Tablet catalog
Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-10-28
OOL 06 10423 Phelps: ABU 0920
ABU 0920•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
Reported Utterance
Words to pilgrims, spoken on 1914-10-28
330 words

زیارت باید در نهایت تضرع و ابتهال باشد والا زیارت نیست تماشا است اینهمه نفوس

Notes:
Alternative Eng texts: KHH and DAS
Translation:
Provisional translation
The pilgrimage to the Holy Tomb must be done with spiritual concentration, attention and humility; it must not be like the automaton pilgrimage of Mohamedans or Christians
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
KHH1.122-123 (1.171-172)
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=153
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.185-186
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf
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.1914-10-28
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_13.pdf#page=46