 Although the Bahá 'í teachings have a strong emphasis on social and ethical issues , there exist a number of foundational texts that have been described as mystical . The Seven Valleys is considered Bahá 'u'lláh 's " greatest mystical composition . " It was written to a follower of Sufism , in the style of <unk> , The Persian Muslim poet , and sets forth the stages of the soul 's journey towards God . It was first translated into English in 1906 , becoming one of the earliest available books of Bahá 'u'lláh to the West . The Hidden Words is another book written by Bahá 'u'lláh during the same period , containing 153 short passages in which Bahá 'u'lláh claims to have taken the basic essence of certain spiritual truths and written them in brief form . 
