Promulgation of Universal Peace
Read online at https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_promulgation_universal_peace
Cross-references[edit]
- Cross-reference between 1982 and 2007 editions https://bahai-library.com/coe_pup_spreadsheet
- Cross-referenced from Foundations of World Unity at https://bahai-library.com/zamir_fwu_crossreferenced
Talks during journey not included[edit]
Authenticity[edit]
"Regarding the status of Abdu'l-Baha's talks published in "The Promulgation of Universal Peace" and "Paris Talks", original Persian transcripts of some, but not all, of the talks are available. We provide the following extract from a letter written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice which indicates that "in the future each talk will have to be identified and those which are unauthenticated will have to be clearly distinguished from those which form a part of Baha'i Scripture":
"The original of "Some Answered Questions" in Persian is preserved in the Holy Land; its text was read in full and corrected by Abdu'l-Baha Himself. Unfortunately, Abdu'l-Baha did not read and authenticate all transcripts of His other talks, some of which have been translated into various languages and published. For many of His addresses included in "The Promulgation of Universal Peace" and "Paris Talks", for example, no original authenticated text has yet been found. However, the Guardian allowed such compilations to continue to be used by the friends. In the future each talk will have to be identified and those which are unauthenticated will have to be clearly distinguished from those which form a part of Baha'i Scripture. This does not mean that the unauthenticated talks will have to cease to be used -- merely that the degree of authenticity of every document will have to be known and understood. (23 March 1987)"
- (From a memorandum of the Research department dated 28 March 1996 at https://bahai-library.com/uhj_authenticity_some_texts#memorandum2 )
``Regarding your questions: The translations in Promulgation of Universal Peace are too inaccurate, in some places, to use them as an absolute basis for discussing some point, and he has not time at present to go over them, so the best thing is to put down any discrepancies as being due to this.
- (19 March 1946 to an individual, cited from a Memorandum of the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, dated 19 March 1995, per https://bahai-library.com/kitzing_origin_complex_order&chapter=1#Foot3 )
``Regarding the report of Promulgation of Universal Peace Ultimately the Persian originals must be the basis for authentic statements made by the Master, but this will require time, scholars and research work not available at the present time.
- (5 July 1950 to a National Spiritual Assembly per https://bahai-library.com/kitzing_origin_complex_order&chapter=1#Foot3 )
Permissible within compilations[edit]
"It is permissible to use selections from the "Promulgation of Universal Peace" in compilations."
Notes on need for publication[edit]
An article at https://bahai-library.com/books/lango/lang10.html cites the "following extract from a letter by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, dated 17 December 1912:"
- This morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about America and the probability of his return to that country. He said: "God willing! If I go to America another time I will go differently; but it is very difficult. This first trip was made with great exertion." As I was reading one of his addresses delivered in America, he said it would be well if all his addresses in that country could be printed in one or two volumes. At present, he declared, they are all scattered and not collected. He called attention to how quickly the Paris and London addresses delivered last year were printed; and this was done through one woman, Lady Blomfield. Some one mentioned the name of a prominent wealthy woman and he said: "One of these poor, sincere and honest women is more beloved by me than a thousand millionaires; just now this Lady Blomfield is dearer to me than all the queens of the world."
- (Star of the West, Vol 3, No 19)
By talk[edit]
(References to updated translations might be added here (e.g., those discussed at https://bahai-library.com/kitzing_origin_complex_order&chapter=1#Foot3 ).)
| Locality | Date/Wikilink | Page | Original where existing (Khitabát pages) | Topics | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | April 11 | 3 | |||
| New York (Brooklyn) | April 12 - 1 | 4 | |||
| New York | April 12 - 2 | 7 | 310-313 | ||
| New York | April 13 | 9 | |||
| New York | April 14 - 1 | 11 | 318-322 | ||
| New York | April 14 - 2 | 14 | 323-326 | ||
| New York | April 15 | 16 | 315-318 | ||
| New York | April 16 | 18 | |||
| New York | April 17 - 1 | 20 | |||
| New York | April 17 - 2 | 23 | |||
| New York | April 18 | 25 | |||
| New York | April 19 - 1 | 29 | |||
| New York | April 19 - 2 | 32 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 20 | 35 | 333-336 | ||
| Washington, D.C. | April 21 - 1 | 37 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 21 - 2 | 39 | 336-342 | ||
| Washington, D.C. | April 22 | 43 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 23 - 1 | 44 | 342-346 | Howard University - Translated differently at https://bahai-library.com/writings/abdulbaha/fwu/sec-8.html | |
| Washington, D.C. | April 23 - 2 | 46 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 23 - 3 | 49 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 24 - 1 | 52 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 24 - 2 | 54 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 24 - 3 | 56 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 25 - 1 | 58 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 25 - 2 | 60 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | April 25 - 3 | 61 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | April 30 - 1 | 65 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | April 30 - 2 | 67 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | April 30 - 3 | 69 | |||
| Illinois (Wilmette) | May 1 | 71 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 2 - 1 | 72 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 2 - 2 | 74 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 2 - 3 | 77 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 2 - 4 | 78 | Hotel Plaza - retranslated from a Persian transcript at https://bahai-library.com/abdul-baha_chicago_plaza_hotel | ||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 2 - 5 | 79 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 3 - 1 | 83 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 3 - 2 | 84 | |||
| Illinois (Evanston) | May 4 | 87 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 5 - 1 | 91 | 360-362 | ||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 5 - 2 | 93 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | May 5 - 3 | 97 | |||
| Ohio (Cleveland) | May 6 - 1 | 101 | |||
| Ohio (Cleveland) | May 6 - 2 | 104 | |||
| Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | May 7 | 105 | |||
| New York | May 11 | 111 | |||
| New Jersey (Montclair) | May 12 - 1 | 113 | |||
| New York | May 12 - 2 | 116 | 363-373 | ||
| New York | May 13 | 123 | |||
| New York | May 19 - 1 | 126 | |||
| New Jersey (Jersey City) | May 19 - 2 | 129 | |||
| New York | May 20 | 133 | |||
| Massachusetts (Cambridge) | May 23 | 138 | |||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | May 24 | 140 | 374-379 | ||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | May 25 | 143 | |||
| New York | May 26 | 147 | 394-400 | ||
| New York | May 28 | 150 | |||
| New York | May 29 | 154 | |||
| New York | May 30 | 156 | 401-409 | ||
| New Jersey (Fanwood) | May 31 | 161 | |||
| New York | June 2 | 163 | |||
| New York | June 8 | 171 | |||
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | June 9 - 1 | 172 | 432-441 | ||
| Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) | June 9 - 2 | 176 | 441-454 | ||
| New York | June 11 - 1 | 183 | |||
| New York | June 11 - 2 | 183 | |||
| New York | June 11 - 3 | 186 | |||
| New York | June 12 | 187 | |||
| New York | June 15 | 189 | |||
| New York (Brooklyn) | June 16 - 1 | 190 | |||
| New York (Brooklyn) | June 16 - 2 | 194 | |||
| New York (Brooklyn) | June 16 - 3 | 197 | |||
| New York | June 17 | 204 | |||
| New York | June 18 | 205 | 454-456 | ||
| New York | June 20 | 206 | |||
| New Jersey (Montclair) | June 23 | 210 | |||
| New Jersey (West Englewood) | June 29 | 213 | |||
| New York | July 1 - 1 | 216 | |||
| New York | July 1 - 2 | 218 | |||
| New York | July 5 - 1 | 218 | |||
| New York | July 5 - 2 | 220 | 464-472 | ||
| New York | July 6 | 225 | 473-478 | ||
| New York | July 14 | 228 | |||
| New York | July 15 | 236 | |||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | July 23 | 238 | |||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | July 24 | 239 | |||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | July 25 | 244 | |||
| New Hampshire (Dublin) | August 5 | 245 | |||
| New Hampshire (Dublin) | August 6 | 247 | |||
| Maine (Eliot) | August 16 | 253 | Green Acre | ||
| Maine (Eliot) | August 17 - 1 | 261 | Green Acre | ||
| Maine (Eliot) | August 17 - 2 | 263 | Green Acre | ||
| Maine (Eliot) | August 17 - 3 | 264 | Green Acre | ||
| Maine (Eliot) | August 17 - 4 | 270 | Green Acre | ||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | August 25 | 276 | |||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | August 26 | 280 | |||
| Massachusetts (Boston) | August 27 | 284 | |||
| Massachusetts (Malden) | August 29 | 289 | |||
| Canada (Montreal) | September 1 - 1 | 297 | 527-535 | ||
| Canada (Montreal) | September 1 - 2 | 302 | |||
| Canada (Montreal) | September 1 - 3 | 306 | |||
| Canada (Montreal) | September 2 | 308 | 536-542 | ||
| Canada (Montreal) | September 5 | 312 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | September 16 | 320 | |||
| Minnesota (Minneapolis) | September 20 - 1 | 325 | |||
| Minnesota (St. Paul) | September 20 - 2 | 329 | |||
| Colorado (Denver) | September 24 | 334 | |||
| Colorado (Denver) | September 25 | 337 | |||
| California (Oakland) | October 7 | 343 | 590-600 | ||
| California (Palo Alto) | October 8 | 348 | 570-582 | ||
| California (San Francisco) | October 10 | 355 | 600-610 | "Breaking" laws of nature | |
| California (San Francisco) | October 12 | 361 | 610-621 | Temple Emmanu-El - (No Persian transcript available: "With regard to the two references in "The Promulgation of Universal Peace"...the first appears in a talk dated 12 October 1912...The World Centre does not have a Persian transcript for the 12 October talk" at https://bahai-library.com/uhj_letters_behalf_guardian ) However, this talk is covered at https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary&chapter=8#section203 | |
| California (Sacramento) | October 25 | 370 | |||
| California (Sacramento) | October 26 | 376 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | October 31 | 381 | |||
| Illinois (Chicago) | November 1 | 383 | |||
| Ohio (Cincinnati) | November 5 | 388 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 6 | 390 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 7 - 1 | 397 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 7 - 2 | 400 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 8 | 402 | Eighth Street Temple, Synagogue - Original Persian transcript in Khitábát per https://bahai-library.com/uhj_letters_behalf_guardian#fn2 . Per the same letter, the reference to the supposed punishment of the cutting off of the hand in the Torah (i.e., "according to the law of the Torah if a man committed theft of a certain amount, they cut off his hand") does not occur. (But it does occur for the October 12 talk and on July 17 (July 18th per footnote) at https://bahai-library.com/zarqani_mahmuds_diary&chapter=5#section115 ) | ||
| Washington, D.C. | November 9 - 1 | 411 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 9 - 2 | 415 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 9 - 3 | 418 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 10 - 1 | 421 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 10 - 2 | 425 | |||
| Washington, D.C. | November 10 - 3 | 428 | |||
| New York | November 15 | 431 | |||
| New York | November 16 | 437 | |||
| New York | November 17 | 437 | pp. 438-439 cited in World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, pp. 164-165 with slight differences in translation and indicated as "'Abdu'l-Bahá...has written". | ||
| New York | November 18 | 442 | |||
| New York | November 23 | 447 | 634-636 | ||
| New York | November 29 | 449 | |||
| New York | December 2 - 1 | 452 | |||
| New York | December 2 - 2 | 453 | |||
| New York | December 3 - 1 | 457 | |||
| New York | December 3 - 2 | 458 | |||
| New York | December 3 - 3 | 460 | |||
| New York | December 4 | 462 | |||
| New York | December 5 | 468 |
