Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Ali Kuli Khan spoken in June 1906

240 words

Question:

[I asked concerning infallibility, whether by this is intended the power of the House of Justice to do and order that which it willeth, or whether it refers to another state.]

Translation:

Provisional translation

Infallibility is of two kinds; 1) Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility, 2) conferred, extrinsic or mediate Infallibility. Intrinsic or immediate Infallibility means that of God

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 p046

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1906.pdf#page=46

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

SUR.248

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/g/gail_summon_up_remembrance.pdf#page=255

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