Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken on final evening of Western trip on 1913-06-16

320 words

اعظم و اقدم امور تبلیغ امرالله است این کار مؤید است از جمیع نفوس بیشتر من

Translation:

Provisional translation

Today the greatest of all affairs is to teach the Cause of God and to promote the glad-tidings of the appearance of the Lord of Hosts

Publications (1)Translations (2)

BDA. Zarqání, Maḥmúd. Kitáb-i Badáyi`u'l-Áthár (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987. Vol. 1 (translated as MHMD1): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/241.pdf, Vol. 2 (translated as MHMD2): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/242.pdf

BDA2.352x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-360.html

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.1913-06-16

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MHMD2. Masumian, Adib (trans.). ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Europe 1912-1913: The Talks and Travels of the Master as Recorded by Mírzá Maḥmúd Zarqání. George Ronald, 2024. English Translation of BDA2

MHMD2.468x

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