Ocean of Lights

Reported Utterance

Address to the children at Plaza Hotel in Chicago, 1912-05-05

440 words

شماها بفرموده حضرت مسیح اطفال ملکوتید و بفرمایش حضرت بهاءالله شمعهای عالم انسانی

Translation:

Provisional translation

You are the children of whom His Holiness Christ has said, you are the denizens of the Kingdom

Publications (3)Translations (7)Musical interpretations (2)

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)

KHTB2.057

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/KA2/ka2-59.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_v11#15 p.263

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_11/Issue_15

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

BDA1.071.09

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/o/KBAS1/kbas1-71.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#039 (p.091-093)

http://www.bahai.org/r/495043687

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#04 p.022

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_4

SW_v03#07 p.006-007

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_3/Issue_7

SW_v08#09 p.112-114

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_8/Issue_9

SW_v09#08 p.095

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_9/Issue_8

SW_v19#04 p.114-115

https://bahai.works/Star_of_the_West/Volume_19/Issue_4

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)

MHMD1.080-081

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/MHMD.pdf#page=105

MANA (1)

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/perfect-unity

MANA (2)

https://manapacifica.bandcamp.com/track/the-imperfect-eye