Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to the friends, spoken on 1914-03-11

70 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

This is the most important work. This is the light of the religion of God. This sea must ever be kept tempestuous. This fountain must always flow... The Cause is the cup, teaching is the ruby wine with which the souls are intoxicated.

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.1914-03-11

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_08.pdf#page=43