Tablet catalog
Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa
OOL 06 10339 Phelps: ABU 0834
ABU 0834•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken on 1914-04-18 in Haifa
360 words
Question:
[regarding the House of Justice]
Translation:
Provisional translation
Generally the people of the past have forgotten the foundation of their religions and have clung to some superficial doctrines... All the civic affairs and the legislation of material laws for the increasing needs of the enlightened humanity belong to the House of Justice... The Universal House of Justice has only the legislative function
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.1914-04-18
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=38