The Persian verses of The Hidden Words contain, in compressed form, the seeds of Bahá'u'lláh's principles for regeneration of the individual and society, and the mystical vision of the human soul attaining its ultimate goal of transcendence.
published in Religious Texts in Iranian Languages, ed. Fereydoun Vahman and Claus V. Pedersen, pages 351-360 Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, 2007