Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10
OOL 06 80583Phelps:ABU 3383
ABU 3383•‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Reported Utterance
Words spoken at Pleiades Sylvan Bower, Alhammeh near Tiberias, 1914-05-10
30 words
Question:
Who is the best man?
Translation:
Provisional translation
The best man is that person who cheers and gladdens the broken-hearted ones and the worst man is that soul who causes suffering and pain to one's heart.
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