Tablet catalog
The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London
OOL 06 30057 Phelps: ABU 1482
ABU 1482•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
The Progress of the Soul: Words spoken ca. 1912-12-26 in London
220 words
Question:
Does the soul progress more through sorrow or through the joy in this world?
Translation:
Provisional translation
The mind and spirit of man advance when he is tried by suffering.
PT. Paris Talks: Addresses given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911. U.K. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1995. Catalog entries include both paragraph number and pagination. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul- baha/paris-talks/1#733601770
PT#57 p.191
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