Ocean of Lights

70 words

Question:

Are the planets or stars the many mansions in heaven of which Christ spoke, telling the disciples that he went to prepare a place for them?

Translation:

Provisional translation excerpt

...As to your question regarding the stars: Know that these brilliant stars are numberless and their existence is not devoid of wisdom both useful and important.

Translations (5)

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.445 #811

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_unsorted p088x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=88

PN_unsorted p091

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=91

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#017

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=22

BSTW#042b

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=55