Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-10-16

860 words

الحمد لله در خانهٴ مسس گودال و مسس کوپر در نهایت محبت مجتمعیم هر مائده ئی موجود و مهیا قلوب در نهایت مودت و صفا

Notes:

talk given at 9 p.m

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God! You are the guests of Mrs. Goodall. With the utmost love has she prepared this feast, and every kind of food is before you. The effulgence of the mercy of Baha’u’llah is resplendent.

Publications (1)Translations (4)

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

BDA1.315.15x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-315.html

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v04#12 p.203-204+209

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_12

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)

MHMD1.333x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=358

MAB. Brown, Ramona Allen. Memories of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Recollections of the Early Days of the Baháʹí Faith in California. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf

MAB.054-057x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/MAB.pdf#page=79

ECN. Notes of Ella Cooper, "‘Abdu’l-Bahá in California". n.p, 1912. Pilgrim notes held in U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. https://bahai- library.com/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912

ECN.150+582+991

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=150