the loss of his children and the sufferings he'd endured as a prisoner, further enhancing his popularity. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá directed the affairs of the Bahá’í community with care. He was inclined to allow a large range of personal interpretations of the Bahá’í teachings as long as these did not obviously contradict fundamental principles. He did, however, expel members of the religion he felt were challenging his leadership and deliberately causing disunity in the community. Outbreaks of persecution of the Bahá’ís affected him deeply. He wrote personally to the families of those who had been martyred. Works The total estimated number of tablets that ʻAbdu'l-Bahá wrote are over 27,000 of which only a fraction have been translated into English. His works fall into two groups including first his direct writings and second his lectures and speeches as noted by others. 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 written to various people; including various Western intellectuals such as Auguste Forel which has been translated and published as the 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. The following is a list of some of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's many books, tablets, and talks: Foundations of World Unity 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 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 See also Baháʼu'lláh's family Mírzá Mihdí Ásíyih Khánum Bahíyyih Khánum Munirih Khánum Shoghi Effendi House of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá Further reading Explanatory notes Notes References Further reading External links Writings and Talks of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá at Bahai.org Bahai org: Exemplar, documentary film (2021) The Extraordinary Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by the Utterance Project 1844 births 1921 deaths Bahá'í