Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Mr Charles Tinsley, spoken on 1912-10-10

200 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

You must not be sad. This affliction will make you spiritually stronger. Do not be sad... A certain ruler wished to appoint one of his subjects to a high office

Translations (5)

LOG. Hornby, Helen, ed. Lights of Guidance (1994 ed.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1994. http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance

LOG#2040x

http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2040

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_v04#12 p.205

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_12

SW_v09#18 p.214x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18

ECN. Notes of Ella Cooper, "‘Abdu’l-Bahá in California". n.p, 1912. Pilgrim notes held in U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. https://bahai- library.com/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912

ECN.374+451+527+604

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cooper_abdulbaha_california_1912.pdf#page=374

STAB. Badiei, Amir, ed. Stories Told by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 2003. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf

STAB#115

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=115