Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken at Ritz Hotel in Budapest, 1913-04-09

180 words

امید واریم کل بخدمت عالم انسانی موفق شویم زیرا امروز خدمتی اعظم از تروج وحدت

Translation:

Provisional translation

I hope that we shall all be confirmed to serve the world of humanity, because no service is greater today than promoting the oneness of mankind

Publications (1)Translations (3)

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

BDA2.226-227

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-234.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.1913-04-09

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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

MHMD2.292-293

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ABCC. Balyuzi, H.M. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh. George Ronald, 1992. Biography. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf

ABCC.384-385x

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ABCC.pdf#page=414