Four Valleys
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The Four Valleys, an epistle written in Baghdád after the composition of The Seven Valleys, was addressed to the learned Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahmán of Karkúk, a city of 'Iráqí Kurdistán. It sets forth four ways in which the Unseen is seen, the four stages of the human heart, and the four kinds of mystic wayfarers in quest of the Intended One, the Praiseworthy One, the Attracting One, the Beloved. The four divine states are given in this verse from the Qur'án (57:3): "He is the first and the last, the Seen and the Hidden; and He knoweth all things."
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- From the Preface in the book The Seven Valleys and The Four Valleys by ROBERT L. GULICK, JR. (1975)
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- Bahá’u’lláh; translated by Marzieh Gail in consultation with Ali-Kuli Khan - 4th ed.. The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá’í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0877432279.
