Tablet catalog
Words to Ethel Fraser, spoken on 1913-05-06
OOL 06 30023 Phelps: ABU 1447
ABU 1447•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
Reported Utterance
Words to Ethel Fraser, spoken on 1913-05-06
220 words

من بصحت جسمانی اهمیت نمیدهم همین قدر باشد که انسان در بستر نخوابد

Translation:
Provisional translation
I do not give any importance to physical health. The real health is spiritual and that is eternal. The spirit of man must become reinforced.
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
BDA2.287
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-295.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.1913-05-06
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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
MHMD2.378
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