Hidden Words

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Hidden Words is a central Bahá'í scripture composed of brief, aphoristic passages that distill the spiritual and ethical teachings of Bahá'u'lláh.

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Hidden Words canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bahá'í scripture ⓘ
collection of aphorisms ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
author Bahá'u'lláh ⓘ
centralTheme detachment from worldly desires ⓘ
ethical conduct ⓘ
humility ⓘ
justice ⓘ
knowledge of God ⓘ
love of God ⓘ
mystical union with God ⓘ
obedience to divine commandments ⓘ
purification of the heart ⓘ
service to humanity ⓘ
spiritual development ⓘ
compositionPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
devotionalUse meditation ⓘ
memorization ⓘ
private reading ⓘ
recitation ⓘ
doctrinalRole distillation of Bahá'u'lláh's spiritual teachings ⓘ
guide to personal spiritual transformation ⓘ
genre aphoristic literature ⓘ
hasPart Arabic Hidden Words ⓘ
Persian Hidden Words ⓘ
influenceOn Bahá'í concepts of spiritual education ⓘ
Bahá'í devotional practice ⓘ
Bahá'í ethics ⓘ
intendedAudience all humanity ⓘ
keyConcept detachment ⓘ
inner meaning of divine revelation ⓘ
love ⓘ
self-knowledge ⓘ
steadfastness ⓘ
the soul's relationship to God ⓘ
trust in God ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
literaryForm short passages ⓘ
numberOfPassages 153 ⓘ
71 ⓘ
82 ⓘ
originalTitle Kalimat-i-Maknúnih ⓘ
placeOfComposition Baghdad ⓘ
religiousStatus central text of the Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
religiousTradition Bahá'í Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
structure sequence of numbered verses ⓘ
titleMeaning Hidden Words ⓘ

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Bahá'í Faith → hasSacredText → Hidden Words ⓘ
subject linked to: Baha'i Faith
Bahá'u'lláh → majorWork → Hidden Words ⓘ
Hidden Words → titleMeaning → Hidden Words ⓘ
The Hidden Words → alsoKnownAs → Hidden Words ⓘ