Bahá’í Quotes

Syria

The future of Syria is full of dangers. We are face to face with the most hazardous day of her history. People are entirely ignorant of what is going to happen. As the danger approaches with its darksome forebodings they receive a momentary glimpse of the real conditions, are horrified, shuddering with fear and then return to their indifferent mood. Were the knowledge of the supreme difficulties and horrors in store revealed, not one single soul would have stayed in all Syria nor could they sleep quietly in their beds." (Spoken by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, January 17th, 1915, from secretary notes)With regards to the source of this quote, Chad Jones (founder of Ocean) said: "A friend of mine is mining a copy of the multi-volume set of post-travels notes taken by Ahmad Sohrab. "While in California, Sohrab was shocked by the volume of material collected by the full-time stenographer hired by Ella Cooper. Realizing what a treasure was being lost, he began recording all the spoken conversations of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. That is how! we have "‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Egypt", for example. "This statement is from the unpublished multi-volume notes following the Master's return to Haifa. So far I have only seen a physical copy and do not yet have a PDF. They are all in English in Ahmad Sohrab's handwriting

- which fortunately is very legible., Source not available

Quote of the Day

Idal 11 Mashiyyat 183 B.E.

...it is absolutely essential that the teachings should not be confused with the obscure ideas related to numerology . . . and the like. Individuals interested in them are free to believe in and credit such ideas and to make any inferences and deductions they desire from them, but under no circumstances are they expected to identify them with the principles and teachings of the Cause.

Shoghi Effendi – Spiritualism, Reincarnation and Related Subjects, pp. 9, 10