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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Mishkin-Qalam-03.JPG/330px-Mishkin-Qalam-03.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Mishkin-Qalam-03.JPG/440px-Mishkin-Qalam-03.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1541" data-file-height="2550" /></a><figcaption>A page from the <i>Hidden Words</i> by calligrapher <a href="/wiki/Mishk%C3%ADn-Qalam" title="Mishkín-Qalam">Mishkín-Qalam</a></figcaption></figure> <p><i><b>The Hidden Words</b></i> (<span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Kalimát-i-Maknúnih</i></span>, <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">کلمات مكنونة</span>, <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">کلمات مکنونه</span>) is a book written by <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Baháʼu'lláh">Baháʼu'lláh</a>, the founder of the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a>, around 1858. He composed it while walking along the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Tigris" title="Tigris">Tigris river</a> during his exile in <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>. The book is written partly in Arabic and partly in Persian. </p><p><i>The Hidden Words</i> is written in the form of a collection of 153 short <a href="/wiki/Aphorisms" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphorisms">aphorisms</a>, 71 in Arabic and 82 in Persian, in which Baháʼu'lláh says he has taken the basic essence of certain spiritual truths and written them in brief form. <a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAbdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1" title="ʻAbdu'l-Bahá">ʻAbdu'l-Bahá</a>, Baháʼu'lláh's son and the authorized interpreter of his teachings, advised Baháʼís to read them every day and every night and to implement their latent wisdom into their daily lives. He also said that <i>The Hidden Words</i> is "a treasury of divine mysteries" and that when one ponders its contents, "the doors of the mysteries will open".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is a <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shiʻa</a> <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> tradition called "<a href="/wiki/Book_of_Fatimah" title="Book of Fatimah">Mushaf of Fatimah</a>" (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl"><span style="font-size:120%">مصحف فاطمة</span></span>), which speaks of <a href="/wiki/Fatima_Zahra" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatima Zahra">Fatimah</a> upon the passing of her father, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>. There are several versions of this tradition, but common to all are that the angel Gabriel appeared to her and consoled her by telling her things that she wrote in a book. According to one tradition<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were prophesies. The book, if ever physical, did not survive, and was seen to be something that the <a href="/wiki/Mahdi" title="Mahdi">Mahdi</a> would reveal in the <a href="/wiki/Eschatology" title="Eschatology">last days</a>. </p><p>Baháʼís believe that <i>The Hidden Words</i> was revealed by Baháʼu'lláh in fulfillment of this tradition. Baháʼu'lláh originally named the book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Fatimah" class="mw-redirect" title="The Book of Fatimah">The Book of Fatimah</a></i> (Arabic: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl"><span style="font-size:120%">صحیفة فاطمیّه</span></span>), though he later referred to it in its modern appellation.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This aspect of fulfillment corresponds with the Baháʼí beliefs that end times prophesies of all the world's religions are to be interpreted mystically and metaphorically. This puts the Baháʼí understanding of what Gabriel revealed to Fatimah somewhat at odds with the Shiʻa traditions. </p><p>According to Jonah Winters, there have been more translations of <i>The Hidden Words</i> than of any other Bahá'í text. It was first translated in 1894, meaning it was one of the first books of Bahá'í scripture to be translated into English. The current official translation by <a href="/wiki/Shoghi_Effendi" title="Shoghi Effendi">Shoghi Effendi</a> was the result of a process of drafts beginning in 1923 and ending with a final revision in 1954.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The text of <i>The Hidden Words</i> has <a href="/wiki/153_(number)" title="153 (number)">153</a> passages divided into two sections: one in Arabic and the other in Persian. Each consists of a series of short, numbered passages. The Arabic has 71 passages and the Persian has 82. </p><p>Each passage begins with an invocation, many of which repeat. Some common invocations include "O Son of Spirit", "O Son of Man", and "O Son of Being". Baháʼí prayers are written in the first person of humanity, so that the reader can feel like they are having a conversation with God. <i>The Hidden Words</i> are written in the first person of God, so that the reader feels like God is speaking to them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Introduction">Introduction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Introduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the Arabic, the following is the introduction written by Baháʼu'lláh: </p> <dl><dd>"<b>HE IS THE GLORY OF GLORIES</b></dd> <dd>This is that which hath descended from the realm of glory, uttered by the tongue of power and might, and revealed unto the Prophets of old. We have taken the inner essence thereof and clothed it in the garment of brevity, as a token of grace unto the righteous, that they may stand faithful unto the Covenant of God, may fulfill in their lives His trust, and in the realm of spirit obtain the gem of Divine virtue."</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Samples">Samples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Samples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the Arabic </p> <dl><dd>1. "O SON OF SPIRIT!</dd> <dd>My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly and radiant heart, that thine may be a sovereignty ancient, imperishable and everlasting.</dd></dl> <dl><dd>7. "O SON OF MAN!</dd> <dd>If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and if thou seekest My pleasure, regard not thine own; that thou mayest die in Me and I may eternally live in thee."</dd></dl> <dl><dd>49. "O SON OF MAN!</dd> <dd>The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as doth the rebel for forgiveness and the sinful for mercy."</dd></dl> <p>From the Persian </p> <dl><dd>3. "O FRIEND!</dd> <dd>In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly."</dd></dl> <dl><dd>12. "O MAN OF TWO VISIONS!</dd> <dd>Close one eye and open the other. Close one to the world and all that is therein, and open the other to the hallowed beauty of the Beloved."</dd></dl> <dl><dd>27. "O SON OF DUST!</dd> <dd>All that is in heaven and earth I have ordained for thee, except the human heart, which I have made the habitation of My beauty and glory; yet thou didst give My home and dwelling to another than Me; and whenever the manifestation of My holiness sought His own abode, a stranger found He there, and, homeless, hastened unto the sanctuary of the Beloved. Notwithstanding I have concealed thy secret and desired not thy shame."</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ending">Ending</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ending"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the last passage, Baháʼu'lláh wrote: </p> <dl><dd>"The mystic and wondrous Bride, hidden ere this beneath the veiling of utterance, hath now, by the grace of God and His divine favor, been made manifest even as the resplendent light shed by the beauty of the Beloved. I bear witness, O friends! that the favor is complete, the argument fulfilled, the proof manifest and the evidence established. Let it now be seen what your endeavors in the path of detachment will reveal. In this wise hath the divine favor been fully vouchsafed unto you and unto them that are in heaven and on earth. All praise to God, the Lord of all Worlds."</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit%C3%A1b-i-Aqdas" title="Kitáb-i-Aqdas">Kitáb-i-Aqdas</a></i> ("The Most Holy Book")</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit%C3%A1b-i-%C3%8Dq%C3%A1n" title="Kitáb-i-Íqán">Kitáb-i-Íqán</a></i> ("The Book of Certitude")</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gleanings_from_the_Writings_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Gleanings from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh">Gleanings from the Writings of Baháʼu'lláh</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_literature" title="Baháʼí literature">Baháʼí literature</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bahai-library.com/compilation_hidden_words_bwc">"Hidden Words: References of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi"</a>. <i>Baháʼí Library Online</i>. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD+Library+Online&rft.atitle=Hidden+Words%3A+References+of+%CA%BBAbdu%27l-Bah%C3%A1+and+Shoghi+Effendi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbahai-library.com%2Fcompilation_hidden_words_bwc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter6b/9.html">Imamat vs. Prophethood (Part II)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_epistle_son_wolf#15">Epistle to the Son of the Wolf</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWinters" class="citation web cs1">Winters, Jonah. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bahai-library.com/wilmette_kalimat_maknunih_outline">"Hidden Words, also known as Book of Fatimih (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih): Tablet study outline"</a>. <i>Bahai Library</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 April</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bahai+Library&rft.atitle=Hidden+Words%2C+also+known+as+Book+of+Fatimih+%28Kalim%C3%A1t-i-Makn%C3%BAnih%29%3A+Tablet+study+outline&rft.aulast=Winters&rft.aufirst=Jonah&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbahai-library.com%2Fwilmette_kalimat_maknunih_outline&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaháʼu'lláh1858" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h" title="Baháʼu'lláh">Baháʼu'lláh</a> (1858). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/hidden-words"><i>The Hidden Words of Baháʼu'lláh</i></a>. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust: 2003. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87743-296-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-87743-296-1"><bdi>0-87743-296-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hidden+Words+of+Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h&rft.place=Wilmette%2C+Illinois%2C+USA&rft.pub=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD+Publishing+Trust%3A+2003&rft.date=1858&rft.isbn=0-87743-296-1&rft.au=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bahai.org%2Flibrary%2Fauthoritative-texts%2Fbahaullah%2Fhidden-words&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Banani, Amin (2007). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bahai-library.com/banani_hidden_words_bahaullah">The Hidden Words of Bahāʼullāh</a></i> in Faridun Vahman and Claus V. Pedersen, eds., Religious Texts in Iranian Languages: In Honour of Professor Ahmad Tafazzoli and Professor Jes P. Asmussen. Copenhagen, Denmark. pp. 351–60.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHatcher,_J.S.1997" class="citation book cs1">Hatcher, J.S. (1997). <i>The Ocean of His Words: A Reader's Guide to the Art of Baháʼu'lláh</i>. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Baháʼí Publishing Trust. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87743-259-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-87743-259-7"><bdi>0-87743-259-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ocean+of+His+Words%3A+A+Reader%27s+Guide+to+the+Art+of+Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h&rft.place=Wilmette%2C+Illinois%2C+USA&rft.pub=Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD+Publishing+Trust&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=0-87743-259-7&rft.au=Hatcher%2C+J.S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLawson2005" class="citation book cs1">Lawson, Todd (2005). "Globalization and the Hidden Words". In Warburg, Margit; Hvithamar, Annika; Warmind, Morten (eds.). <i>Baha'i and globalisation</i>. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. pp. 35–54. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/8779341098" title="Special:BookSources/8779341098"><bdi>8779341098</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Globalization+and+the+Hidden+Words&rft.btitle=Baha%27i+and+globalisation&rft.place=Aarhus&rft.pages=35-54&rft.pub=Aarhus+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=8779341098&rft.aulast=Lawson&rft.aufirst=Todd&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Lewis, Franklin (1997). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bahai-library.com/lewis_scripture_literature">Scripture As Literature: Sifting through the Layers of the Text</a></i> Bahaʾi Studies Review 7. pp. 125–46.</li> <li>Ma'ani, Dariush. <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tienda.fundacionnehal.org/gb/hard-cover/46-a-treasure-house-of-mysteries-9788469724.html">A Treasure House of Mysteries: Studies by the author on the Hidden Words of Baháʼu'lláh</a></i>.</li> <li>Malouf, Diana (1997). <i>Unveiling the Hidden Words: The Norms Used by Shoghi Effendi in His Translation of the Hidden Words</i>. Oxford, UK: George Ronald.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMomen2011" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Moojan_Momen" title="Moojan Momen">Momen, Moojan</a> (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/kalemat-e-maknuna">"Kalemāt-e Maknuna (The Hidden Words)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Iranica" title="Encyclopædia Iranica">Encyclopædia Iranica</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kalem%C4%81t-e+Maknuna+%28The+Hidden+Words%29&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica&rft.date=2011&rft.aulast=Momen&rft.aufirst=Moojan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iranicaonline.org%2Farticles%2Fkalemat-e-maknuna&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Savi, Julio (1997). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bahai-library.com/savi_love_hidden_words">The Love Relationship between God and Humanity: Reflections on Bahāʼullāh's Hidden Words</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Moojan_Momen" title="Moojan Momen">Moojan Momen</a>, ed., Scripture and Revelation, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 283–307.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaherzadeh1976" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Adib_Taherzadeh" title="Adib Taherzadeh">Taherzadeh, Adib</a> (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.peyman.info/cl/Baha'i/Others/ROB/V1/p071-083Ch06.html"><i>The Revelation of Baháʼu'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdad 1853-63</i></a>. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 71–83. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85398-270-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-85398-270-8"><bdi>0-85398-270-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Revelation+of+Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu%27ll%C3%A1h%2C+Volume+1%3A+Baghdad+1853-63&rft.place=Oxford%2C+UK&rft.pages=71-83&rft.pub=George+Ronald&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=0-85398-270-8&rft.aulast=Taherzadeh&rft.aufirst=Adib&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peyman.info%2Fcl%2FBaha%27i%2FOthers%2FROB%2FV1%2Fp071-083Ch06.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHidden+Words" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidden_Words&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External 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