Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Words spoken on 1919-12-15

700 words

اغنیا باید به فقرا کمک کنند در آمریکا شخصی بود قریب سیصد ملیون لیره ثروت داشت

Translation:

Provisional translation

The rich must aid the poor. There was a person in America who was worth about three hundred million liras. Nevertheless, he was unwilling to spend even one lira on the poor; and all his life, he had not experienced comfort

Publications (1)Translations (1)

ISA. Mírzá 'Isá Iṣfahání. Guftár-i 'Abdu'l-Bahá az Kháṭirát-i Mírzá 'Isá Iṣfahání. n.p., n.d. Pilgrim notes from 1919-1920. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/G-L/G/guftar/isa.htm

ISA.006-008

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/ab/G-L/G/guftar/isa006.jpg

ISAE. Mírzá 'Isá Iṣfahání. With Abdu'l-Bahá: The Diary of Mirza 'Isa Khan Isfahani. n.p., 2008. Vol. 11 of Witnesses to Babi and Bahá'í History. English translation of ISA. Catalog entries are by date. http://bahai- library.com/isfahani_rabbani_with_abdul-baha

ISAE.1919-12-15

http://bahai-library.com/isfahani_rabbani_with_abdul-baha