Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Mr Herrigel, spoken on 1913-04-20

140 words

شماها باید از استتکارت باین حدود بیائید و بنشر نفحات اللّٰه بپردازید

Notes:

Zarqani and Sohrab have different wording

Translation:

Provisional translation

The city of Vienna will become a center for the Cause of God: only after my departure the friends must not remain inactive. They must work with greater zeal

Publications (1)Translations (2)

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

BDA2.249

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-257.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.1913-04-20

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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

MHMD2.324

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