Ocean of Lights

1200 words

اللهم یا رب الملکوت المتجلل بالجبروت المقدس من النعوت تعلم و تری تذلل الضعفاء

Translation:

Provisional translation

O God, O Lord of the Kingdom, Who art clothed with majesty and sanctified above all attributes! Thou knowest and seest the abasement of these lowly ones [3.5s]... ...Know ye that the Torah is what was revealed in the Tablets unto Moses, may peace be upon Him

Publications (11)Translations (2)Musical interpretations (1)

BRL. “Bahá'í Reference Library”: Authoritative source of original texts and authorized translations, maintained and frequently updated and expanded by the Bahá’í World Centre. Subsections defined for this catalog: BRL_APBH (Additional Prayers Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATBH (Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_ATE (Additional Tablets, Extracts, and Talks of Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_CHILD (Prayers and Tablets for Children), BRL_CONF2018 (Compilation for the 2018 Counsellor’s Conference), BRL_CONSULT (Consultation; original quotations here), BRL_CUHJ (Compilation on the Universal House of Justice; original language version COMP_CUHJP), BRL_CRISIS (Crisis and Victory), BRL_DA (Digar Alvah – Additional Tablets Revealed by Bahá’u’lláh), BRL_DAK (Digar Alvah va Khitabat – Additional Tablets and talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_FAM (Family Life), BRL_FIRE (Selections from Fire and Light [=NANU]), BRL_IOA (Compilation on the Importance of the Arts in Promoting the Faith), BRL_IOPF (Importance of Obligatory Prayer and Fasting), BRL_LSA (The Local Spiritual Assembly), BRL_MASHRIQ (The Institution of the Mashruqu’l-Adhkár; original quotations COMP_MASHRIQP), BRL_MEET (Bahá’í Meetings), BRL_PDL (Prayer and Devotional Life; original lquotations COMP_PDLP), BRL_PEACE (Peace; original quotations COMP_PEACEP), BRL_PMDA (Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude), BRL_SOCIAL (Compilation on Social Action), BRL_SCHOLAR (Compilation on Scholarship), BRL_TTT (Twelve Table Talks by Abdu’l-Bahá), BRL_SWO (To Set the World in Order: Building and Preserving Strong Marriages). Sequential numbering may be introduced based on order of entry. https://reference.bahai.org [legacy version with many additional texts]; https://www.bahai.org/library/

BRL_DAK#0232

http://www.bahai.org/r/984335052

MKT. Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (9 vols.). BPT Iran, 121 B.E.–135 B.E. [1965- 1978]. Full texts of Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; first three volumes originally published in Cairo in 1910, 1911 and 1921. Vols. 1-8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/, Vol. 9: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/577.pdf

MKT3.167

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MA3/ma3-167.html

AVK. Mázandarání, Fáḍil. Amr va Khalq (4 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1985. Thematic compilation of extracts. http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ English translation of table of contents: https://bahai-library.com/mazandarani_mccants_khalq_contents

AVK1.080x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK1/ak1-105.html

AVK2.101.02x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/AK2/ak2-102.html

MAS. Má'idiy-i Ásmání (8 vols.). BPT Iran, 129 B.E. Reprinted in 3 volumes by Bahá’í Publishing Trust of India 1984-1985 (new vol. 2, writings of ‘Abdu’l- Bahá, = old vols. 2, 5, 9; new vol. 3, writings of Shoghi Effendi, = old vols. 3, 6) and Mir’át 2005 (new vol. 1, writings of Bahá’u’lláh, = old vols. 1, 4, 7, 8). Vols. 1, 4, 7, 8: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/b/; vols2. 2, 5, 9: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Vol. 9 exists in two different typesettings and paginations; this catalog uses the pagination contained in the BPT India reprint, which trails the online version by several pages

MAS5.099

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MAS5/mas5-99.html

ADH. Adhkár al-Muqarrabín (2 vols., vol. 2 in two different editions). BPT Iran, 1959. Collection of prayers of Bahá’u’lláh (vol. 1) and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá (vol. 2); vol. 2 superseded by MMG

ADH2.009x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf

ADH2_1#02 p.009x

https://bahai-library.com/pdf/i/ishraq-khavari_adhkar_muqarrabin_2.pdf

MMG. Majmú`iy-i Munájáthá. Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992 (1^st ed.), 2001 (2^nd ed.), 2009 (3^rd ed.). Standard book of prayers of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Reprinted with additional prayers and reordered, 2009. Numbering and pagination in this catalog refers to the 1992 (MMG1), 2001 (MMG2) or 2009 (MMG3) edition; page images link to the 2001 edition at https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA

MMG2#067 p.073x

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/MMA/mma-76.html

MUH. Ishráq-Khávarí, Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. Muḥáḍirát (3 vols.). Bahá'í-Verlag, 1987 and 2009, vols. 1-2 reprinted from 121 B.E. BPT Iran edition. Conversations on various subjects. Vol. 1: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf, vol. 2: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/285.pdf, vol. 3: https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/286.pdf

MUH1.0342x

https://bahai-library.com/bahailib/284.pdf#page=44

NSR. Nasá'im al-Raḥmán. Beirut, 1993. Prayers and Writings of the Báb, Bahá’u’lláh, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1 (1993 edition; a 1978 edition has different pagination)

NSR_1978.128ax

Not yet online

NSR_1993.141ax

https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/c/NR1/nr1-139.html

BRL_ATE#038x

http://www.bahai.org/r/392272996

KSHK. “Kashkul”. Blog with provisional translations by W. McCants. Aug. 2010- . http://www.kashkul.org/. Translations of several dozen brief Writings of the Báb are posted at http://www.kashkul.org/brief-writings- of-the-bab/ (accessible via archive.org)

KSHK#09x

https://web.archive.org/web/20211026145946/http://www.kashkul.org/2010/09/09/the-true-torah/

R. Mostmand

https://youtu.be/BR5Q-holTA0