Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken on 1912-10-17 in San Francisco

110 words

دو جواب دارد یکی جواب فلسفی و یکی ملکوتی جواب فلسفی آسان است چه که

Question:

[Some asked ‘Abdu'l-Baha about spirit and matter.]

Translation:

Provisional translation

This question may be answered in two ways, philosophically as well as spiritually. ...in philosophy the spirit is energy

Publications (1)Translations (1)

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

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-317.html

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)

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