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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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
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originalTitle Kalimat-i-Maknúnih
placeOfComposition Baghdad
religiousStatus central text of the Bahá'í Faith
religiousTradition Baha'i Faith
surface form: Bahá'í Faith
structure sequence of numbered verses
titleMeaning Hidden Words self-link

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Baha'i Faith hasSacredText Hidden Words
subject surface form: Bahá'í Faith
Bahá'u'lláh majorWork Hidden Words
Hidden Words titleMeaning Hidden Words self-link