Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-15

450 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

These are the days of Bahá'í fasting but the Blessed Perfection has commanded us not to keep it in Turkey... The sweetest thing in this world is to obey strictly the commands of God... There is nothing sweeter in the world of existence than prayer…. What is prayer? It is conversation with God.

Translations (3)Musical interpretations (1)

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.1914-03-15

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=52

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_v08#04 p.041x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_4

SW_v09#09 p.103-104x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_9

MANA

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-sweeter