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Today, approximately seven million people throughout the world, adhere to the Bahá’i faith. Its scriptures have been translated into over 800 languages, with Bahá’i houses of worship in every corner of the globe. The Four Valleys The Valley of Self If the wayfarers be among them that seek after the sanctuary of the Desired One, this plane pertains to the self— but the self which is intended is “the Self of God that pervades all His laws.” In this station the self is not rejected but beloved; it is regarded with favor and is not to be shunned. Although at the beginning this plane is the realm of conflict, yet it ends in the ascent to the throne of glory. As it has been said: O Abraham of the Spirit and God’s Friend in this day! Slay! Slay these four thieving birds of prey! that after death the mystery of life may be unraveled. This is the plane of the soul that is pleasing unto God, whereof He says: “Enter thou among My servants, and enter thou My Paradise.” This station has myriad signs and countless tokens. Hence it is said: “We will surely show them Our signs in the world and within themselves, until it become plain to them that there is no God save Him.” One must, then, read the book of one’s own self, rather than the treatise of some grammarian. Why He has said, “Read thy Book: There needs none but thyself to make out an account against thee this day.” The story is told of a mystic knower who went on a journey with a learned grammarian for a companion. They came to the shore of the Sea of Grandeur. The knower, putting his trust in God, straightway flung himself into the waves, but the grammarian stood bewildered and lost in thoughts that were as words traced upon the water. […]The Four Valleys The Valley of the Intellect If the wayfarers be among them that dwell in the court of the All-Praised, this is the station of the Intellect, which is known as the messenger of the realm of the body and the most great pillar. That which is intended, however, is the universal Divine Intellect, whose sovereignty fosters the growth of all things, and not every vain and feeble mind. Thus has the wise Saná’í written: How can feeble reason embrace the Qur’án Or the spider snare a phoenix in its web? Would thou that the mind not hold thee in its snare? Seize it and enroll it in the school of God instead! On this plane, the traveler meets with many a trial and reverse. Now is he lifted up to Heaven, now is he cast into the depths. As it has been said: “Now Thou draw me to the throne of the realms above, again Thou scorch me in the fire of hell.” The hidden mystery of this station is divulged in the following blessed verse from the Súrih of the Cave: “And thou might have seen the Sun when it arose, pass on the right of their cave, and when it set, leave them on the left, while they were in its spacious chamber. This is one of the signs of God. Guided indeed is he whom God guides; but for him whom He misleads, thou shall by no means find a guardian and guide.”
