Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to Louis Gregory, spoken on 1911-04-10

30 words

Question:

Does the Baha'i prohibition of gambling and lotteries forbid games of every description?

Translation:

Provisional translation

No, some games are innocent, and if pursued for pastime there is no harm. But there is danger that pastime may degenerate

Translations (3)

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_v08#02 p.025-026x

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_2

AHV. A Heavenly Vista: The Pilgrimage of Louis G. Gregory. Washington: R.L. Pendleton, 1911. Pilgrim notes. https://bahai- library.com/gregory_heavenly_vista

AHV.009

https://bahai-library.com/gregory_heavenly_vista

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#045

https://bahai-library.com/gregory_heavenly_vista