Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken at 309 W 78th St in New York, 1912-07-11

30 words

هر چند نسآء با رجال در استعداد قواء شریکند ولی شبهه نیست که رجال اقدمند و اقوی حتی در حیوانات مانند کبوتران

Question:

Up to the present time, not a single woman has appeared as a Messenger from God. Why have all the Manifestations of God been men?

Translation:

Provisional translation

Although women are equal to men in abilities and capacities, there is no doubt that men are bolder and physically more powerful

Publications (1)Translations (2)

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

BDA1.153.07

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-153.html

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_v19#10 p.309

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_10

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)

MHMD1.166

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=191