Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to some children, spoken on 1912-11-24

110 words

من امیدوارم چنانچه باید و شاید تربیت شوید و هر یک سبب فخر خاندان خویش گردید خدا شما را تأیید کند

Translation:

Provisional translation

I hope that you will be educated as you ought to be and that each of you will become the pride of your family. May God assist you to acquire divine knowledge

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

BDA1.389.03

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-389.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)

MHMD1.407-408

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=432