Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words to a stranger, spoken on 1914-05-09

20 words

Question:

Are you the leader of the Bahá'ís?

Translation:

Provisional translation

I do not like the word 'leader'. I am Abdul Baha. I am the servant of the world of humanity.

Translations (2)

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

DAS.1914-05-09

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/sohrab_diary_letters_1913-1914_09.pdf#page=107

PN. Pilgrim notes from the U.S. National Bahá’í Archives. Arranged by year with occasional additional identifiers. https://bahai-library.com/pilgrims- notes_us_archives_1898-1959

PN_1914 p003

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1914.pdf#page=3