- Abu'l-Qásim Faizí. Explanation of the Symbol of the Greatest Name (1968). Calligraphy, numerology, and theology of Baha and the ringstone symbol.
- Stephen Lambden. Greatest Name, The (al-Ism al-A`zam) (1995).
- Wolfgang A. Klebel. Reflections about the Greatest Name of God in the Bahá'í Faith (2023). Two words used in the name of God "Alláh’u’Abhá": Alláh = God and Abhá = glorious; name reversal with the Manifestation, "God of All-Glory" versus "Glory of God."
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Denis MacEoin, trans. Tablet on the Greatest Name (Lawh-i Ism-i A'zám) (1994). Explanation of the numerological significances of Bahá’ and the ringstone symbol.
- Stephen Lambden. Translation of the Arabic Du'á' al-Sahar (The Dawn Supplication) or Du'á' al-Bahá' (The Supplication of Splendour) with Select Expository Scriptural Writings of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, A (2023). Translation of and commentary on the Shí'í "dawn supplication" for the Islamic month of Ramadán, and its symbolic exploration in Bábí and Bahá'í texts. Link to article (offsite).
- Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá', The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name of God (1998). The Arabic word bahá' — meaning beauty, excellence, goodliness, majesty, glory, splendor, brilliancy, and many others — was a term of considerable import in Islamic and Bábi literature, and was occasionally seen in prophetic or messianic contexts.
- Stephen Lambden. Word Bahá, The: Quintessence of the Greatest Name (1993). History of the concept of the Greatest Name and its place in Bahá'í theology.
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