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انسان در ظلمت ضلالت جز غم و کدورت نيابد هميشه مأيوس و محزون و دلخون است ولی چون نور
OOL 05 70236 Phelps: AB 08717
AB 08717•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
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انسان در ظلمت ضلالت جز غم و کدورت نيابد هميشه مأيوس و محزون و دلخون است ولی چون نور

Translation:
Provisional translation
O ye two birds of the rose-garden of Faith! In the darkness of error man does not find anything save affliction and distress.
# Name Source Resources
#1 ۱۴۲ - انسان در ظلمت ضلالت جز غم و کدورت نيابد Source Persian Resources
MMK. Muntakhabátí az Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (6 vols.). Bahá’í World Centre, 1979 and 1984; Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992-2005. Vol. 1 = SWAB; vol. 3: topics in divine philosophy; vol. 4: life and station of Bahá’u’lláh; vol. 5: life and station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; vol. 6: references to the Qur’án. Page images: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Typescripts: https://oceanoflights.org/table/abdul-baha-selections-writings01-fa/ [replace 01 in the url with other volume numbers through 06]
MMK3#142 p.098x
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA3/swa3-100.html
DAS. Diary notebooks and letters of Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Dec. 1912 – Jun. 1915. English and Persian diary notebooks and letters held in the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Often quoted in other sources such as SW. Catalog entries are indexed by date and include only the English notebooks and letters. Letters from 1 Jul 1913 through 19 Oct. 1914 found here: https://bahai-library.com/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914
DAS.1914-07-17
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=53