Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Nawabzade Mohammad Yousof, spoken on 1913-06-14

290 words

امروز جمیع عالم علی الخصوص امم شرق بچنین قوّهٴ نافذهئ‌ی محتاجند تا از مضائب اختلاف

Translation:

Provisional translation

As long as these antiquated social customs and religious ceremonies hold sway in India, complete progress will not be obtained. This age is the age of light.

Publications (1)Translations (3)

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

BDA2.349x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-357.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.1913-06-14

Not yet online

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

MHMD2.463x

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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_unsorted p075

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=75