Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Khan spoken in June 1906

560 words

Question:

[regarding the early stages of the Cause in America]

Translation:

Provisional translation

That which is always the cause of inharmony and delays the progress of the Cause of God is love for leadership and self-interest. Those who cherish such tendencies

Translations (3)

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_1906 p052

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=52

SUR. Gail, Marzieh. Summon Up Remembrance. George Ronald, 1987. Memoirs. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf

SUR.249-250

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=256

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#001

https://bahai-library.com/ali-khan_pilgrim-notes_1906