Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Public address given on 1912-04-14

770 words

در این جمع قسیس عبارتی از پولس قدیس ذکر نمود که شما نور را از شیشه های رنگین

Notes:

First public address in America

Translation:

Provisional translation

I speak from a verse in Corinthians, the substance of which is that though

Publications (7)Translations (7)Notes (1)

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#0562

https://www.bahai.org/r/835585940

MMG. Majmú`iy-i Munájáthá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992 (1^st ed.), 2001 (2^nd ed.), 2009 (3^rd ed.). Standard book of prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Reprinted with additional prayers and reordered, 2009. Numbering and pagination in this catalog refers to the 1992 (MMG1), 2001 (MMG2) or 2009 (MMG3) edition; page images link to the 2001 edition at https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA

MMG2#171 p.197x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-200.html

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.056

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=59

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.241 (251)

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)

KHTB2.016

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA2/ka2-18.html

KHTB3.032

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-34.html

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

BDA1.033n

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-33.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#005 (p.011-013)

http://www.bahai.org/r/458482803

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_v04#01 p.007-008

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_1

SW_v03#03 p.005-006

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_3

SW_v14#04 p.117

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_14/Issue_4

SW_v19#02 p.054

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_2

DJT. Thompson, Juliet. The Diary of Juliet Thompson. Kalimat, 1983. https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

DJT.245-246

https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

BLO. Bahá’í Library Online (www.bahai-library.com). Private, independent repository of Bahá’í-related resources including provisional translations (BLO_PT) and pilgrims’ notes (BLO_PN). Numbering follows the 16 Nov 2019 snapshot available at https://web.archive.org/

BLO_PN#027

https://bahai-library.com/thompson_diary

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)

MHMD1.043

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=68