Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-27

140 words

مقصود مظاهر مقدسه الهیه تربیت نفوس مقدسه بوده بعضی چنان گمان نمودند که مقصد

Translation:

Provisional translation

The purpose of the divine Manifestations has been the education of holy souls.

Publications (2)Translations (1)

MSBH. Sulaymání, ‘Azízu’lláh. Maṣábíḥ-i Hidáyat (10 vols.). BPT Iran, mult. dates (106-132 B.E.). Vols. 1 and 2 exist in two editions. Biographies of prominent early believers. Digitally reprinted in 2018 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/masabih-i-hidayat; vol. 10 at https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/authors/sulayman/masabih10/Masabih_Hidayat_v10.pdf

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

MHMD1. Sobhani, Mohi (trans). Mahmud's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey to America. George Ronald, 1998. English Translation of BDA1. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf, https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary (typescript)