About: This dissertation explores the textual and thematic relationships between Nazm al-Sulúk, or “Poem of the Way”, by Ibn al-Fárid, Abu al-Qásim `Umar ibn al-Shaykh Abú al-Hasan `Alí ibn al-Murshid ibn `Ali, with the Qasídih-yi Varqá’iyyih, or “Ode of the Dove,” by Mírzá Husayn `Alí Núrí, known as Bahá’ulláh.