Tablet catalog
The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man
OOL 05 00079 Phelps: AB 00077
AB 00077•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
The Evolution of the Universe and the Origin of Man
Some Answered Questions #047
1210 words

بدان که یک مسئله از غوامض مسائل الهیه اینست که این عالم وجود یعنی این کون غیر متناهی بدایتی ندارد

Translation:
Official translation
Know that it is one of the most abstruse questions of divine philosophy that the world of existence—that is, this endless universe—has no beginning.
# Name Source Translations
#1 Some Answered Questions, The Origin of the Universe and the Evolution of Man Source Persian Translations Arabic
# Name Source Translations
#1 مفاوضات - ليس لعالم الوجود بداية مبدأ الإنسان Source Persian Translations English
# Name Source Translations Resources
#1 مفاوضات - عالم وجود بدايتی ندارد Source Persian Translations English Arabic Resources
MFD. Mufáviḍát-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Mir'at, 1993. Original Persian text of SAQ. In this catalog each of the 84 chapters is given its own ID.  https://www.bahai.org/fa/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/some-answered-questions/ and https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1541.pdf
MFD#47
https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SAQ/saq-130.html
SAQ. Some Answered Questions. Revised translation, U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2014. English translation of MFD. In this catalog each of the 84 chapters is given its own entry. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative- texts/abdul-baha/some-answered-questions/
SAQ#47
http://www.bahai.org/r/740956664
BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up
BWF.297-300
https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up