Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Address to the Baha'is at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-06-04

120 words

این مدنیت مادی بمنزلهٴ زجاجی است بسیار شفاف و لطیف تا مدنیت الهیه مانند سراجی است

Question:

[One of the many friends present asked about the material civilization in America.]

Translation:

Provisional translation

Their material civilization resembles a glass of the utmost transparency and purity but divine civilization is like a shining lamp.... Provided they behave moderately, the more people advance

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

BDA1.114.14

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-114.html

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v19#06 p.184

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_6

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)

MHMD1.122

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=147