# Hidden Words: Early English Translations

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> Source: Bahá'í Library Online (bahai-library.com), curated by Jonah Winters. Used by permission of the curator. Original citation: Bahá'u'lláh, Hidden Words: Early English Translations, bahai-library.com.
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> Hidden Words:
> 
> Early English Translations
> 
> Bahá'u'lláh
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> 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
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> [13 MB]
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> bahaullah_hidden-words_1921_reduced.pdf
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> [4 MB]
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> 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
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> [15 MB]
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> bahaullah_hidden-words_1923_reduced.pdf
> 
> [9 MB]
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> 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
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> [10 MB]
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> 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
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> [2 MB]
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