Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

200 words

Question:

What do you expect the Bahá'ís to accomplish in this world?

Translation:

Provisional translation

The Bahá'ís must be the servants of universal Peace, the workers for the Cause of the Oneness of the world of humanity, the spreaders of heavenly Love amongst the children of men

Translations (5)

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.1914-05-09

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=107

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v16#01 p.385x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_16/Issue_1

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_1914 p002

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=2

PN_1914 p004

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=4

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#318

http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=26