- Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh, by Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani (2018). On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment as a prerequisite for attainment unto the Divine Presence. Includes translation of a Tablet by Bahá’u’lláh.
- Are the Four Valleys four stages in one path or are they four paths?, by Ted Brownstein (1998). Alternate readings of symbolism in the Four Valleys.
- Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Sublime Vision", by Wolfgang A. Klebel (2008). Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Bahá’u’lláh calls "Thy transcendent unity," i.e., the concept of unity and oneness, which are ubiquitous in the Bahá’í Writings?
- Call of the Divine Beloved, by Bahá'u'lláh (2019). Seven Tablets revealed before 1863, including a retranslation of the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, the poem Rashh-i-‘Amá (The Clouds of the Realms Above) revealed in the Síyáh-Chál, and four other newly translated Tablets on the mystic journey.
- Comparison of Islamic Religious Modes with the Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh, by Dianne Bradford (1998-01). Comparison of stages in The Four Valleys with three approaches from Islam: Theologians, Muslim Philosophers, and Mystics.
- Correlating Mystical Experience to the Knowledge of God, by Jack McLean (2000-10). Mysticism, "the experience of God," and theology, "the knowledge of God," are both expressions of one symbiosis. This paper characterizes mysticism, debunks objections to it, and explores a Bahá'í context through the Four and Seven Valleys.
- Covenant Library Unified Index and Glossary, Covenant Library, comp. (2000-2024). A comprehensive glossary and reference index of Bahá'í sacred texts and literature, organized in two parts: Bahá'u'lláh's Writings and general entries. (Off-site)
- Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Tablet study outline, by Jonah Winters (1999).
- Four Valleys (Chahar Vádí): Wilmette Institute faculty notes, by Iraj Ayman, Muin Afnani (1999).
- How to get out of it: Faná' and baqá' in the Early Writings of Baha'u'llah, by Alison Marshall (1999-01). Annihilation and the self in the Hidden Words and the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys.
- Introduction to the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, by Robert L. Gulick (1957). Essay included as a preface to a 1952 edition of Seven Valleys and published as a stand-alone booklet in 1957; see miscellanie.com
- Les Quatre Vallées, publié dans The Call of the Divine Beloved, by Bahá'u'lláh, Pierre Daoust, trans. (2022-08). La traduction des Quatre Vallées de Marzieh Gail contient beaucoup de passages exquis et inspirés, mais quelques changements ont été nécessaires pour la clarté et l'exactitude.
- Les sept vallées et les quatre vallées, by Bahá'u'lláh, la commission de traduction, trans. (2021). Traduction de Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
- List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations, by Stephen Lambden, Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2018). A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links to manuscripts, texts, introductions. Includes Shaykhi and Bábí studies, bibliographies, genealogies, provisional translations.
- Mystical content and symbology of Bahá'u'lláh's Four Valleys, by David Langness (1997). Symbology of the Four Valleys, and a brief overview of a four-stage spiritual growth model.
- Notes on Words of the Guardian, by Virginia Orbison (1956). Ten pages of notes, preserved as an appendix to Orbison's lengthy manuscript "Diary of a Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Made by Virginia Orbison, January 15 to February 11".
- Reflections on The Four Valleys of Bahá'u'lláh, by Amrollah Hemmat (2021). Studies of this book often focus on its Sufi and mystical aspects. But when it is seen within the larger context of the totality of the Bahá’í Writings, its purpose appears as a guide for spiritual wayfarers to the recognition of the Manifestation of God.
- Rumi: Quotations from the Mathnáví of Rúmí in the Bahá'í Writings, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2001/2015). Rúmí’s Mathnáví is quoted in many places in the Bahá'í Writings, as noted in the footnotes to the Writings.
- Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison, by Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, comp, Daniel Azim Pschaida, comp. (2019). New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
- Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The, by Bahá'u'lláh, Marzieh Gail, trans. (1991). Bahá’u’lláh's most well-known mystical works, written in Baghdad after his return from Kurdistan in 1856.
- Siete Valles y Los Cuatro Valles, Los, by Bahá'u'lláh (1989). Spanish translation of Seven Valleys and Four Valleys.
- Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A, by Christopher Buck (1998). A “symbolic profile” of Bahá’í consciousness as shaped by the writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ancillary texts: Ninian Smart’s dimensional model of religion is used to order and classify the symbols, together with insights from Sherry Ortner & John Wansbrough.
- Towards the Summit of Reality: Table of Contents and Bibliography, by Julio Savi (2003). Front- and back-matter only of Savi's book Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Study of Bahá'u'lláh's Seven Valleys and Four Valleys, which provides a snapshot of scholarship into these Writings of Bahá'u'lláh.
- Towards the Summit of Reality, by Julio Savi: Review, by Ismael Velasco (2008).
- Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks, by Steven Phelps (2017-09-18). Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific revolution and the Enlightenment. Includes compilation of Writings on spiritual dislocation, science, language, spiritual evolution, nature, and revelation.
- Will, Knowledge, and Love as Explained in Baha'u'llah's Four Valleys, by Julio Savi (1994). Exploration of some of the "seemingly abstruse" concepts of the Four Valleys.
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