Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Address to Federation of Women's Clubs at Hotel La Salle in Chicago, 1912-05-02

1050 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

One of the functions of the sun is to quicken and reveal the hidden realities

Publications (1)Translations (8)Notes (1)

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

BDA1.065n

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-65.html

LOG. Hornby, Helen, ed. Lights of Guidance (1994 ed.). Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India, 1994. http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance

LOG#0488x

http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance.html&chapter=2#n488

LOG#2077x

http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2077

LOG#2086x

http://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidance_2.html&chapter=5#n2086

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#032 (p.074-077)

http://www.bahai.org/r/616905515

BSC. Bahá'í Scriptures. Brentanos, 1923. Compilation of Writings and talks by Bahá’u’lláh and Abdu’l-Bahá. Early translations, some unreliable. http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

BSC.308 #629

http://bahai-library.com/compilations/bahai.scriptures/

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#04 p.012-014

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_4

DWN. Syed Mustafa Roumi, ed. The Dawn: A monthly Bahá'í journal of Burma. Sept. 1923 – May 1929. English and Persian sections cataloged separately. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/the-dawn-burma-vol-1-6/

DWN_v5#05 p.005-008x

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-5-burma-1927

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 p081

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/p/pilgrims_notes_us-archives_1912.pdf#page=81

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)

MHMD1.073

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=98