Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to a delegation of Theosophists, spoken on 1913-04-11

230 words

الحمدللّٰه که اسباب ملاقات فراهم آمد دیشب خوب مجلسی بود احساسات روحانی قلوب را احاطه نموده بود

Translation:

Provisional translation

Praise be to God that means were brought about that I may come to Budapest and associate with you... As to the coming of the Great Master. His appearance is dependent upon the realization of certain conditions. Investigate the reality

Publications (1)Translations (5)

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

BDA2.230x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-238.html

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.1913-04-11

Not yet online

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.300 #608x

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

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

MHMD2.298x

Not yet online

BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection

BSTW#146

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_101-150.pdf#page=88

BSTW#327

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=39