Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Address to the Baha'is at table at Parsons home in Washington, 1912-04-22

450 words

Translation:

Provisional translation

See how good Baha'u'llah is to us, how great the power of His Word! From what distant parts of the world.... When the Mohammedans came and conquered Persia

Publications (1)Translations (5)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

BDA1.046n

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-46.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#017 (p.043-044)

http://www.bahai.org/r/595156252

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#03 p.012-014

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

SW_v09#18 p.206

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_18

SW_v19#03 p.089

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_3

STAB. Badiei, Amir, ed. Stories Told by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. George Ronald, 2003. https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf

STAB#054

https://adibmasumian.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/stab.pdf#page=54

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)

MHMD1.054

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=79