Tablet catalog
Words spoken at Theosophical Society in London, 1911-10-03
OOL 06 00254 Phelps: ABU 0257
ABU 0257•‘Abdu’l-Bahá•Arabic and Persian
Reported Utterance
Words spoken at Theosophical Society in London, 1911-10-03
800 words

ای جمع محترم آتش را لزوم ذاتی سوختن است و قوه برقیه را لزوم ذاتی افروختن

Translation:
Provisional translation
O Respected Assembly! O friends of Truth! The inherent nature of fire is to burn, the inherent nature of electricity is to give light
# Name Source Resources
#1 ای جمع محترم آتش را لزوم ذاتی سوختن است و قوّۀ برقیّه را لزوم ذاتی افروختن ... Source Persian Resources
#2 مورخ ۳۰ سپتامبر یا ۳ اکتوبر ١٩١١ در مجمع تیاسفی ها یا مجمع بهائيان درمرکزتیاسفی ها در لندن: درباره لزوم تجدید ادیان و تشریح برخی تعالیم دیانت بهایی Source Persian Resources
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#0825
https://www.bahai.org/r/695046170
AMK. Alváḥ, Munájáthá, va Khaṭábihá. n.p., 1907. Jellygraph of misc. Tablets, prayers and talks of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá chiefly in the hand of Ali-Akbar Milani
AMK.171-173
Not yet online
DWNP. 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/
DWNP_v1#07 p.003-005
https://afnanlibrary.org/d/the-dawn-vol-1-burma-1923
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.252
https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=255
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.069 (079)
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)
KHTB1.029
http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA1/ka1-31.html
KHTP. Khiṭábát-i Ḥaḍrat-i `Abdu'l-Bahá. BPT Iran, 1970. Collection of talks; a subset of KHTB1. Pocket edition
KHTP.006
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.015
https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_2/Issue_14
AIL. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London. U.K. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1987. Talks and pilgrim notes. https://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/ABL/
AIL.027
https://books.google.com/books?id=7ktDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA0
ABS. Abdu’l-Bahá Speaks: Authentic Talks of Abdu’l-Baha.  Personal blog of Sen McGlinn with provisional translations. https://abdulbahatalks.wordpress.com/
ABS#03
https://abdulbahatalks.wordpress.com/1911/10/03/eleven-essentials-the-bahai-principles-as-taught-by-abdul-baha-in-london/