Ocean of Lights

Paper presented to the Universal Races Congress

1430 words

ای اهل عالم چون در جمیع عالم سیر و سیاحت نمااید آنچه معمور است از آثار الفت

Notes:

Published in "Papers on InterRacial Problems Communicated to the First Universal Races Congress", 27 Jul 1911, pp. 156-7

Translation:

Provisional translation

When travelling about the world we observe an air of prosperity in any country

Manuscripts (1)Publications (7)Translations (2)

BLIB. Manuscripts in the British Library, London, listed by Or number. For a handlist of works of the Báb see Chapter 25 of https://archive.org/details/descriptivelisto00brituoft/page/n3. Regarding manuscripts in the series Or16590 through Or15740, which together comprise half of all known works of Bahá’u’lláh, including some 4,000 items which are uniquely accessible in this series: These were the bequest of a descendent of the family of Bahá’u’lláh; were mostly transcribed by Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, and are likely to have been derived in part from the two stolen satchels of Bahá’u’lláh’s papers mentioned in GPB p.249 and MMK4#189 p.276. While included here owing to their importance, their degree of fidelity to the originals has not yet been ascertained

BLIB_Or.08117.002

Not yet online

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK3.205.17x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-209.html

RAHA. Davúdí, ‘Ali-Murád. Raháyí. Bahá'í-Verlag, 2010. Collected works, compiled and edited by Vahid Rafati. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/raha.pdf

RAHA.112-115

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/raha.pdf#page=116

DAUD. Dawud, Yuhanna, ed. Letters of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to Yuhanna Dawud, 1911-1919. Texts in Persian. Not same as ROL although there is some overlap. http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol3/daud1/daud1.htm

DAUD.11

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol3/daud1/daud1.htm

KHAB. Khuṭab-i- `Abdu'l-Bahá fí Úrúbá wa-Amríká. Reprinted Editora Bahá’í- Brasil, 1998. Arabic translations of selected talks, most from the Persian texts in KHTB; talks on pp. 56, 72, 74 translated from English. Talk on p. 76 unknown origin. Catalog entries give pagination for both editions. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf

KHAB.005 (016)

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Khutab_Abdul-Baha.pdf

KHTB. Majmú`iy-i Khiṭábát-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá (3 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, Collection of talks given in the U.S.and Europe; reprinted from same plates as earlier Egypt edition. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/36.pdf (typescript), Vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/37.pdf (typescript), Vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/38.pdf (typescript)

KHTB1.035

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-37.html

KHTP. Khiṭábát-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá. BPT Iran, 1970. Collection of talks; a subset of KHTB1. Pocket edition

KHTP.013

Not yet online

NJB. Najm-i Bákhtar (mult. vols.). George Ronald, 1978. Persian pages from Star of the West (1910-1935). https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1412.pdf and https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol4/starwest/starwest.htm

NJB_v02#14-16 p.008

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_14

SW. Star of the West, 25 vols. (1910-1935). Periodical issued each Bahá’í month. Vols. 1-12 reprinted 1978 in 8 volumes by George Ronald. Each issue Includes a section in Persian. https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West

SW_v02#09 p.005-006

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_9

ABS. Abdu’l-Bahá Speaks: Authentic Talks of Abdu’l-Baha. Personal blog of Sen McGlinn with provisional translations. https://abdulbahatalks.wordpress.com/

ABS#09

https://abdulbahatalks.wordpress.com/1911/07/26/speech-for-the-universal-races-congress/