Tablet catalog
Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-09
OOL 06 40147 Phelps: ABU 1880
ABU 1880•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-09
160 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
The good deeds of man are like unto the sweet fragrances emanated from the musk... As his deeds have been performed with no reference to the applause and commendation of men he enjoys them more than any one else.
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.1914-03-09
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=36