The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh by Bahá’u’lláh Edition 1, (October 21, 2005) BAHA’I TERMS OF USE You have permission to freely make and use copies of the text and any other information ("Content") available on this Site including printing, emailing, posting, distributing, copying, downloading, uploading, transmitting, displaying the Content in whole or in part subject to the following: 1. Our copyright notice and the source reference must be attached to the Content; 2. The Content may not be modified or altered in any way except to change the font or appearance; 3. The Content must be used solely for a non-commercial purpose. Although this blanket permission to reproduce the Content is given freely such that no special permission is required, the Bahá’í International Community retains full copyright protection for all Content included at this Site under all applicable national and international laws. For permission to publish, transmit, display or otherwise use the Content for any commercial purpose, please contact us (http://reference.bahai.org/en/contact.html). CONTENTS Baha’i Terms of Use 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...