Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Interview with five American teachers, Haifa, 1914-07-21

60 words

Question:

Is there any leader, or head, in the Baha'i religion?

Translation:

Provisional translation

The true, liberal, religious spirit is more in evidence in America…. The Baha'is are a community of cooperative servants, they have no leader. Their only leader is God.

Translations (3)

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.1914-07-21

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_11.pdf#page=63

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_v12#01 p.013-014

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_1

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 p005

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=5