Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to George Winterburn et al, spoken on 1904-02-10

240 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

There is an attractive power in everything in the world, which is called the possibility of receiving the power of progress.... By being severed from the world I do not mean holding in contempt the things of the world

Translations (6)

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_v08#06 p.063x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_6

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_1904 p017

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=17

PN_1904 p051

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1904.pdf#page=51

PN_1907 p077

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1907.pdf#page=77

TTAW. Winterburn, George. Table Talks with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Akka, February, 1904. Baha’i Publishing Society, 1915. https://bahai- library.com/winterburn_table_talks

TTAW.023

https://bahai-library.com/winterburn_table_talks

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#102

https://bahai-library.com/winterburn_table_talks