Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to several Arabs, spoken on 1914-03-29

340 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

While I was living in Baghdad one day I was walking beside the river Euphrates... Suddenly my attention was attracted to wild-eyed girl who was running fast toward the river... Every soul must strive to impart that joy and happiness to mankind the nature of which is permanent.

Translations (2)

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.1914-03-29

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=41

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1914 p009x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=9