Ocean of Lights

990 words

و انک انت یا الهی قد خلقت الاکوان و برئت الانسان و ذرئت الموجودات و اوجدت

Translation:

Official translation

O my God! Verily, Thou hast created the universe and fashioned the human soul. Thou hast brought forth the entire creation

Manuscripts (1)Publications (4)Translations (3)

INBA. Iranian National Bahá’í Archives volumes. Two-digit entries are from the 105-volume private printing, Iran, 1975. Digitally reprinted by the Afnan Library: https://afnanlibrary.org/inba/, with typed volumes available at https://oceanoflights.org/chapter/manuscripts-fa/. Four- digit entries suffixed by “C” are taken from SRC Appendix 1; 6007C can be found at http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/INBA.6007C.pdf

INBA89:085

https://afnanlibrary.org/d/inba_v089/?page=88

NURA#63

http://bluefin.live/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nur-i-afaq.pdf

MMK. Muntakhabátí az Makátíb-i-'Abdu'l-Bahá' (6 vols.). Bahá’í World Centre, 1979 and 1984; Bahá'í-Verlag, 1992-2005. Vol. 1 = SWAB; vol. 3: topics in divine philosophy; vol. 4: life and station of Bahá’u’lláh; vol. 5: life and station of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; vol. 6: references to the Qur’án. Page images: https://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/. Typescripts: https://oceanoflights.org/table/abdul-baha-selections-writings01-fa/ [replace 01 in the url with other volume numbers through 06]

MMK4#158 p.170x

http://reference.bahai.org/fa/t/ab/SWA4/swa4-173.html

AKHA. Akhbár-i Amrí (mult. vols.). BPT Iran, 1922-1980. Periodical journal. Digitally reprinted in 2017 by the Afnan Library, Sandy, UK: https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_117BE #01-04 p.48x

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

AKHA_120BE #08-09 p.414x

https://afnanlibrary.org/akhbar-i-amri/

GPB. Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. U.S. Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1944. History of the first century of the Bahá’í Faith. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/shoghi-effendi/god- passes-by/

GPB.238x

http://www.bahai.org/r/178395478

GPB.238-239x

http://www.bahai.org/r/178395478

LOTW. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Haifa: Baha’I World Centre, 2020. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/light-of-the-world/

LOTW#63

http://www.bahai.org/r/645068371