Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken at Rue Lauriston 97 in Paris, 1913-06-11

100 words

Question:

[regarding the four degrees or pillars for the progress of the soul in the Seven Valleys.]

Notes:

Interpretation of SV.041: "The heart is endowed with four stages"

Translation:

Provisional translation

Bahá'u'lláh says, when the soul has travelled through many valleys, it reaches to the city of Love. That city contains four pillars. And whenever I find a hearing ear I shall explain what are these four pillars. During the life of Bahá'u'lláh no one asked the explanation of this matter

Translations (1)

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.1913-06-11

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