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==Works== The total estimated number of [[Tablet (religious)|tablets]] that ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote are over 27,000 of which only a fraction have been translated into English.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bahai-library.com/uhj_numbers_sacred_writings |title=Numbers and Classifications of Sacred Writings texts |author=((Universal House of Justice)) |date=September 2002 |access-date=20 March 2007}}</ref> His works fall into two groups including first his direct writings and second his lectures and speeches as noted by others.{{sfn|Iranica|1989}} The first group includes ''[[The Secret of Divine Civilization]]'' written before 1875, ''A Traveller's Narrative'' written around 1886, the Resāla-ye sīāsīya or ''Sermon on the Art of Governance'' written in 1893, the ''Memorials of the Faithful'', and a large number of [[tablets (religious)|tablets]] written to various people;{{sfn|Iranica|1989}} including various Western intellectuals such as [[August Forel|Auguste Forel]] which has been translated and published as the ''[[Tablet to Dr. Forel|Tablet to Auguste-Henri Forel]]''. The ''Secret of Divine Civilization'' and the ''Sermon on the Art of Governance'' were widely circulated anonymously. The second group includes ''[[Some Answered Questions]]'', which is an English translation of a series of table talks with Laura Barney, and ''[[Paris Talks]]'', ''ʻAbdu'l-Baha in London'' and ''Promulgation of Universal Peace'' which are respectively addresses given by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in Paris, London and the United States.{{sfn|Iranica|1989}} The following is a list of some of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's many books, tablets, and talks: *''[[Foundations of World Unity]]'' * ''[https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-world Light of the World: Selected Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá]''. *''Memorials of the Faithful'' *''[[Paris Talks]]'' *''[[Secret of Divine Civilization]]'' *''[[Some Answered Questions]]'' *''[[Tablets of the Divine Plan]]'' *''[[Tablet to Dr. Forel|Tablet to Auguste-Henri Forel]]'' *''[[Tablet to The Hague]]'' *''[[Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá]]'' *''Promulgation of Universal Peace'' *''Selections from the Writings of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá'' *''Divine Philosophy'' *Treatise on Politics / Sermon on the Art of Governance<ref>[http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/trans/vol7/govern.htm ''Translations of Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Texts''] Vol. 7, no. 1 (March 2003)</ref>
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