The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah
by Baha'u'llah
Edition 1, (October 21, 2005)
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CONTENTS
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Part I - From the Arabic
Preamble
1: O SON OF SPIRIT! My first counsel is this: Possess a pure, kindly
and...
2: O SON OF SPIRIT! The best beloved of all things in My sight is
Justice;...
3: O SON OF MAN! Veiled in My immemorial being and in the ancient...
4: O SON OF MAN! I loved thy creation, hence I created thee.
Wherefore,...
5: O SON OF BEING! Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest
Me...
6: O SON OF BEING! Thy Paradise is My love; thy heavenly home,
reunion...
7: O SON OF MAN! If thou lovest Me, turn away from thyself; and
if...
8: O SON OF SPIRIT! There is no peace for thee save by renouncing...
9: O SON OF BEING! My love is My stronghold; he that entereth
therein...
10: O SON OF UTTERANCE! Thou art My stronghold; enter therein
that...
11: O SON OF BEING! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee....
12: O SON OF BEING! With the hands of power I made thee and with...
13: O SON OF SPIRIT! I created thee rich, why dost thou bring
thyself...
14: O SON OF MAN! Thou art My dominion and My dominion perisheth...
15: O SON OF UTTERANCE! Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all
save...
16: O SON OF LIGHT! Forget all save Me and commune with My
spirit....
17: O SON OF MAN! Be thou content with Me and seek no other...
18: O SON OF SPIRIT! Ask not of Me that which We desire not for
thee,...
19: O SON OF THE WONDROUS VISION! I have breathed within thee a
breath of My own...
20: O SON OF SPIRIT! My claim on thee is great, it cannot be
forgotten....
21: O SON OF MAN! Upon the tree of effulgent glory I have hung
for...
22: O SON OF SPIRIT! Noble have I created thee, yet thou hast
abased...
23: O SON OF THE SUPREME! To the eternal I call thee, yet thou dost
seek that...
24: O SON OF MAN! Transgress not thy limits, nor claim that which...
25: O SON OF SPIRIT! Vaunt not thyself over the poor, for I lead him
on...
26: O SON OF BEING! How couldst thou forget thine own faults and...
27: O SON OF MAN! Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou
art...
28: O SON OF SPIRIT! Know thou of a truth: He that biddeth men be
just...
29: O SON OF BEING! Ascribe not to any soul that which thou
wouldst...
30: O SON OF MAN! Deny not My servant should he ask anything from...
31: O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou
art...
32: O SON OF THE SUPREME! I have made death a messenger of joy to
thee....
33: O SON OF SPIRIT! With the joyful tidings of light I hail thee:
rejoice!...
34: O SON OF SPIRIT! The spirit of holiness beareth unto thee the
joyful...
35: O SON OF MAN! Sorrow not save that thou art far from Us.
Rejoice...
36: O SON OF MAN! Rejoice in the gladness of thine heart, that
thou...
37: O SON OF MAN! Divest not thyself of My beauteous robe, and
forfeit...
38: O SON OF BEING! Walk in My statutes for love of Me and deny
thyself...
39: O SON OF MAN! Neglect not My commandments if thou lovest My...
40: O SON OF MAN! Wert thou to speed through the immensity of...
41: O SON OF MAN! Magnify My cause that I may reveal unto thee
the...
42: O SON OF MAN! Humble thyself before Me, that I may graciously...
43: O SON OF BEING! Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My...
44: O SON OF THE THRONE! Thy hearing is My hearing, hear thou
therewith....
45: O SON OF BEING! Seek a martyr's death in My path, content
with...
46: O SON OF MAN! Ponder and reflect. Is it thy wish to die upon
thy...
47: O SON OF MAN! By My beauty! To tinge thy hair with thy blood...
48: O SON OF MAN! For everything there is a sign. The sign of
love...
49: O SON OF MAN! The true lover yearneth for tribulation even as...
50: O SON OF MAN! If adversity befall thee not in My path, how...
51: O SON OF MAN! My calamity is My providence, outwardly it is...
52: O SON OF MAN! Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and...
53: O SON OF BEING! If poverty overtake thee, be not sad; for in...
54: O SON OF BEING! If thine heart be set upon this eternal,
imperishable...
55: O SON OF BEING! Busy not thyself with this world, for with fire
We...
56: O SON OF MAN! Thou dost wish for gold and I desire thy
freedom...
57: O SON OF MAN! Bestow My wealth upon My poor, that in heaven...
58: O SON OF MAN! The temple of being is My throne; cleanse it of...
59: O SON OF BEING! Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My
descent....
60: O SON OF MAN! Put thy hand into My bosom, that I may rise
above...
61: O SON OF MAN! Ascend unto My heaven, that thou mayest obtain...
62: O SON OF MAN! Many a day hath passed over thee whilst thou...
63: O SON OF MAN! The light hath shone on thee from the horizon
of...
64: O SON OF MAN! My eternity is My creation, I have created it
for...
65: O SON OF MAN! My majesty is My gift to thee, and My grandeur...
66: O CHILDREN OF THE DIVINE AND INVISIBLE ESSENCE!...
67: O SON OF BEAUTY! By My spirit and by My favor! By My mercy
and...
68: O CHILDREN OF MEN! Know ye not why We created you all from
the...
69: O YE SONS OF SPIRIT! Ye are My treasury, for in you I have
treasured the...
70: O SON OF HIM THAT STOOD BY HIS OWN ENTITY IN THE KINGDOM OF HIS
SELF!...
71: O SON OF MAN! Write all that We have revealed unto thee with
the...