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Reported Utterance

Words to some friends, spoken on 1915-05-08

160 words

فقر از هر جهت بر ناس غلبه نموده ما هم امور مان وضعی است که نمیتوانیم

Notes:

Alternative Eng texts: KHH and DAS

Translation:

Provisional translation

Poverty has become widespread amongst all the inhabitants of Syria and our affairs are in such a confused state... the station of such a wealthy man is greater than the poor who is patient

Publications (1)Translations (2)

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

KHH1.233 (1.325-326)

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/354.pdf#page=264

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.342-343

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/diary_habib_muayyad.pdf

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.1915-05-08

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_14.pdf#page=51