Tablet catalog
OOL 06 10085 Phelps: ABU 0583
ABU 0583•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
480 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
Bahá'u'lláh loved the beauty and verdure of the country. One day He passed the remark: 'I have not gazed on verdure for nine years. The country is the world of the soul, the city is the world of bodies.'
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.039-041
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=69
BKOG. Balyuzi, Hasan. Bahá’u’lláh: The King of Glory. George Ronald, 1980
BKOG.357-359
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BKOG.pdf#page=23
BNE. Esslemont, John. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1980. Standard introduction to the Bahá’í Faith, commissioned by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Mult. editions, catalog refers to 1980 pagination. https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298
BNE.040-041
https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/publications-individual-authors/bahaullah-new-era/1#773046298