Tablet catalog
Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14
OOL 06 80515 Phelps: ABU 3315
ABU 3315•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Persian
Reported Utterance
Words to the Baha'is, spoken on 1912-11-14
30 words

نغمات و اصوات در تلاوت آیات و مناجات نظم و نهر باید باشد ولی در امور غیر منصوص من مداخله نمیکنم

Question:
[He was asked about music and singing in the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar.]
Translation:
Provisional translation
Singing and chanting of scripture and prayers in verse or in prose should be used but I do not interfere in matters not expressly stated in the Text.
AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents
AVK4.152.04
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK4/ak4-156.html
YHA. Maḥmúdí, Húshang. Yád Dáshtháy dar bárih-yi Ḥaḍrat-i-‘Abdu’l-Bahá (2 vols.). BPT Iran, 130 B.E. [1973]. Notes on ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/686.pdf; Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf
YHA2.863a
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/684.pdf#page=320
BDA. Zarqání, Maḥmúd. Kitáb-i Badáyi`u'l-Áthár (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987. Vol. 1 (translated as MHMD1): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/241.pdf, Vol. 2 (translated as MHMD2): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/242.pdf
BDA1.373.13
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-373.html
MHMD1. Sobhani, Mohi (trans). Mahmud's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey to America. George Ronald, 1998. English Translation of BDA1. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf, https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary (typescript)
MHMD1.392
http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=417