Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

The Ninth Principle—The Noninterference of Religion with Politics: Words spoken at Dreyfus home in Paris, 1911-11-17

810 words

انسان باید در عالم وجود امید بمکافات و خوف از مجازات داشته باشد علی الخصوص

Translation:

Provisional translation

In the conduct of life, man is actuated by two main motives: 'The Hope for Reward' and 'The Fear of Punishment'.... Oh, friends of God, be living examples of justice! ... Justice is not limited, it is a universal quality.

Publications (4)Translations (6)

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_DAK#0957

https://www.bahai.org/r/141325430

KHF. Khiṭábát-i-Mubárakih. BPT Iran, 99 B.E.. Collection of talks by Abdu’l- Bahá; a subset of the 3-volume KHTB. https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf

KHF.286

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=289

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.175 (186)

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)

KHTB1.174

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-176.html

ADJ. Shoghi Effendi. The Advent of Divine Justice. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1939. Often reprinted; pagination follows the 1990 edition. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/advent- divine-justice/1#862028771

ADJ.028bx

http://www.bahai.org/r/656762538

PT. Paris Talks: Addresses given by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Paris in 1911. U.K. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1995. Catalog entries include both paragraph number and pagination. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul- baha/paris-talks/1#733601770

PT#49 p.163

http://www.bahai.org/r/795924103

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.425 #768.3x

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#02 p.007

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_2

SW_v07#15 p.139

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_7/Issue_15

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

ABS#02

https://abdulbahatalks.wordpress.com/1911/11/18/involvement-of-the-faithful-in-political-life-and-showing-justice-in-all-walks-of-life/