Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken ca. 1913, from Mahmud's diary

20 words

Question:

[On being a Bahá'í He said:]

Translation:

Provisional translation

Up to now, to believe was to acknowledge, to make a confession of faith, but in this greatest of all Causes, believing means to have praiseworthy qualities and to perform praiseworthy acts.

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

BW_v13p1187

http://dl.bahai.org/bahai-world/the-bahai-world-vol13-1954-1963.pdf#page=118