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tag name: Pupil of the eye (metaphor) type: Metaphors and allegories

web link: bahai-library.com/tags/Pupil_of_the_eye_(metaphor)
related tags: Eyes; Race; Race unity
notes: “Bahá’u’lláh ... once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white. In this black pupil is seen the reflection of that which is before it, and through it the light of the spirit shineth forth.” – ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 37 (see notes of the conversation in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 68; Partial Inventory ID ABU2115)
A compilation of seven Tablets where 'Abdu'l-Bahá uses this metaphor can be found below in Christopher Buck's article The Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor (2018).
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupil; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Pupil of the eye

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2020. Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections. Layli Maparyan. — The meanings of the metaphor "pupil of the eye;" experiences of growing up African-American in the W...
2019. Centering the "Pupil of the Eye": Blackness, Modernity, and the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh. Derik Smith. — The "pupil of the eye" metaphor is a deeply consequential, distinguishing feature of the transformat...
2018/2025. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — 216 selections, last updated 2025.
2018. Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor, The: Promoting Ideal Race Relations in Jim Crow America. Christopher Buck. — On the notable contribution to promoting ideal race relations in Jim Crow America by the Baha'i Fait...
1998. Pupil of the Eye, The: African Americans in the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh. The Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Universal House of Justice, Bonnie J. Taylor, comp. . — A compilation of references in the Baha'i writings to African-Americans and those of African descent...

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tag name:	Pupil of the eye (metaphor)	type:	Metaphors and allegories
web link:	bahai-library.com/tags/Pupil_of_the_eye_(metaphor)
related tags:	Eyes; Race; Race unity
notes:	“Bahá’u’lláh ... once compared the colored people to the black pupil of the eye surrounded by the white. In this black pupil is seen the reflection of that which is before it, and through it the light of the spirit shineth forth.” – ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá, quoted in Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, p. 37 (see notes of the conversation in ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London, p. 68; Partial Inventory ID ABU2115) A compilation of seven Tablets where 'Abdu'l-Bahá uses this metaphor can be found below in Christopher Buck's article The Bahá'í "Pupil of the Eye" Metaphor (2018).
references:	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupil; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Pupil of the eye