O SON OF BEING!

Love Me, that I may love thee. If thou lovest Me not, My love can in no wise reach thee. Know this, O servant.

Bahá’u’lláh

يَا ابْنَ الوُجُودِ

أَحْبِبْني لأُحِبَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُحِبَّنِي لَنْ أُحِبَّكَ أَبَداً فَاعْرِف يا عَبْدُ

حضرة بهاءالله

In a letter written on his behalf (Lights of Guidance, no. 1633), Shoghi Effendi referred to The Hidden Words as “jewel-like thoughts cast out of the mind of the Manifestation of God to admonish and counsel men.” In an earlier letter (Unfolding Destiny, pp. 429–30), he noted that they were “dictated by Bahá’u’lláh to His secretary [Mírzá Áqá Ján] as He strolled on the banks of the river in Baghdád,” and that, according to ʻAbdu’l-Bahá Himself, they were revealed in 1274 A.H. (1857–58).

Original Sources

  • The source for the English translation can be found here
  • The source for the original Arabic text can be found here

Further References