Hidden Word, Persian 3: The Rose of Love
Bahá'u'lláh, The Hidden Words, (1858), Bahá'í Publishing Trust · Read original
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This is the third of the Persian Hidden Words:
O FRIEND! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love, and from the nightingale of affection and desire loosen not thy hold. Treasure the companionship of the righteous and eschew all fellowship with the ungodly.
From The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh (Persian, no. 3), translated by Shoghi Effendi.
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Bahá'u'lláh. (1858). *The Hidden Words*. Bahá'í Publishing Trust. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/hidden-words/
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