Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Public address given on 1912-06-16

1090 words

Notes:

Unauthenticated Persian text of the prayer: https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/‌bwc_memo_‌abu0129.pdf

Translation:

Provisional translation

This is a Unitarian church, and in the Arabic tongue this day may well be called... What is real unity?... O God! Educate these children

Translations (6)Musical interpretations (9)

BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/

BRL_CHILD#18x

https://www.bahai.org/r/972215586

BPRY. Bahá'í Prayers. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 2002. Mult. editions. Standard prayer book. Catalog quotes from 2002 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/prayers/bahai-prayers/

BPRY.028x

http://www.bahai.org/r/579021329

BWF. Bahá’í World Faith: Selected Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1943. https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

BWF.257-260

https://archive.org/details/bahaiworldfaithselectedwritingsofbahaullahandabdulbaha./mode/2up

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#069 (p.190-194)

http://www.bahai.org/r/380728487

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.066x

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_v03#10 p.030-032

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_10

William Sears & the Ayyam-i-Ha Kids [track 1]

https://9starmedia.com/william-sears-happy-ayyamiha

Ine

https://ineh.bandcamp.com/track/shine

Nabil and Karim

https://youtu.be/_m-8-hxt4LQ

TaliaSafa

https://bahaimusic.taliasafa.com/track/educate-these-children

E. Peterson

https://youtu.be/PGkz3m5HgOA