Tablet catalog
Words spoken on 1915-04-17 in Abu Sinan
OOL 06 50044 Phelps: ABU 2009
ABU 2009•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken on 1915-04-17 in Abu Sinan
140 words
Translation:
Provisional translation
Mankind are naturally heedless and prone to commit injustice and excess. They do not turn their faces toward God and do not let their hearts be swayed by ideal emotions. Like unto the beasts they wallow in the mire of materialism
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.1915-04-17
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_13.pdf#page=87