Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

50 words

Question:

[‘Abdu'l-Bahá ... was unhappy in one of the great cities on the Continent and said of its inhabitants:]

Translation:

Provisional translation

I see the people ... like bees or ants, coming and going by troops, surging past like waves, continually engrossed in their business.

Translations (1)

BW. The Bahá’í World. Yearbook, published intermittently in 34 volumes between 1925-2006. Volumes 1-20 available at https://www.bahai.org/library/other-literature/periodicals-supplementary-materials/bahai-world/. Volumes 1-34 available at https://bahai.works/Bah%C3%A1%E2%80%99%C3%AD_World