Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Public address given on 1912-11-08

2660 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

God is one, the effulgence of God is one, and humanity constitutes the servants of that one God

Publications (2)Translations (4)Notes (1)

ABB. Qub`ayn, Salim. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wa-al-Bahá'íyah. Cairo: Matba`at al-`Umran, 1922. Controversial work. https://www.h- net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol6/qubayn/qubayn.htm

ABB.054

https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/vol6/qubayn/qub054.gif

BDA. Zarqání, Maḥmúd. Kitáb-i Badáyi`u'l-Áthár (2 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987. Vol. 1 (translated as MHMD1): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/241.pdf, Vol. 2 (translated as MHMD2): https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/242.pdf

BDA1.361n

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-361.html

PUP. The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2007. Numbering of talks refers to the version at BRL; page numbers refer to the 1982 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul- baha/promulgation-universal-peace/

PUP#121 (p.402-410)

http://www.bahai.org/r/069461941

FWU. Foundations of World Unity. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1979. Talks by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá given in the U.S., superseded (save two items) by PUP. https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU

FWU.092

https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/c/FWU

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_v06#01 p.003-005+006-010

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_6/Issue_1

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_1912 p041x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=41

MHMD1. Sobhani, Mohi (trans). Mahmud's Diary: The Diary of Mírzá Maḥmúd-i-Zarqání Chronicling ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Journey to America. George Ronald, 1998. English Translation of BDA1. http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf, https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary (typescript)

MHMD1.380

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=405