Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Kinney, Beede, Thompson party, spoken on 1909-07-06

100 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

Afflictions and troubles are due to the state of not being content with what God has ordained for you. If one submits himself to God he is happy

Translations (10)

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_v07#18 p.187

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_18

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1909 p011

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=11

PN_1909 p022

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=22

PN_1909 p039

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909A.pdf#page=39

PN_1909B p020

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909B.pdf#page=20

PN_1909C p089

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1909C.pdf#page=89

PN_unsorted p046

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_unsorted.pdf#page=46

DJT. Thompson, Juliet. The Diary of Juliet Thompson. Kalimat, 1983. https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

DJT.059-060

https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#027

https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

STAB. Badiei, Amir, ed. Stories Told by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 2003. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf

STAB#127

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=127