Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to the friends, spoken on 1915-03-21

250 words

در سال دو نقطه اعتدال است که آفتاب از افق آن طلوع مینماید

Notes:

Alternative Eng texts: KHH and DAS

Translation:

Provisional translation

May this Naw-Ruz be a blessing to all the friends! In the year there are two equinoxes in which the hours of the day and the height are equal.

Publications (2)Translations (2)

AYT. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Ayyám-i Tis`ih. Kalimat, 1981. Reprinted by Mir’at, 2008. Tablets and historical notes on Bahá’í Holy Days. Pagination refers to original edition. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-1.html

AYT.347-348

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AT/at-347.html

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

KHH1.196-197 (1.275-276)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=227

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.286-287

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.1915-03-21

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