Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Mrs Bernard, spoken on 1913-03-18

510 words

ولی انقطاع بعدم اسباب نیست بلکه بعدم تعلق قلب است ما در طهران شب دارای هر چیز

Notes:

Zarqani and Sohrab have different wording

Translation:

Provisional translation

You have travelled through India... When the Persian government imprisoned Baha'u'llah in Teheran... Detachment does not imply lack of means; it is marked by the freedom of the heart. In Tihran, we possessed everything… There were once two friends, one rich but free of heart

Publications (1)Translations (6)

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

BDA2.187

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-195.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.1913-03-18

Not yet online

MHMD2. Masumian, Adib (trans.). ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Europe 1912-1913: The Talks and Travels of the Master as Recorded by Mírzá Maḥmúd Zarqání. George Ronald, 2024. English Translation of BDA2

MHMD2.238-239

Not yet online

ABCC. Balyuzi, H.M. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh. George Ronald, 1992. Biography. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf

ABCC.009x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=39

BW. The Bahá’í World. Yearbook, published intermittently in 34 volumes between 1925-2006. Volumes 1-20 available at https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/periodicals-supplementary-materials/bahai-world/. Volumes 1-34 available at https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_World

BW_v13p1187-1188x

http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol13-1954-1963.pdf#page=118

VLAB. Honnold, Annamarie. Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 1982. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf

VLAB.144x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf

STAB. Badiei, Amir, ed. Stories Told by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 2003. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf

STAB#028x

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=28