Tablet catalog
Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-15
OOL 06 40007 Phelps: ABU 1739
ABU 1739•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
Reported Utterance
Words spoken at Rue St. Didier 30 in Paris, 1913-02-15
170 words

امروز اعظم امور مسئلهٴ تبلیغ امر الله است که نفوس را نجاح و فلاح بخشد حیات ابدیه مبذول دارد رضای جمال مبارک

Notes:
Zarqani and Sohrab have different wording
Translation:
Provisional translation
The question of teaching the Cause is the most important affair. Regardless of all the other matters, we must spread the message of the Kingdom.
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
BDA2.140-141
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-148.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.1913-02-15
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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
MHMD2.175-176
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