Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Florence Khan, spoken on 1906-06-13

290 words

Question:

If one feels grieved at his failure to help others much more than one actually could, while one had the desire and intention of rendering them greater help, what should he do?

Translation:

Provisional translation

In this case, the fact that one had the desire and the intention of helping is enough for him. For 'God judges men's deeds according to the intention which actuated them.'

Translations (3)

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_1906 p036

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=36

SUR. Gail, Marzieh. Summon Up Remembrance. George Ronald, 1987. Memoirs. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf

SUR.233

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=240

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#001

https://bahai-library.com/ali-khan_pilgrim-notes_1906