Tablet catalog
Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09
OOL 06 70378 Phelps: ABU 2786
ABU 2786•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09
70 words
Question:
What is your belief as regards the origin of evil?
Translation:
Provisional translation
There is no origin of evil. The origin of evil is non-existent. For example darkness is evil. It is the absence of light.
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.1914-05-09
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=107
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_1914 p002
https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=2
BSTW. Dwight Barstow collection. Collection of miscellania in English, mostly old translations and pilgrim’ notes. http://bahai- library.com/file.php?file=lovejoy_dwight_barstow_collection
BSTW#318
http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/docs/vol13/Barstow_301-350.pdf#page=26