Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken on 1912-12-17 in London

240 words

همیشه در مقابل انبیا خلق می‌گفتند که بر حسب افکار و آمال خود بکیف مشغول بودیم

Translation:

Provisional translation

Whenever a prophet would appear, people would say to them, 'We were enjoying ourselves in accordance with our own thoughts and desires…' … In the world of humanity, love is a manifestation of the splendour of God

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

BDA2.028

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-36.html

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

MHMD2.032

Not yet online

BW. The Bahá’í World. Yearbook, published intermittently in 34 volumes between 1925-2006. Volumes 1-20 available at https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/periodicals-supplementary-materials/bahai-world/. Volumes 1-34 available at https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_World

BW_v13p1187x

http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol13-1954-1963.pdf#page=118

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.124x

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