Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Mrs Lesch, Buikema et al, spoken on 1912-10-31

900 words

بکلیفورنیا رفتیم هیجان شدیدی در نفوس افتاد در یونیورستی دارالفنون و کنائس و مجامع خلق بحرکت آمدند

Translation:

Provisional translation

Welcome, exceedingly welcome! We went to California and a great commotion was set up in the souls....

Publications (1)Translations (3)

BDA. Zarqání, Maḥmúd. Kitáb-i Badáyi`u'l-Áthár (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987. Vol. 1 (translated as MHMD1): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/241.pdf, Vol. 2 (translated as MHMD2): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/242.pdf

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-342.html

MHMD1. Sobhani, Mohi (trans). Mahmud's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey to America. George Ronald, 1998. English Translation of BDA1. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf, https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary (typescript)

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=385

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

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=61

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=12