149kb PDF)
- Bahá’í Gebeden — (Archived)
- Bahá'í Gebeden
English
- Bahá’í Prayers — (from bahaiprayers.org)
- Bahá’í Prayers — (from reference.bahai.org)
- Bahá’í Prayers — (from ibiblio.org, aka TrueSeeker)
- Bahá’í Prayers — (in many languages, plus iPhone and Android apps)
- Bahá’í Prayers — (from bahai.com)
- Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh — (from reference.bahai.org)
- Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh — (from bahai-library.org)
- Bahá’í Prayers iPhone app — (from iTunes)
- Bahá’í Prayers Android app — (from Android Market)
- PDF Bahá’í Prayers — (521kb PDF from the Bahá’í Reference Library)
- PDF Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh — (792kb PDF from the Bahá’í Reference Library)
- PDF Bahá’í Reference Library Terms of Use — (14kb PDF from the Bahá’í Reference Library)
- Bahá’í Prayers — (ebook formats from Project Gutenberg)
- Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh — (ebook formats from Project Gutenberg)
- Bahá’í eBooks — (many Bahá’í books in ebook formats)
Esperanto
Estonian
Faroe Islands — Føroya
Finnish — Suomi
- Pieni rukous—ja mietiskelykirja — (Archived)
French — Français
- Livre de prières
- Livre de prieres — (Archived)
- Paroles de Dieu
Frisian — Frysk
Gaelic — Gàidhlig
German — Deutsch
- Bahá’í Gebete
- Gebete und Meditationen
- Bahá’í Gebete
- Bahá’í Gebete — (Archived)
- Gebete und Meditation — (Archived)
Greek — Ελληνικά
Gwich'in
- PDF Gwiizrii gwijuu'ee gwahtsii — Blessed is the Spot (50kb PDF)
Haitian Creole — Kreyòl Aysyen
Hawaiian
- Kekahi Mau Pule Baha'i
- PDF Kekahi Mau Pule Baha'i — (24kb PDF)
Hindi — Hindi
- Hindi Prayers — (Archived)
- Video on prayer and meditation in Hindi
- Bahá'í Prayers — (Sung, MP3 music files)
Hiri Motu
- Bahá’í Guriguri
- PDF Bahá’í Guriguri — (69kb PDF)
Hungarian — Magyar
- Bahá’í Imák
- PDF Bahá’í Imák — (98kb PDF)
- Bahá’í Imák
Icelandic — Íslandi
Indonesian — Bahasa Indonesia
- Beberapa Doa Bahai — (Archived)
Inuinnaqtun
Italian — Italiano
- PDF Preghiere e Meditazioni — (881kb PDF)
- Biblioteca Digitale
- Preghiere Bahá’í
Japanese — Japanese
Khmer — Khmer
- PDF Baha'i Prayers — (47kb PDF)
Kiribati — Gilbertese
- ANA TAEKA TE ATUA
- PDF ANA TAEKA TE ATUA — (93kb PDF)
Kiswahili — Swahili
- PDF Maneno ya Mungu — Words of God in Kiswahili (6.2Mb PDF)
Korean — 한국말
Kyrgyz — Кыргыз
- Бахаи келмелери
- PDF Бахаи келмелери — (681kb PDF)
Lakota — Lakȟótiyapi
Lao — Lao
- Baha'i Prayers in Lao
- PDF Bahá'í Prayers in Lao — (792kb PDF)
Lowlands Saxon — Plattdüütsch, Nedderdüütsch, Low German
Luxembourgish — Letzebuergesch
- Bahá'í Gebieder — (Luxembourgish, French, English and German)
Maori — Māori
- Etahi Inoi — (Archived)
Marathi — मराठी
- PDF Baha'i Prayers in Marathi — (1931kb PDF)
Marshallese
- Jar an Baháí — (Archived)
Mohegan-Pequot — Mohiks-Piqut
Mongolian — Монгол
- PDF Магтаал ба Талархал — (39kb PDF)
- PDF Мөнхийн Үнэн болох Тэрээр... — (104kb PDF)
Montenegrin — Crnogorski
- PDF BAHÁ’Í MOLITVE — (102kb PDF)
Norwegian — Norsk
Persian (Farsi) — فارسی
Polish — Polski
- Baha'i Modlitwy
- PDF Slowa Ukryte — Hidden Words (294kb PDF)
Portuguese — Português
Quechua — Runa simi
Russian — Русский
- МОЛИТВЫ БАХАИ
- PDF МОЛИТВЫ БАХАИ — (1165kb PDF)
- PDF КРАТКАЯ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНАЯ МОЛИТВА — (33kb PDF)
- МОЛИТВЫ БАХАИ
Setswana
Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages
This wonderful site provides translations of the Short Obligatory Prayer into more than 100 different languages.
- Short Obligatory Prayer in Many Languages — (Home)
- Salat Saghir — (Original Arabic)
- African Languages — (Afrikaans - olu-Ziba)
- American Languages — (Alacaluf - Zoque)
- Asian Languages — (Agta - Waray)
- Australasian and Pacific Island Languages — (Baining - Yapese)
- European Languages — (Albanian - Welsh)
- Invented Languages — (Esperanto - Interlingua)
- PDF Klingon — (15kb PDF)
Shuswap — Secwepemctsín
- Bahá'í Prayers in Shuswap
- PDF Bahá'í Prayers — (54kb PDF)
Sliammon — Comox
- PDF Blessed is the Spot — (54kb PDF)
Slovak — Slovenčina
Slovene — Slovenske
- PDF Slovenske Moltive — (293kb PDF)
Soowahlie — Stó:lõ Shxweli Halq'eméylem
- PDF Le plist te shxweli — Blessed is the Spot (51kb PDF)
- PDF O Chilchelh Siyam, kwelachesthoyx — Oh God, Guide Me (52kb PDF)
Spanish — Español
Swedish — Svenska
Tagalog — Filipino
- PDF Mga Dalanging Bahá’í — (1808kb PDF, Archived)
Tamil — தமிழ்
Thai — ภาษาไทย
- PDF บทอธิษฐาน ของ ศาสนาบาไฮ — (525kb PDF)
Thompson — Nlaka'pamuctsin
- PDF Short Obligatory Prayer — (50kb PDF)
Tlingit — Tlinget, Lingit
Tok Pisin
- PDF Prea Bilong Bahá’í — (201kb PDF)
Turkish — Türkçe
- Bahá'í Dualari — (Archived)
- Barýþ Duasý — (Archived)
Tutchone
- PDF Ninghinta Sothan Jaül — Blessed is the Spot (49kb PDF)
Twi
- PDF Twi Prayers — (98kb PDF)
Ukranian — Українська
- МОЛИТВА
- PDF МОЛИТВИ БАГАЇ ДЛЯ ДІТЕЙ ТА МОЛОДІ — (107kb PDF)
- PDF КОРОТКА ОБОВ'ЯЗКОВА МОЛИТВА — (33kb PDF)
- МОЛИТВИ БАГАЇ ДЛЯ ДІТЕЙ
Urdu — اُردو
- کلماتِ الٰہیہ — (Archived)
Vietnamese — Tieng Viet
- PDF KINH CAU NGUYEN VA SUY TUONG - Duc BAHA'U'LLAH mac khai — (1212kb PDF)
- Trích Thánh Thư — (Archived)
- Trich Thanh Thu
Xhosa — WesiXhosa
- PDF Ukususa Ingxaki — (11kb PDF)