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''The Four Valleys'' ( ''Chahár Vádí'') is a book written in Persian by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. The ''Seven Valleys'' ( ''Haft-Vádí'') was also written by Bahá'u'lláh, and the two books are usually published together under the title ''The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys''. The two books are distinctly different and have no direct relation. ==''The Four Valleys''== The ''Four Valleys'' was written around 1857 in Baghdad, in response to questions of Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahman-i-Talabani, the "honored and indisputable leader" of the Qádiríyyih Order of Sufism. He never identified as a Bahá'í, but was known to his followers as having high respect and admiration for Bahá'u'lláh.〔Ayman & Afnani〕 In the book, Bahá'u'lláh describes the qualities and grades of four types of mystical wayfarers: "Those who progress in mystic wayfaring are of four kinds." The four are, roughly:〔Ayman & Afnani〕 *Those who journey through strict observance of religious Laws. *Those who journey to God through the use of logic & reason. *Those who journey purely by the love of God. *Those who journey combination of the three approaches of obedience, reason, and inspiration. This last is considered the highest or truest form of mystic union.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Four Valleys」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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