Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Talk given at Hotel Moderne, Paris, on 1913-02-12

670 words

در عالم انسانی دو قضیه است عمومی و خصوصی هر امری عمومی فوائدش بی نهایت است و

Translation:

Provisional translation

In the material world of existence, human undertakings are divided into two kinds--universal and specific.

Publications (6)Translations (5)

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.276-279

Not yet online

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK3.209.19x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK3/ak3-213.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.241

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/1700.pdf#page=244

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)

KHTB3.093

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA3/ka3-95.html

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_v12#06 p.128

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_12/Issue_6

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

BDA2.133x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS2/kbas2-141.html

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#02 p.036-037

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_4/Issue_2

SW_v17#07 p.216

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_17/Issue_7

SW_v11#17 p.287+290-291

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_17

MHMD2. Masumian, Adib (trans.). ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Europe 1912-1913: The Talks and Travels of the Master as Recorded by Mírzá Maḥmúd Zarqání. George Ronald, 2024. English Translation of BDA2

MHMD2.167x

Not yet online

ADP. Chamberlain, Isabel Fraser. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on Divine Philosophy. Boston: The Tudor Press, 1918. https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1

ADP.141-146

https://books.google.com/books?id=7sEoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141