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.”
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 —
Arabic — عربي
Aymara — Aymar aru
Azeri — Azəri
- Bəhai duaları — (Archived)
Basque — Euskara
- Otoitzak — (Archived)
Bengali — বাংলা
Bulgarian — Български
- Бахайски Молитви — (692kb PDF)
- Бахайски Молитви
Belarusian — беларускі
Chamorro — Chamoru
- FINO' YU'OS — (312kb PDF)
- Bahá'í Writings in English and Chamorro
Chinese —
- — (593kb PDF)
- 祈祷
Coast Tsimshian — Sma'algyax
- O Miyaani Da'a'ntgi — Oh God, Guide Me (50kb PDF)
Cowichan — Hul'qumi'num
- He He Tu i' nul — Blessed is the Spot (48kb PDF)
Cree — Nēhiyawēwin
- 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
- Prayers — (42kb PDF)
Dutch — Nederlands
- 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)
- Bahá’í Prayers — (521kb PDF from the Bahá’í Reference Library)
- Prayers and Meditations of Bahá’u’lláh — (792kb PDF from the Bahá’í Reference Library)
- 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
- Gwiizrii gwijuu'ee gwahtsii — Blessed is the Spot (50kb PDF)
Haitian Creole — Kreyòl Aysyen
Hawaiian
- Kekahi Mau Pule Baha'i
- Kekahi Mau Pule Baha'i — (24kb PDF)
Hindi —
- — (Archived)
- Video on prayer and meditation in Hindi
- Bahá'í Prayers — (Sung, MP3 music files)
Hiri Motu
- Bahá’í Guriguri
- Bahá’í Guriguri — (69kb PDF)
Hungarian — Magyar
- Bahá’í Imák
- Bahá’í Imák — (98kb PDF)
- Bahá’í Imák
Icelandic — Íslandi
Indonesian — Bahasa Indonesia
- Beberapa Doa Bahai — (Archived)
Inuinnaqtun
Italian — Italiano
- Preghiere e Meditazioni — (881kb PDF)
- Biblioteca Digitale
- Preghiere Bahá’í
Japanese —
Khmer —
Kiribati — Gilbertese
- ANA TAEKA TE ATUA
- ANA TAEKA TE ATUA — (93kb PDF)
Kiswahili — Swahili
- Maneno ya Mungu — Words of God in Kiswahili (6.2Mb PDF)
Korean — 한국말
Kyrgyz — Кыргыз
- Бахаи келмелери
- Бахаи келмелери — (681kb PDF)
Lakota — Lakȟótiyapi
Lao —
- 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
Marshallese
- Jar an Baháí — (Archived)
Mohegan-Pequot — Mohiks-Piqut
Mongolian — Монгол
- Магтаал ба Талархал — (39kb PDF)
- Мөнхийн Үнэн болох Тэрээр... — (104kb PDF)
Montenegrin — Crnogorski
- BAHÁ’Í MOLITVE — (102kb PDF)
Norwegian — Norsk
Persian (Farsi) — فارسی
Polish — Polski
- Baha'i Modlitwy
- Slowa Ukryte — Hidden Words (294kb PDF)
Portuguese — Português
Quechua — Runa simi
Russian — Русский
- МОЛИТВЫ БАХАИ
- МОЛИТВЫ БАХАИ — (1165kb 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)
- Klingon — (15kb PDF)
Shuswap — Secwepemctsín
- Bahá'í Prayers in Shuswap
- Bahá'í Prayers — (54kb PDF)
Sliammon — Comox
- Blessed is the Spot — (54kb PDF)
Slovak — Slovenčina
Slovene — Slovenske
- Slovenske Moltive — (293kb PDF)
Soowahlie — Stó:lõ Shxweli Halq'eméylem
- Le plist te shxweli — Blessed is the Spot (51kb PDF)
- O Chilchelh Siyam, kwelachesthoyx — Oh God, Guide Me (52kb PDF)
Spanish — Español
Swedish — Svenska
Tagalog — Filipino
- Mga Dalanging Bahá’í — (1808kb PDF, Archived)
Tamil — தமிழ்
Thai — ภาษาไทย
- บทอธิษฐาน ของ ศาสนาบาไฮ — (525kb PDF)
Thompson — Nlaka'pamuctsin
- Short Obligatory Prayer — (50kb PDF)
Tlingit — Tlinget, Lingit
Tok Pisin
- Prea Bilong Bahá’í — (201kb PDF)
Turkish — Türkçe
- Bahá'í Dualari — (Archived)
- Barýþ Duasý — (Archived)
Tutchone
- Ninghinta Sothan Jaül — Blessed is the Spot (49kb PDF)
Twi
- Twi Prayers — (98kb PDF)
Ukranian — Українська
- МОЛИТВА
- МОЛИТВИ БАГАЇ ДЛЯ ДІТЕЙ ТА МОЛОДІ — (107kb PDF)
- КОРОТКА ОБОВ'ЯЗКОВА МОЛИТВА — (33kb PDF)
- МОЛИТВИ БАГАЇ ДЛЯ ДІТЕЙ
Urdu — اُردو
- کلماتِ الٰہیہ — (Archived)
Vietnamese — Tieng Viet
- KINH CAU NGUYEN VA SUY TUONG - Duc BAHA'U'LLAH mac khai — (1212kb PDF)
- Trích Thánh Thư — (Archived)
- Trich Thanh Thu
Xhosa — WesiXhosa
- Ukususa Ingxaki — (11kb PDF)