Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken on 1915-03-01 in Abu Sinan

440 words

خدا چه تعلقی ما بین ما و آنها انداخته که از جان و دل ... تقوی ام الفضائل و عدم تقوی ام الرذائل است در عکا شخصی بود

Translation:

Provisional translation

Consider what an immense love and devotion... Piety is the mother of all goodly characters, and its absence is the mother of all evil

Publications (1)Translations (4)

KHH. Mu'ayyad, Ḥabíb. Kháṭirát-i Ḥabíb (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 118 B.E., reprinted Bahá'í-Verlag, 2004. Pilgrim notes from various times between 1907 and 1915. Catalog entries refer to both paginations (118 B.E. edition second). Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/355.pdf; 118 B.E. edition: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/515.pdf

KHH1.183-185 (1.256-260)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=214

KHHE. Mu’ayyad, Ḥabíb. Eight Years Near ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. n.p., 2007. English translation of KHH. Vol. 3 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_diary_habib_muayyad_2013_hidden.pdf

KHHE.268-271

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf

BSR. Bahá'í Studies Review. Association for Bahá’í Studies for English- Speaking Europe, 1991- . Academic journal. Selected individual articles posted at http://bahai-library.com/series/BSR

BSR_v13 p.093

https://bahai-library.com/rabbani_abdulbaha_abu_sinan

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

STAB#016

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=16

STAB#150

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=150