About Ninefold

What this site is

Ninefold is an independent information site about Bahá'í literature and history in general terms. It aims to explain what the Bahá'í writings are, which texts are best known, how the Bahá'í calendar works, how the Faith's history shaped its literature, and where readers can find the original texts.

The site is written from the outside as a neutral reference. It follows the standard accented spelling Bahá'í and gives the names of the Faith's central figures as they appear in published Bahá'í sources.

What it is not

This site is not an official Bahá'í site, and it is not affiliated with, endorsed by or speaking for any Bahá'í institution. It is not a devotional site and does not give religious instruction. It is not a shop and does not sell books, music or calendars.

For authoritative texts and current information, including holy day dates and details of visiting the holy places, use the official pages of the Bahá'í World Centre, which are linked from the relevant guides. If you find an error on this site, treat the official source as correct.

How the guides are written

Each guide sticks to facts that are recorded in public sources and says so plainly when a detail varies between sources. Where the text of a guide is an interpretation or a summary, it describes itself that way. The guides do not quote at length from the writings, because the full texts are freely available from the Bahá'í Reference Library.