Tablet catalog
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
OOL 06 10395 Phelps: ABU 0892
ABU 0892•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to Myron Phelps and Madame Canavarro in Dec. 1902
340 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
This world is a world of darkness, affliction, and work. It is like the womb; one must bear in patience its troubles and its pains.
AELT. Phelps, Myron. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1903. Republished 1912 with different pagination. 1903 edition: https://archive.org/stream/lifeteachingsofa00phel. 1912 edition: https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf. Catalog pagination follows 1912 edition
AELT.184-186
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/phelps_life_teachings_abbas_effendi.pdf#page=231