Tablet catalog
Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907
OOL 06 30267 Phelps: ABU 1687
ABU 1687•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
Reported Utterance
Words to the friends spoken in Dec. 1907
180 words

ما نه استبداد صرف را میخواهیم و نه آزادی بحت ما بامور روحانی و تعلقات

Translation:
Provisional translation
We desire neither absolute despotism, nor unbounded liberty. We are concerned with the spiritual teachings and matters pertaining to the world above.
KHH. Mu'ayyad, Ḥabíb. Kháṭirát-i Ḥabíb (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 118 B.E., reprinted Bahá'í-Verlag, 2004. Pilgrim notes from various times between 1907 and 1915. Catalog entries refer to both paginations (118 B.E. edition second). Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf, Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/355.pdf; 118 B.E. edition: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/515.pdf
KHH1.048-049 (1.068-069)
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=79
KHHE. Mu’ayyad, Ḥabíb. Eight Years Near ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. n.p., 2007. English translation of KHH. Vol. 3 of “Witnesses to Bábí and Bahá’í History”. https://bahai- library.com/pdf/r/rabbani_diary_habib_muayyad_2013_hidden.pdf
KHHE.086-087
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf