Hidden Words:

Early English Translations

Bahá'u'lláh

1921-1929

1921 edition: Hidden Words from the Supreme Pen of Baha'u'llah, translated by Jean Stannard
with the assistance of some Baha'is in Egypt (Oriental Advertising Company: Cairo, Egypt)

bahaullah_hidden-words_1921.pdf [13 MB] bahaullah_hidden-words_1921_reduced.pdf [4 MB]

1923 edition: Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, translated by Shoghi Effendi (Baha'i Assembly, London), with
Baha'u'llah's "Words of Wisdom" and miscellaneous prayers from Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha appended

bahaullah_hidden-words_1923.pdf [15 MB] bahaullah_hidden-words_1923_reduced.pdf [9 MB]

1924 edition: Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, translated by Shoghi Effendi (New York City: Baha'i
Publishing Committee), prefaced with Baha'u'llah's "Words of Wisdom"

bahaullah_hidden-words_1924.pdf [10 MB] bahaullah_hidden-words_1924_reduced.pdf [4 MB]

1925 edition: Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, translated by Shoghi Effendi (New York City: Baha'i
Publishing Committee)

bahaullah_hidden-words_1925.pdf [7 MB] bahaullah_hidden-words_1925_reduced.pdf [2 MB]

1929 edition: The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah, translated by Shoghi Effendi with the assistance of some
English friends (National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: London)

bahaullah_hidden-words_1929.pdf [8 MB] bahaullah_hidden-words_1929_reduced.pdf [2 MB]

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