Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Mrs. von Lilenthal, spoken on 1913-11-22

220 words

Question:

Are there any lost souls?...Will God raise them?... Do souls choose to come into this world?... Do we exist as individuals/souls before coming here?

Translation:

Provisional translation

There are souls who are capable of becoming quickened by the Divine Fragrance and the statement of His Holiness Christ in regard to the second birth applies to them

Translations (4)

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.1913-11-12

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_05.pdf#page=120

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_1913-14_heh p117

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1913-14_heh.pdf#page=117

PN_unsorted p048

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=48

PN_unsorted p090

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=90