Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken in Sep. 1911 in London

320 words

Question:

How should one look forward to death?

Translation:

Provisional translation

How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey.... Those who have passed on through death, have a sphere of their own. It is not removed from ours

Translations (6)

AIL. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London. U.K. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1987. Talks and pilgrim notes. https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/ABL/

AIL.096

https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v04#19 p.321x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_19

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_1911 p002x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1911.pdf#page=2

PN_1911 p011x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1911.pdf#page=11

VLAB. Honnold, Annamarie. Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 1982. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf

VLAB.132x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VLAB.pdf

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#043a

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_000-050.pdf#page=56